Moving On (Alternate Reality) Chapter 3
(By: R e m e m b e r)
(KristinaAnne84@aol.com)
(March 20, 2004)
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It's an alternate reality fic!!! *screams* Nooooo! LOL. No Sailors, sorry. But the characters are here. Don't worry. ^_^ (BTW...I'm not sure of Serena's last name...so I'm afraid I had to make one up. Sorry)
I don't own Sailor Moon...never will. Naoko does. Go her! ...But should she be willing to put Darien up for sale than *begins drooling excessively*
R&R please.
(BTW: The Cosmo reference is to a picture I saw of Courtney Cox-Arquette in an outfit like that, only her pants were blue. It was totally cute) And once again, thank you so, so much for the comments! You all are the best!
^_^
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"Ma'am, it's not going to go up anymore. Perhaps we can try another size," Serena said, more like pleading.
"No! I am a size four, and that's exactly what I'm getting. You just aren't trying enough!" the woman said.
Serena wiped sweat from her face, not wanting to continue, but fortunetly, the phone behind the counter rang. She silently thanked the phone company, "I'll be right back, Ma'am."
She closed the dressing room door, and walked to the counter to answer the phone, "Eternal Designs. Serena Thomas speaking, how may I help you?"
"Serena? It's Lita. Busy?"
Serena made a face, and glanced towards the dressing rooms to make sure she couldn't be heard, "No. Well, yeah. I'm helping a woman into a dress, and it's not going well."
Lita laughed at her tone, "Why? She being rude?"
Serena sighed, "No. She insists on getting into a size four."
"And what is she?"
"She's a sixteen if she's an ounce," Serena blurted out before thinking.
Lita began laughing on the other end of the phone, "Other than that, how's buisness going?"
"Pretty well. I'm still getting wonderful investements, and my show is in a few months. I have to admit that this came fast, but it's wonderful. Unfortunetly, my staff of six are out to lunch, and I made the mistake of staying in. Now I have to deal with Mrs. Smith, who by the way is headed down the aisle for the seventh time in five years. I bet money she'll be back in a year for number eight."
Lita continued laughing, "I don't want to keep you, but I called to ask if you'd like to come to dinner with Ken and me, tonight. He said he has a friend he'd like to set you up with."
Serena froze, "Set me...up with? Lita, I don't know. Last time I was set up with someone, he turned out to be overly obsessed with Star Trek and proving that it was only a matter of time before he was captain of his own ship. Which reminds me, I haven't kicked Raye for that one. I know it was just to get back at me for that whole Chad thing."
"You mean going out with him?"
"For the last time, we didn't go out. We ran into eachother and had lunch. Besides...I was still with Darien."
There was a moment of silence before Lita spoke up, "You don't have to marry him. Who knows, maybe you'll hit it off."
Serena sighed, "I'll go...but as a favor to you. I'm not really in the mood to be set up."
"Okay, okay. But you never know..."
"Lita!"
Lita chuckled.
Suddenly Serena heard a loud 'rip' and a mumbled, 'Ooops'. She let out another sigh, "I have to go Lita. I think something happened to our dear Mrs. Smith."
"Alright. I'll see you tonight. I'll just leave the details on your cell voice mail."
"K'. Talk to you later."
"Bye."
Serena hung the phone up, and walked back into the dressing room to find Mrs. Smith and an expensive dress now in three pieces. Serena almost dropped when she saw $7,000 worth of fabric now worth nothing.
***
Serena decided it would be good for her to get out and go out with friends. They were all going to a famous resturant that would normally require a reservation a month in advance, but thanks to connections through Lita, they were able to get a table for four around 7:30.
She didn't want to dress too fancy, but not dull either. Serena raided her closet for something to wear. The night was unseasonably warm, so she figured a sweater or jacket was out of the question. After a few minutes of searching, she settled on a plain white spaggetti strapped shirt, covered by a matching sheer white blouse. She also wore black jeans and black boots, with black bands around her 'meatballs'. Her only jewelry was a silver, heart shaped necklace and a plain silver ring around her right index finger.
She put light blue eyeshadow, and pale pink lip gloss on, then checked her appearance. Casual, but pretty. It was nice to have a copy of Cosmo to find out what celebrities were wearing these days. It was a better outfit than the sweatpants and stained t-shirt she wore for the first month after hers and Dariens breakup.
Oh well. It was almost 7:00 and she was due to meet Lita, Ken, and their friend soon. Grabbing her purse and keys, Serena was out the door.
"Serena!" Lita said, waving as she walked to her.
Serena grinned as Lita pulled her into a hug, "Sorry I'm late. But I was...well...I was being me."
Lita laughed as she led her to an area near the front door of the resturant where Ken and another man were talking, "You look great, by the way, Serena. Always did have a good sense of style."
