The 12th Street Apartment
12/1/2003
Hi... I'm back.
Yes... I'm actually not putting this story on hold. ^^
I was having a HORRIBLE day when Nakkie sent that review and I think I went ballistic... sorry for all that panic...
This story is still on... and thank you my encouraging reviewers who are very... well... encouraging!!
Love you guys!!! ^^
I'm still having a really bad time in school... grrr... but I'll continue to write...
I won't burden you with my problems... the world has got enough.
Disclaimer: Not in the mood to write it.
+Review Reponses+
I'm back! Need I say more? I thank you all!!!
++++
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Recap: Gina wakes up, meeting Soujirou and Okita. Gina pretends to be Okita's girlfriend.
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For all my reviewers: For your support, and criticism... and even Nakkie: the reality check.
But mostly, to the guys who support me!! This chapter is for all of you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Four weeks later)
"So sweetheart..." Okita draped his arms lazily over Gina's shoulder.
Gina shoved his arm off, "Okita. Joke has been over a LONG time." She retorted lightly with a smile.
He backed off slightly, "All right... I'm leaving. See you at the hall."
Gina turned back, and Okita rushed back, pecking Gina on the check.
Gina whirled around, turning bright pink, as Okita rushed off pleased. Misao chuckled, "You like him!"
Gina glared, "I'm wearing a dress and high heels... I can't run after him... If I could... he would be dead."
"Right... but you wouldn't want him dead right?" Misao grinned like a Cheshire cat.
"Misao... you're only five feet from me... and also in high heels and a dress." Gina warned.
"Now... oh no!" Misao saw Kaoru entered, draped in white.
Kaoru came in the doorways in tears, "My dress is caught on the door... and tore!"
Misao looked at the HUGE rip, "Oh dear."
Gina looked calmly for a needle and some white string, "Hold still Kaoru." She and Misao began repairing the fine white muslin.
Kaoru continued to sob, "This is SO wrong... Its not meant to be... I can't marry Enishin..."
"No one says you have to Kaoru..." Misao bent over the dress.
"You can back out now." Gina finished the sewing, "All done." She patted Kaoru's back.
Kaoru wiped the tears off her face, "What do I do?"
"What your heart says." Misao replied, "Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command."
"Wow... so insightful." Kaoru looked towards the bright shining sun outside the apartment, "I'm going to the roof... for some air... alone." She left.
Gina snickered as soon as Kaoru departed, "Great Misao..."
"What?"
"Alan Watts said that quote. It's plagiarism."
"Gina! How can you accuse me a such a thing?" Misao's blue eyes were large, "I'm deeply hurt by such an accusation!"
Gina snorted.
***
Kenshin sat in the back of the chapel; Tokio by his side. The rest of the family was either in the service or sitting in the front. Tokio felt her son's pain. She smiled as she slipped a piece of paper into his hand.
Kenshin grinned through his anguish as he read the note written in his mother's flowing script:
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===When love is gone, there's always justice.
===And when justice is gone, there's always force.
===And when force is gone, there's always Mom.
===Hi, Mom!
---------------------By Laurie Anderson
===============================================================
(A/N: I though it was really cute.)
Tokio squeezed her son's hand as the music played.
***
Aoshi noticed his father move as a person took the seat next to him. Aoshi glanced around his father to see twins; black hair, brown eyes... the boy who was across the hall from Gina...
He followed his father's gaze to the one seating father away.
"It's Okita Seta..." Hajime leaned over his son, "And his twin Soujirou is right next to me."
"You know him?" Aoshi looked surprised.
"Good cop." Saitou replied, never taking his glaze from Okita.
"So what's wrong?" Aoshi knew when his father was discontented with something.
"He's the one who's been taking Gina out these last few weeks."
"Oh." Aoshi too watched the grinning twins with sharp eyes.
***
Gina hated the dress... well... she hated dresses period.
Don't trip don't trip don't trip don't trip... smile... Don't trip don't trip don't trip... smile.
Made it to the altar! She smirked inwardly. Ouch ouch... hate high heels... my poor toes. Gina moaned inwardly, moving her weight from foot to foot, hoping to alleviate some of the pain.
Gina focused on the priest as Misao poked her.
Kaoru had seemed a little off when she had gotten back from the roof. Gina wondered if she was going through with the wedding, considering... Kenshin.
She rubbed her wrists, her fingers tracing the scars left there. It had become a habit now.
Gina observed Kaoru, who stiffened with Enishin said I do.
***
It was her turn; Kaoru knew it was. She hadn't been looking at the priest, but the look in Enishin's eyes told her she was to say I do.
She wished she were still on the roof, with Tokyo all around her. Its sights and sounds were so comforting- her home. Was she willing to be ripped away from this, to New York?
Yes, it was to save her father. It was the right thing. He told her "The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold then in the right scale of values." Actually, Norman Thomas said these, but they were also to Kaoru, her father's words. Her values; her family, and the only family she had left was her father. He was her loyalty.
But her mind went back, to the little red haired man in the back. He thought he could hide, but Kaoru saw as soon as she entered the chapel. It was like she was drawn to him, like she needed to seek him out.
Her mind was in limbo; it was now the time for everything to be organized. It wasn't the time to reconsider; it was the time to push forward. The choice she made, was hers... and hers alone.
Misao and Gina were shifting behind her. Kaoru smiled, Gina was probably hoping to get out of the dress soon.
But what would she say? Oh... what would she say? A few words... and it would change her world forever...
Kaoru knew her decision the moment she looked into Enishin's eyes.
"I..."
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MAHAHA!! LOL... okay... I'll end this very short chapter here...
I only posted this to show everyone I was still alive and working on this story!!
Laterz!!
Oh... and please review!!
