That evening when Akane was sent to get Selene down for dinner, Akane
found it difficult to open the door. "Selene, dinner's done." Akane said
through the door, and she heard a few clattering of metal. The door opened
and Akane saw that the inside of the room was cluttered with electronics.
Literally, there were keyboards on the floor, chips, motherboards, CPUs,
and other things that Akane didn't know were called. "Ummm...dinner's done
and we're waiting for you to eat."
"Yeah, why don't you guys start without me. I'm almost done with this thing." Selene said trying to shut the door, and ended up pushing Akane's foot out of the doorway. On the other end of the door, Selene was putting together her computer. It was a black one, with a black mouse, and keyboard.
A few moments later, Selene had her computer set up and running complete with DSL. 'Now, I can head down to dinner.' She went to the bathroom to clean herself up, and saw that she had some computer chips in her hair. 'Wondered where they went.' She thought pulling them out of her hair and into her jacket pocket.
By the door of the living room, Selene heard the two families talking.
"I don't think that she should be staying her." Soun said. "She seems to be spending too much time with Ranma."
"HEY! I'm just trying to be her friend!" Ranma shouted. "So what, if I want to spend more time with her than Akane." He threw his hand out, pointing at Akane. "At least I know that she won't try to mutilate me for being around other people!" Akane shot Ranma an evil look, and Ranma stuck out his tongue.
"Fine, hang out with your little girlfriend." Akane said, crossing her arms and looking away from Ranma.
"HEY! NO ONE EVER SAID THAT SHE WAS MY GIRLFRIEND!" Ranma shouted. "We're just really good friends."
"Really, close friends if you ask me." Soun interjected.
"Well, I'm not asking you." Ranma snapped. "Besides, my old man doesn't seem to care who I hang out with."
"Actually Ranma..." Genma said, holding up a sign since he was still a panda. "I'm siding with Soun on this one." Genma quickly scribbled on a new sign and it said, "I think that she should move out." Ranma's mouth dropped open. "You're spending too much time with her, and you don't even know her." At that moment, Selene opened the door.
"I'm sorry for all of you to think that way." Selene's voice was full of sorrow, and regret. "But, if you really want me to leave than I guess I can find a place of my own. Just give me a few days to find a place, and pack up...and then I'll be out of your hands."
"No, no, no. That's not what they meant." Ranma said getting up, trying to soothe Selene. He could see tiny tears dropping to the floor. "Right you guys?" He was referring to Soun and Genma.
"Ranma, it's alright." Selene said, wiping away her tears. "The facts are right there." She was pointing at the signs that were lying next to the panda. "If they really want me out, than so be it." She looked up at Soun. "I hope my father haunts your dreams, and since you aren't really willing to house me...all your debts are back." Soun's mouth dropped. "Didn't you read the bottom of the letter? It said that if you didn't fulfill this then, my daughter, Selene Evangelina Ira, could use up all of my debts." She pulled out the letter, and searched the bottom for a number. "You currently have 387, left out of 500. Geez, I wonder what my father did for you...better yet how many times." She began walking out of the room before Ranma firmly placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Why are you leaving?" Ranma asked, a little agitated. "They didn't say that they wanted you to leave, now did they."
'You know they did.' Selene stared at him. But somehow he knew that she was inside his mind, talking. 'Don't think that since you don't know all of my abilities that I can't do other things. I heard it all, and Soun really wants me gone.' "Now let go of me." she swatted his hand off her shoulder and walked out of the door.
"Father! Now look at what you did." Kasumi said, getting up.
"Yeah, dad. I mean just because you don't know her, doesn't mean that you can kick her out of this house. ESPECIALLY since you were the one that agreed to let her stay." Nabiki said, dropping her abacus and followed Kasumi.
"They're right. Besides she's helping me get through that stupid English course." Akane said. Ranma didn't say anything thing, he just shot them an evil look and followed Akane.
"Guess we lost that one, huh?" Soun said to panda Genma. The panda nodded back, quickly.
