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When Worlds Collide
Chapter 3
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The drive to the house was rather quiet. Zoicite stared in the direction of the hospital. Jadeite, on the other hand, stared at Tani. He was still trying to find the connection between them. Tani's mind was on the same thing. She called her mother to let her know they were on their way.
"Well, this is our destination," Tani announced. Zoicite didn't say anything, but she did nod. Jadeite smiled because he was glad to get out Tani's car and stretch. He thought the car was comfortable, his only problem with it was that it was a compact car. He was a little too tall for it. Tani pressed the automatic door unlock button. Tani then got out of the car. She opened the door for Zoicite, then went to open Jadeite's side to see that he had already opened it himself and was standing outside stretching. Tani laughed to herself, which made Jadeite smile at her. Zoicite was steadily growing impatient. "Are we ever going into the house?" She sighed. "Yes, in just a minute. We will as soon as I get the bags out of the trunk." Opening the trunk, Tani grabbed all of the bags. Jadeite politely grabbed them from her. "You have to open the door, so you need your hands free." She then smiled at him, "Thank you." They walked up to the house and got their first good look at it.
It had a reddish brown roof; white gutters hung from it neatly. The front of the house was brown rough bricks. There was a large rectangular window, next to it was a black mailbox, and next to the mailbox was a wrought iron security door that was in a fleur de leis pattern. Under the door was a concrete ramp, it looked like a wheelchair ramp except there was a step at top of it next to the door. Surrounding the ramp was a wrought iron rail that was in the same pattern as the door.
They walked up the ramp with Tani in the front, Zoicite in the middle, and Jadeite in the back. Just as Tani was about to open the door, the door opened for them. "Come in," said a female voice.
They walked in and saw the woman who opened the door. She was about five feet, five inches tall. Her skin was about three shades darker than Tani's. Her black hair was pulled back into a bun at the back of her head, her eyes were dark brown, she had a nose that was wider than Tani's, her mouth was smaller than Tani's, but her lips were about the same size. She was dressed in a heather gray pants set, and brown shoes.
"Welcome to our home. I know you all must be starving. Wash your hands, then we can all eat." She said warmly. "Thank you very much." Jadeite and Zoicite said gratefully. Both were quite hungry. Tani then showed them to the bathroom. She then walked to the dining room. "Mother, may I eat later? I need to take a shower." Joyce noticed how soiled her daughter's clothes were, and nodded. "Yes, you may." Tani then smiled at her mother and retreated to her shower, which was adjacent to her room.
Jadeite, followed by Zoicite, walked into the living room. Joyce was there, waiting for them. "Follow me, please." They followed her into the dining room. "You may sit and eat." Joyce sat. They did the same after she did. The table was set. There were bowls of food that held dinner rolls, yams, steak, and fried rice. "Thank you very much for the meal, Mrs. Nives." Jadeite said politely. "Yes, thank you." Zoicite said in the same manner. Joyce grinned, "You're both welcome, and it's Ms. Nives." Jadeite nodded and asked, "Will Tani be joining us for dinner?" Zoicite would have rolled her eyes, but she knew it wouldn't be appropriate in the presence of Ms. Nives. "She might not; she had to take a shower." Jadeite nodded remembering the amount of blood on her clothes. Everyone began to eat. About ten minutes later, Tani walked in. Her hair was in a ponytail, and was still slightly damp. She was wearing a long sleeved white shirt and a brown skirt. She was holding her utensils and plate. Jadeite looked at her and couldn't hide the small grin on his face. He was glad to see her again. Joyce smiled and nodded. Tani then sat down. They then began to eat again.