Serena smiled, "You look pretty good yourself. You make a black blouse and jean skirt really pop out."
Lita smiled, "Adam, this is Serena."
Serena shook hands with Adam. She had to admit, he was pretty handsome in his light blue button down shirt, and dark blue jeans. His hair was blonde, which hung down to his eyes, which were a beautiful shade of green. And as tall as Lita. Serena had to chuckle at being the short one of the group.
"Hello, Serena," Adam said, with a smile.
"Hello. Hi, Ken," Serena said, shaking their hands.
Lita gave a Ken a thumbs up behind Serena's back. When Serena saw Lita's reflection in a window of the resturant, she turned around, but Lita had regained a normal position, "Oh well, shall we go in? I may have connections, but they won't wait all night."
Dinner was going well. Serena was actually getting along quite well with Adam. So well that Lita and Ken seemed to fade into the backround. But neither minded. Lita was happy Serena was having a good time, and Ken was happy he didn't send another woman running from the room, crying from a bad hookup.
"No kidding, you own that store?" Adam said.
Grinning as she took a sip of her wine, "Yes I do. Quite a handful, but it's my baby."
"I've heard the hype about your fashion show. And about your store, but never put it together."
"Well you seem to be doing a good job too."
"Compared to you, mine is small potatoes."
Serena laughed, "Come on. There is nothing better than being a kindergarten teacher. I bet it's pretty wonderful seeing so many smiling faces all the time."
He smiled, "Yeah. It is. It's even great getting some fingerpaintings every now and then. They get so tickled when I frame them, and hang them on the walls in the classroom."
Their conversation kept going until Lita and Ken broke in, "I hate to break this short, but Ken and I are going to call it a night. We've been planted here for almost 2 hours."
Serena looked at her watch, "Wow. Have we been talking that long?"
Adam laughed, "Guess so."
"Unfortunetly, we drove Adam here," Ken began, trying to hint to Serena.
Serena looked at Adam, "Oh, well, if you'd like, I can drive you home."
Adam looked quickly at Lita and Ken, then to Serena, "That'd be great. Do you all mind?"
"Nuh-uh," both grinned.
"Okay, I'll see you all later, then," Adam said, standing up. He shook Ken's hand, and gave Lita a hug. After their goodbyes, and Lita and Ken left money for the entire meal, it was just Serena and Adam left.
"You know, Serena, I have to admit. I wasn't really looking forwards to this, but you turned out to be amazing."
Serena blushed, and couldn't stop herself from smiling if she wanted to, "Thank you. I felt the exact same way. But you seem pretty nice."
"What do you say we get out of here? If you drive, I'll buy us some ice-cream."
Serena grabbed her purse, "You're talking my language."
Adam laughed as they left a tip, and left.
Serena and Adam ended up walking around town while they enjoyed their ice-cream. She was completely surprised at how much of a good time she was having, and could only hope it was the same for him.
"Do you have any siblings?" Adam asked, as he took another taste from his chocolate chip ice-cream cone.
Serena rolled her eyes playfully, "Yeah I do. One brother, and I can tell you that he was one too many."
"Annoying, huh?"
She laughed, "You have no idea! He would sit around and call me names just to see me get steamed. He's a teen now, but that doesn't mean he still doesn't torture me."
"I know that feeling. I have a little sister, and she would follow my friends and me everywhere. She had a particular crush on one of them, and would just follow him around like a lost puppy."
Serena laughed, "Aww, I could image her following you around, holding a teddy bear, trying to be one of you."
"Yeah well, when there's almost a ten year age difference, I doubt that was possible."
Serena and Adam continued walking until their ice-cream was gone, and by then, it was just after 10:00pm. They began walking back towards her car, but that didn't stop their conversation. The continued talking while she drove him home, which turned out to be a pretty nice apartment near her buissness.
"This was nice," he said, looking at her, "I haven't had that good of an evening since...well...as far back as I can remember."
She smiled, "Me too."
"Can I call you some time, and maybe take you to dinner without those two grinning like idiots over our shoulders?"
Serena laughed, "I'd like that." She reached for a pen and piece of paper from her purse, "Here is my home number. And cell. And just in case you can't get either, my work number."
He took the paper and looked at the three phone numbers, then grinned up at her, "What no fanclub address?"
"Ah, that would be second date information."
Adam laughed at her response. It felt good to be around someone so at ease, but with a wonderful sense of humor, complete with beautiful smile.
"I'll call you," he promised her.
Serena smiled at him, and watched as he left her car and walked up the sidewalk to the apartment building lobby. Her smile remained on her way all the way home.
It was the first time in awhile she had smiled and laughed that much. And she couldn't wait until Adam called her. Things were finally looking up.