The four found themselves in front of Selene's room. They heard shuffling of items, and a few scrapes. Kasumi knocked on the door, "Selene...can you open the door? It's us." The door slowly opened, and they saw Selene standing there. Her hands were in her jacket pockets, and she was standing in the middle of the doorway.
"What?" Selene said raising her gaze from the floor to their faces.
"We just wanna talk." Kasumi said. So, Selene gestured them inside. Nabiki, Kasumi, and Akane sat on her bed, Ranma sat in the extra chair near the window, and Selene sat on the chair in front of the computer.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Selene said turning around and started up a few programs on the computer. Dings and dongs came from the computer, and Ranma walked over to see what she was doing. 'AIM - AOL Instant Messenger.' She whispered through his mind. Ranma saw that she was talking to something, people he thought, and saw that he couldn't understand a single word of it. Giving up he sat back down in his seat.
"I, we wanted to apologize for our father's rude behavior." Kasumi said. Akane and Nabiki nodded their heads and stared down at Selene's black bedspread.
"I just want to apologize for the signs beside the panda and the fact that I didn't stand up for you." Ranma said next.
"You guys don't have to do it." Selene said, popping in a CD. "I mean, you guys didn't do anything." Suddenly Evanescene's Whisper song comes blasting through the speakers. "To my knowledge, it was Soun and Ranma's father's, whoever that is, decision." She turned down the song when the lyrics reached 'no one's here and I fall into myself'. "It's no skin off my back, if they want me to move out." She shrugged her shoulders. "I mean, it's their fault that they brought out all of these debts. I mean for all I care, I could ask Soun to lend me 50,000 yen...and he most likely would have to give it to me."
Soun and the panda, which were on the other side of the door, immediately knocked. Sighing Selene said, "Come in." Soun and the panda walked in. "What?"
"I wanted to ask you if you would stay with us?" Soun was pleading.
"Are you bringing this up because your daughters are asking me to stay, or is it because of what I can do with all 387 favors?" Selene asked, obviously annoyed.
"The favors part." Soun murmured quietly. Selene rolled her eyes.
"It's settled then." Akane said. "Selene will stay, and you..." She pointed at her father. "Cannot force her out of the house."
"Yeah, why don't you guys start without me. I'm almost done with this thing." Selene said trying to shut the door, and ended up pushing Akane's foot out of the doorway. On the other end of the door, Selene was putting together her computer. It was a black one, with a black mouse, and keyboard.
A few moments later, Selene had her computer set up and running complete with DSL. 'Now, I can head down to dinner.' She went to the bathroom to clean herself up, and saw that she had some computer chips in her hair. 'Wondered where they went.' She thought pulling them out of her hair and into her jacket pocket.
By the door of the living room, Selene heard the two families talking.
"I don't think that she should be staying her." Soun said. "She seems to be spending too much time with Ranma."
"HEY! I'm just trying to be her friend!" Ranma shouted. "So what, if I want to spend more time with her than Akane." He threw his hand out, pointing at Akane. "At least I know that she won't try to mutilate me for being around other people!" Akane shot Ranma an evil look, and Ranma stuck out his tongue.
"Fine, hang out with your little girlfriend." Akane said, crossing her arms and looking away from Ranma.
"HEY! NO ONE EVER SAID THAT SHE WAS MY GIRLFRIEND!" Ranma shouted. "We're just really good friends."
"Really, close friends if you ask me." Soun interjected.
"Well, I'm not asking you." Ranma snapped. "Besides, my old man doesn't seem to care who I hang out with."
"Actually Ranma..." Genma said, holding up a sign since he was still a panda. "I'm siding with Soun on this one." Genma quickly scribbled on a new sign and it said, "I think that she should move out." Ranma's mouth dropped open. "You're spending too much time with her, and you don't even know her." At that moment, Selene opened the door.
"I'm sorry for all of you to think that way." Selene's voice was full of sorrow, and regret. "But, if you really want me to leave than I guess I can find a place of my own. Just give me a few days to find a place, and pack up...and then I'll be out of your hands."