"The meal was delicious, thank you again," Jadeite stated as he helped with the dishes. "You're very welcome, Jed." Tani had told about what happened earlier at dinner as well as formally introducing Jadeite and Zoicite to her mother. After the dishes were put away, it was Tani's job to make the bed in one of the rooms while her mother made the other bed. Once that was done, Tani showed Jadeite and Zoicite to their rooms and to where the nearest bathroom was. "If you all need anything, my room is right here." Her room ended up being closer to Zoicite's than Jadeite's. Tani left them to arrange their clothes in the closets. She went to her room to think about the events of the day. She sat at the bay window in her room. Opening the curtains, she noticed there was a full moon outside. She laughed to herself.
Jadeite didn't feel like sleeping. His mind was much too curios. He decided he'd check and see if Tani was awake. Still being fully dressed, he stepped up to her door. He knocked upon it softly. The door opened about a minute later. "Hi, Jed. Would you like to come in?" "Hmmm. I'm being invited into a girl's room, at night. You aren't going to do anything to me, are you?" He said with a sly smile. Tani blushed. "No I just figured you probably wanted to talk. I know you don't want to stand there all of that time." "Because the lady asks so nicely," he walked in. Tani cracked the door behind them. She walked ahead of him to the seat at the window and gestured for him to sit down. He sat down, and she did also. She was a small distance from him, though. "You want to know why we have such a large house for two people, huh?" "That was one of the things I was wondering about." Tani then gazed at the moon again. "It's a long story, but I'll try to make it a short."
" My mother met my father on a business trip to Japan. He had a son from his wife, who died during childbirth. My mother got to know them well. The boy loved her, and so did my father. They decided to get married, but first they wanted to buy a house in America. So they got engaged, saved and bought the house. They furnished it on my father's vacation. His job was being transferred to America. The house has four bedrooms because they deiced that they would have two more children. So my father and his son packed up their belongings in their car and were traveling to the airport. My mother waited for them at the airport in America at the time they were to arrive. She saw their plane land, and she waited for all of the people to get off. She looked through the crowd for them repeatedly, but she couldn't find them. So she sat on a bench and waited. She sat there for about five hours. She then decided to go home and call them. The phone rang and rang. She never got an answer. She was so worried, that she started vomiting and sobbing deeply. A week went by, and she still hadn't heard from them. Her vomiting didn't stop so she went to the doctor. That's when she fond out she was vomiting because she was pregnant. She called around, and fond out that my father and his son were killed n a car accident and that the funeral was in two days. She flew to Japan and attended he funeral and noticed that the boy's body was missing. It was never recovered, so they concluded that he died also. My mother flew back here, and she's lived here ever since."
"I'm sorry." "Oh, it's ok. It's not like I met them or anything. My father didn't have any other family, so I don't know that much about him." Jadeite decided that this wasn't a good time to discuss their relationship. He stood, "I think I'm getting tired Lady Tani, I'll see you tomorrow." "Wait, Jed. I need to know something." "Yes?" "Why do you call me 'Lady Tani'?" Jadeite shrugged his shoulders, "It just seems right. Haven't I always called you that?" Tani almost forgot her charade for a second. "Uh, yes. Yes, it's just I've always wondered why." "With my memory loss, you're asking the wrong person. Goodnight Lady Tani." "Goodnight." He then bowed and walked out.
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Her feet hit the ground firmly as she ran. She knew she did not have anywhere to hide. At least she could get away from her. Deep inside she knew that it wouldn't work. The things that woman said about her family, about her! She couldn't stand it! She dashed to her chambers and lay on her bed out of breath. She panted and sweated. It was not a sane thing to do; she knew that, it just seemed like the right thing to do. No, it was an impulse. That lady would surely tell her father. "Great, just what I need, to get in trouble with father. I'll never be able to ask him now." She rolled over onto her stomach and sighed.
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The sun shone brightly in the sky over the Nives' house. The smell of crisp bacon rang through the air. That alone awoke Zoicite out of her peaceful slumber. She yawned and stretched. Getting out of bed, she realized that she was still wearing her clothes. She went to the closet and pulled out a new set of clothes. Then her mind fell on him. The silver haired man she felt such a deep connection with. It tore at her heart to see him injured. "That man must be my lover. That's the only way I could feel such love for him without even remembering him." She sighed. "I hope he doesn't die." Her voice broke up at the very last words of the sentence. She couldn't tolerate the thought of loosing this silver haired gentleman. "I must see him today." She declared with a definite sadness in her voice.