12/1/2003
Hi... I'm back.
Yes... I'm actually not putting this story on hold. ^^
I was having a HORRIBLE day when Nakkie sent that review and I think I went ballistic... sorry for all that panic...
This story is still on... and thank you my encouraging reviewers who are very... well... encouraging!!
Love you guys!!! ^^
I'm still having a really bad time in school... grrr... but I'll continue to write...
I won't burden you with my problems... the world has got enough.
Disclaimer: Not in the mood to write it.
+Review Reponses+
I'm back! Need I say more? I thank you all!!!
++++
*********
Recap: Gina wakes up, meeting Soujirou and Okita. Gina pretends to be Okita's girlfriend.
*********
For all my reviewers: For your support, and criticism... and even Nakkie: the reality check.
But mostly, to the guys who support me!! This chapter is for all of you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Four weeks later)
"So sweetheart..." Okita draped his arms lazily over Gina's shoulder.
Gina shoved his arm off, "Okita. Joke has been over a LONG time." She retorted lightly with a smile.
He backed off slightly, "All right... I'm leaving. See you at the hall."
Gina turned back, and Okita rushed back, pecking Gina on the check.
Gina whirled around, turning bright pink, as Okita rushed off pleased. Misao chuckled, "You like him!"
Gina glared, "I'm wearing a dress and high heels... I can't run after him... If I could... he would be dead."
"Right... but you wouldn't want him dead right?" Misao grinned like a Cheshire cat.
"Misao... you're only five feet from me... and also in high heels and a dress." Gina warned.
"Now... oh no!" Misao saw Kaoru entered, draped in white.
Kaoru came in the doorways in tears, "My dress is caught on the door... and tore!"
Misao looked at the HUGE rip, "Oh dear."
Gina looked calmly for a needle and some white string, "Hold still Kaoru." She and Misao began repairing the fine white muslin.
Kaoru continued to sob, "This is SO wrong... Its not meant to be... I can't marry Enishin..."
"No one says you have to Kaoru..." Misao bent over the dress.
"You can back out now." Gina finished the sewing, "All done." She patted Kaoru's back.
Kaoru wiped the tears off her face, "What do I do?"
"What your heart says." Misao replied, "Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command."
"Wow... so insightful." Kaoru looked towards the bright shining sun outside the apartment, "I'm going to the roof... for some air... alone." She left.
Gina snickered as soon as Kaoru departed, "Great Misao..."
"What?"
"Alan Watts said that quote. It's plagiarism."
"Gina! How can you accuse me a such a thing?" Misao's blue eyes were large, "I'm deeply hurt by such an accusation!"
Gina snorted.
***
Kenshin sat in the back of the chapel; Tokio by his side. The rest of the family was either in the service or sitting in the front. Tokio felt her son's pain. She smiled as she slipped a piece of paper into his hand.
Kenshin grinned through his anguish as he read the note written in his mother's flowing script:
===============================================================
===When love is gone, there's always justice.
===And when justice is gone, there's always force.
===And when force is gone, there's always Mom.
===Hi, Mom!
---------------------By Laurie Anderson
===============================================================
(A/N: I though it was really cute.)
Tokio squeezed her son's hand as the music played.
***
Aoshi noticed his father move as a person took the seat next to him. Aoshi glanced around his father to see twins; black hair, brown eyes... the boy who was across the hall from Gina...
He followed his father's gaze to the one seating father away.
"It's Okita Seta..." Hajime leaned over his son, "And his twin Soujirou is right next to me."
"You know him?" Aoshi looked surprised.
"Good cop." Saitou replied, never taking his glaze from Okita.
"So what's wrong?" Aoshi knew when his father was discontented with something.
"He's the one who's been taking Gina out these last few weeks."
"Oh." Aoshi too watched the grinning twins with sharp eyes.
***
Gina hated the dress... well... she hated dresses period.
Don't trip don't trip don't trip don't trip... smile... Don't trip don't trip don't trip... smile.
Made it to the altar! She smirked inwardly. Ouch ouch... hate high heels... my poor toes. Gina moaned inwardly, moving her weight from foot to foot, hoping to alleviate some of the pain.
Gina focused on the priest as Misao poked her.
Kaoru had seemed a little off when she had gotten back from the roof. Gina wondered if she was going through with the wedding, considering... Kenshin.
She rubbed her wrists, her fingers tracing the scars left there. It had become a habit now.
Gina observed Kaoru, who stiffened with Enishin said I do.
***
It was her turn; Kaoru knew it was. She hadn't been looking at the priest, but the look in Enishin's eyes told her she was to say I do.
She wished she were still on the roof, with Tokyo all around her. Its sights and sounds were so comforting- her home. Was she willing to be ripped away from this, to New York?
Yes, it was to save her father. It was the right thing. He told her "The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold then in the right scale of values." Actually, Norman Thomas said these, but they were also to Kaoru, her father's words. Her values; her family, and the only family she had left was her father. He was her loyalty.
But her mind went back, to the little red haired man in the back. He thought he could hide, but Kaoru saw as soon as she entered the chapel. It was like she was drawn to him, like she needed to seek him out.
Her mind was in limbo; it was now the time for everything to be organized. It wasn't the time to reconsider; it was the time to push forward. The choice she made, was hers... and hers alone.
Misao and Gina were shifting behind her. Kaoru smiled, Gina was probably hoping to get out of the dress soon.
But what would she say? Oh... what would she say? A few words... and it would change her world forever...
Kaoru knew her decision the moment she looked into Enishin's eyes.
"I..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MAHAHA!! LOL... okay... I'll end this very short chapter here...
I only posted this to show everyone I was still alive and working on this story!!
Laterz!!
Oh... and please review!!