"No, no, no. That's not what they meant." Ranma said getting up, trying to soothe Selene. He could see tiny tears dropping to the floor. "Right you guys?" He was referring to Soun and Genma.
"Ranma, it's alright." Selene said, wiping away her tears. "The facts are right there." She was pointing at the signs that were lying next to the panda. "If they really want me out, than so be it." She looked up at Soun. "I hope my father haunts your dreams, and since you aren't really willing to house me...all your debts are back." Soun's mouth dropped. "Didn't you read the bottom of the letter? It said that if you didn't fulfill this then, my daughter, Selene Evangelina Ira, could use up all of my debts." She pulled out the letter, and searched the bottom for a number. "You currently have 387, left out of 500. Geez, I wonder what my father did for you...better yet how many times." She began walking out of the room before Ranma firmly placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Why are you leaving?" Ranma asked, a little agitated. "They didn't say that they wanted you to leave, now did they."
'You know they did.' Selene stared at him. But somehow he knew that she was inside his mind, talking. 'Don't think that since you don't know all of my abilities that I can't do other things. I heard it all, and Soun really wants me gone.' "Now let go of me." she swatted his hand off her shoulder and walked out of the door.
"Father! Now look at what you did." Kasumi said, getting up.
"Yeah, dad. I mean just because you don't know her, doesn't mean that you can kick her out of this house. ESPECIALLY since you were the one that agreed to let her stay." Nabiki said, dropping her abacus and followed Kasumi.
"They're right. Besides she's helping me get through that stupid English course." Akane said. Ranma didn't say anything thing, he just shot them an evil look and followed Akane.
"Guess we lost that one, huh?" Soun said to panda Genma. The panda nodded back, quickly.
The four found themselves in front of Selene's room. They heard shuffling of items, and a few scrapes. Kasumi knocked on the door, "Selene...can you open the door? It's us." The door slowly opened, and they saw Selene standing there. Her hands were in her jacket pockets, and she was standing in the middle of the doorway.
"What?" Selene said raising her gaze from the floor to their faces.
"We just wanna talk." Kasumi said. So, Selene gestured them inside. Nabiki, Kasumi, and Akane sat on her bed, Ranma sat in the extra chair near the window, and Selene sat on the chair in front of the computer.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Selene said turning around and started up a few programs on the computer. Dings and dongs came from the computer, and Ranma walked over to see what she was doing. 'AIM - AOL Instant Messenger.' She whispered through his mind. Ranma saw that she was talking to something, people he thought, and saw that he couldn't understand a single word of it. Giving up he sat back down in his seat.
"I, we wanted to apologize for our father's rude behavior." Kasumi said. Akane and Nabiki nodded their heads and stared down at Selene's black bedspread.
"I just want to apologize for the signs beside the panda and the fact that I didn't stand up for you." Ranma said next.
"You guys don't have to do it." Selene said, popping in a CD. "I mean, you guys didn't do anything." Suddenly Evanescene's Whisper song comes blasting through the speakers. "To my knowledge, it was Soun and Ranma's father's, whoever that is, decision." She turned down the song when the lyrics reached 'no one's here and I fall into myself'. "It's no skin off my back, if they want me to move out." She shrugged her shoulders. "I mean, it's their fault that they brought out all of these debts. I mean for all I care, I could ask Soun to lend me 50,000 yen...and he most likely would have to give it to me."
Soun and the panda, which were on the other side of the door, immediately knocked. Sighing Selene said, "Come in." Soun and the panda walked in. "What?"
"I wanted to ask you if you would stay with us?" Soun was pleading.
"Are you bringing this up because your daughters are asking me to stay, or is it because of what I can do with all 387 favors?" Selene asked, obviously annoyed.
"The favors part." Soun murmured quietly. Selene rolled her eyes.
"It's settled then." Akane said. "Selene will stay, and you..." She pointed at her father. "Cannot force her out of the house."