After a good shower, and change of clothes, Zoicite came down the hall to see that Jadeite was awake reading the newspaper and eating breakfast. Tani was sitting across from him at the table, obviously blushing at something he must have said. It was the way Tani blushed that showed where it came from. She couldn't see Ms. Nives. She must have been in the kitchen. Zoicite's stomach rumbled.
Jadeite looked away from Tani and his paper to Zoicite. "Oh, good morning Zoey. I didn't know you were there. Until I heard your stomach that is." He stated with a smirk. "Humph," was all Zoicite muttered as she down at the table. "Good morning Zoey! Have some breakfast!" Ms. Nives said as she place more toast on the plate. "Thank you ma'am." Zoicite said as she began to eat.
After everyone had eaten, Zoicite asked her question. "When are we going back to the hospital?" Tani checked her watch. "Visiting hours just started. We could leave right now." She looked to her mother for approval. "I'll see you all later on." Joyce said as she nodded. "Goodbye mother." Tani said as she lightly hugged her mother across the shoulders. She then stood. "Okay everyone. Let's go!"
Just as they drove off, the phone rang. "Hello?" "Is this Ms. Nives?" "This is she." "Tani Nives?" "Oh, that's my daughter. She just stepped out. May I take a message?" "Yes, I'm Dr. Athol at the hospital. I was just calling to let her know of the development in her friends' case." "She's headed over there right now." "Ok, then. I'll tell her personally. Goodbye." "Goodbye." Joyce hung up the phone "I hope they haven't taken a turn for the worst."
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Thanks for reading this chapter!! If you liked it, review!!
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is copyright © 1992 Naoko Takeuchi/Kodansha, TOEI Animation. English Language Adaptation © 1995 DiC Entertainment. My original characters Joyce, Dr. Athol, and Tani belong to me. Have a nice Day! ^_^
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When Worlds Collide
Chapter 3
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The drive to the house was rather quiet. Zoicite stared in the direction of the hospital. Jadeite, on the other hand, stared at Tani. He was still trying to find the connection between them. Tani's mind was on the same thing. She called her mother to let her know they were on their way.
"Well, this is our destination," Tani announced. Zoicite didn't say anything, but she did nod. Jadeite smiled because he was glad to get out Tani's car and stretch. He thought the car was comfortable, his only problem with it was that it was a compact car. He was a little too tall for it. Tani pressed the automatic door unlock button. Tani then got out of the car. She opened the door for Zoicite, then went to open Jadeite's side to see that he had already opened it himself and was standing outside stretching. Tani laughed to herself, which made Jadeite smile at her. Zoicite was steadily growing impatient. "Are we ever going into the house?" She sighed. "Yes, in just a minute. We will as soon as I get the bags out of the trunk." Opening the trunk, Tani grabbed all of the bags. Jadeite politely grabbed them from her. "You have to open the door, so you need your hands free." She then smiled at him, "Thank you." They walked up to the house and got their first good look at it.
It had a reddish brown roof; white gutters hung from it neatly. The front of the house was brown rough bricks. There was a large rectangular window, next to it was a black mailbox, and next to the mailbox was a wrought iron security door that was in a fleur de leis pattern. Under the door was a concrete ramp, it looked like a wheelchair ramp except there was a step at top of it next to the door. Surrounding the ramp was a wrought iron rail that was in the same pattern as the door.
They walked up the ramp with Tani in the front, Zoicite in the middle, and Jadeite in the back. Just as Tani was about to open the door, the door opened for them. "Come in," said a female voice.
They walked in and saw the woman who opened the door. She was about five feet, five inches tall. Her skin was about three shades darker than Tani's. Her black hair was pulled back into a bun at the back of her head, her eyes were dark brown, she had a nose that was wider than Tani's, her mouth was smaller than Tani's, but her lips were about the same size. She was dressed in a heather gray pants set, and brown shoes.
"Welcome to our home. I know you all must be starving. Wash your hands, then we can all eat." She said warmly. "Thank you very much." Jadeite and Zoicite said gratefully. Both were quite hungry. Tani then showed them to the bathroom. She then walked to the dining room. "Mother, may I eat later? I need to take a shower." Joyce noticed how soiled her daughter's clothes were, and nodded. "Yes, you may." Tani then smiled at her mother and retreated to her shower, which was adjacent to her room.
Jadeite, followed by Zoicite, walked into the living room. Joyce was there, waiting for them. "Follow me, please." They followed her into the dining room. "You may sit and eat." Joyce sat. They did the same after she did. The table was set. There were bowls of food that held dinner rolls, yams, steak, and fried rice. "Thank you very much for the meal, Mrs. Nives." Jadeite said politely. "Yes, thank you." Zoicite said in the same manner. Joyce grinned, "You're both welcome, and it's Ms. Nives." Jadeite nodded and asked, "Will Tani be joining us for dinner?" Zoicite would have rolled her eyes, but she knew it wouldn't be appropriate in the presence of Ms. Nives. "She might not; she had to take a shower." Jadeite nodded remembering the amount of blood on her clothes. Everyone began to eat. About ten minutes later, Tani walked in. Her hair was in a ponytail, and was still slightly damp. She was wearing a long sleeved white shirt and a brown skirt. She was holding her utensils and plate. Jadeite looked at her and couldn't hide the small grin on his face. He was glad to see her again. Joyce smiled and nodded. Tani then sat down. They then began to eat again.
"The meal was delicious, thank you again," Jadeite stated as he helped with the dishes. "You're very welcome, Jed." Tani had told about what happened earlier at dinner as well as formally introducing Jadeite and Zoicite to her mother. After the dishes were put away, it was Tani's job to make the bed in one of the rooms while her mother made the other bed. Once that was done, Tani showed Jadeite and Zoicite to their rooms and to where the nearest bathroom was. "If you all need anything, my room is right here." Her room ended up being closer to Zoicite's than Jadeite's. Tani left them to arrange their clothes in the closets. She went to her room to think about the events of the day. She sat at the bay window in her room. Opening the curtains, she noticed there was a full moon outside. She laughed to herself.
Jadeite didn't feel like sleeping. His mind was much too curios. He decided he'd check and see if Tani was awake. Still being fully dressed, he stepped up to her door. He knocked upon it softly. The door opened about a minute later. "Hi, Jed. Would you like to come in?" "Hmmm. I'm being invited into a girl's room, at night. You aren't going to do anything to me, are you?" He said with a sly smile. Tani blushed. "No I just figured you probably wanted to talk. I know you don't want to stand there all of that time." "Because the lady asks so nicely," he walked in. Tani cracked the door behind them. She walked ahead of him to the seat at the window and gestured for him to sit down. He sat down, and she did also. She was a small distance from him, though. "You want to know why we have such a large house for two people, huh?" "That was one of the things I was wondering about." Tani then gazed at the moon again. "It's a long story, but I'll try to make it a short."
" My mother met my father on a business trip to Japan. He had a son from his wife, who died during childbirth. My mother got to know them well. The boy loved her, and so did my father. They decided to get married, but first they wanted to buy a house in America. So they got engaged, saved and bought the house. They furnished it on my father's vacation. His job was being transferred to America. The house has four bedrooms because they deiced that they would have two more children. So my father and his son packed up their belongings in their car and were traveling to the airport. My mother waited for them at the airport in America at the time they were to arrive. She saw their plane land, and she waited for all of the people to get off. She looked through the crowd for them repeatedly, but she couldn't find them. So she sat on a bench and waited. She sat there for about five hours. She then decided to go home and call them. The phone rang and rang. She never got an answer. She was so worried, that she started vomiting and sobbing deeply. A week went by, and she still hadn't heard from them. Her vomiting didn't stop so she went to the doctor. That's when she fond out she was vomiting because she was pregnant. She called around, and fond out that my father and his son were killed n a car accident and that the funeral was in two days. She flew to Japan and attended he funeral and noticed that the boy's body was missing. It was never recovered, so they concluded that he died also. My mother flew back here, and she's lived here ever since."
"I'm sorry." "Oh, it's ok. It's not like I met them or anything. My father didn't have any other family, so I don't know that much about him." Jadeite decided that this wasn't a good time to discuss their relationship. He stood, "I think I'm getting tired Lady Tani, I'll see you tomorrow." "Wait, Jed. I need to know something." "Yes?" "Why do you call me 'Lady Tani'?" Jadeite shrugged his shoulders, "It just seems right. Haven't I always called you that?" Tani almost forgot her charade for a second. "Uh, yes. Yes, it's just I've always wondered why." "With my memory loss, you're asking the wrong person. Goodnight Lady Tani." "Goodnight." He then bowed and walked out.
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Her feet hit the ground firmly as she ran. She knew she did not have anywhere to hide. At least she could get away from her. Deep inside she knew that it wouldn't work. The things that woman said about her family, about her! She couldn't stand it! She dashed to her chambers and lay on her bed out of breath. She panted and sweated. It was not a sane thing to do; she knew that, it just seemed like the right thing to do. No, it was an impulse. That lady would surely tell her father. "Great, just what I need, to get in trouble with father. I'll never be able to ask him now." She rolled over onto her stomach and sighed.
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The sun shone brightly in the sky over the Nives' house. The smell of crisp bacon rang through the air. That alone awoke Zoicite out of her peaceful slumber. She yawned and stretched. Getting out of bed, she realized that she was still wearing her clothes. She went to the closet and pulled out a new set of clothes. Then her mind fell on him. The silver haired man she felt such a deep connection with. It tore at her heart to see him injured. "That man must be my lover. That's the only way I could feel such love for him without even remembering him." She sighed. "I hope he doesn't die." Her voice broke up at the very last words of the sentence. She couldn't tolerate the thought of loosing this silver haired gentleman. "I must see him today." She declared with a definite sadness in her voice.
After a good shower, and change of clothes, Zoicite came down the hall to see that Jadeite was awake reading the newspaper and eating breakfast. Tani was sitting across from him at the table, obviously blushing at something he must have said. It was the way Tani blushed that showed where it came from. She couldn't see Ms. Nives. She must have been in the kitchen. Zoicite's stomach rumbled.
Jadeite looked away from Tani and his paper to Zoicite. "Oh, good morning Zoey. I didn't know you were there. Until I heard your stomach that is." He stated with a smirk. "Humph," was all Zoicite muttered as she down at the table. "Good morning Zoey! Have some breakfast!" Ms. Nives said as she place more toast on the plate. "Thank you ma'am." Zoicite said as she began to eat.
After everyone had eaten, Zoicite asked her question. "When are we going back to the hospital?" Tani checked her watch. "Visiting hours just started. We could leave right now." She looked to her mother for approval. "I'll see you all later on." Joyce said as she nodded. "Goodbye mother." Tani said as she lightly hugged her mother across the shoulders. She then stood. "Okay everyone. Let's go!"
Just as they drove off, the phone rang. "Hello?" "Is this Ms. Nives?" "This is she." "Tani Nives?" "Oh, that's my daughter. She just stepped out. May I take a message?" "Yes, I'm Dr. Athol at the hospital. I was just calling to let her know of the development in her friends' case." "She's headed over there right now." "Ok, then. I'll tell her personally. Goodbye." "Goodbye." Joyce hung up the phone "I hope they haven't taken a turn for the worst."
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