(By: R e m e m b e r)
(KristinaAnne84@aol.com)
(March 20, 2004)
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It's an alternate reality fic!!! *screams* Nooooo! LOL. No Sailors, sorry. But the characters are here. Don't worry. ^_^ (BTW...I'm not sure of Serena's last name...so I'm afraid I had to make one up. Sorry)
I don't own Sailor Moon...never will. Naoko does. Go her! ...But should she be willing to put Darien up for sale than *begins drooling excessively*
R&R please.
(BTW: The Cosmo reference is to a picture I saw of Courtney Cox-Arquette in an outfit like that, only her pants were blue. It was totally cute) And once again, thank you so, so much for the comments! You all are the best!
^_^
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"Ma'am, it's not going to go up anymore. Perhaps we can try another size," Serena said, more like pleading.
"No! I am a size four, and that's exactly what I'm getting. You just aren't trying enough!" the woman said.
Serena wiped sweat from her face, not wanting to continue, but fortunetly, the phone behind the counter rang. She silently thanked the phone company, "I'll be right back, Ma'am."
She closed the dressing room door, and walked to the counter to answer the phone, "Eternal Designs. Serena Thomas speaking, how may I help you?"
"Serena? It's Lita. Busy?"
Serena made a face, and glanced towards the dressing rooms to make sure she couldn't be heard, "No. Well, yeah. I'm helping a woman into a dress, and it's not going well."
Lita laughed at her tone, "Why? She being rude?"
Serena sighed, "No. She insists on getting into a size four."
"And what is she?"
"She's a sixteen if she's an ounce," Serena blurted out before thinking.
Lita began laughing on the other end of the phone, "Other than that, how's buisness going?"
"Pretty well. I'm still getting wonderful investements, and my show is in a few months. I have to admit that this came fast, but it's wonderful. Unfortunetly, my staff of six are out to lunch, and I made the mistake of staying in. Now I have to deal with Mrs. Smith, who by the way is headed down the aisle for the seventh time in five years. I bet money she'll be back in a year for number eight."
Lita continued laughing, "I don't want to keep you, but I called to ask if you'd like to come to dinner with Ken and me, tonight. He said he has a friend he'd like to set you up with."
Serena froze, "Set me...up with? Lita, I don't know. Last time I was set up with someone, he turned out to be overly obsessed with Star Trek and proving that it was only a matter of time before he was captain of his own ship. Which reminds me, I haven't kicked Raye for that one. I know it was just to get back at me for that whole Chad thing."
"You mean going out with him?"
"For the last time, we didn't go out. We ran into eachother and had lunch. Besides...I was still with Darien."
There was a moment of silence before Lita spoke up, "You don't have to marry him. Who knows, maybe you'll hit it off."
Serena sighed, "I'll go...but as a favor to you. I'm not really in the mood to be set up."
"Okay, okay. But you never know..."
"Lita!"
Lita chuckled.
Suddenly Serena heard a loud 'rip' and a mumbled, 'Ooops'. She let out another sigh, "I have to go Lita. I think something happened to our dear Mrs. Smith."
"Alright. I'll see you tonight. I'll just leave the details on your cell voice mail."
"K'. Talk to you later."
"Bye."
Serena hung the phone up, and walked back into the dressing room to find Mrs. Smith and an expensive dress now in three pieces. Serena almost dropped when she saw $7,000 worth of fabric now worth nothing.
***
Serena decided it would be good for her to get out and go out with friends. They were all going to a famous resturant that would normally require a reservation a month in advance, but thanks to connections through Lita, they were able to get a table for four around 7:30.
She didn't want to dress too fancy, but not dull either. Serena raided her closet for something to wear. The night was unseasonably warm, so she figured a sweater or jacket was out of the question. After a few minutes of searching, she settled on a plain white spaggetti strapped shirt, covered by a matching sheer white blouse. She also wore black jeans and black boots, with black bands around her 'meatballs'. Her only jewelry was a silver, heart shaped necklace and a plain silver ring around her right index finger.
She put light blue eyeshadow, and pale pink lip gloss on, then checked her appearance. Casual, but pretty. It was nice to have a copy of Cosmo to find out what celebrities were wearing these days. It was a better outfit than the sweatpants and stained t-shirt she wore for the first month after hers and Dariens breakup.
Oh well. It was almost 7:00 and she was due to meet Lita, Ken, and their friend soon. Grabbing her purse and keys, Serena was out the door.
"Serena!" Lita said, waving as she walked to her.
Serena grinned as Lita pulled her into a hug, "Sorry I'm late. But I was...well...I was being me."
Lita laughed as she led her to an area near the front door of the resturant where Ken and another man were talking, "You look great, by the way, Serena. Always did have a good sense of style."
Serena smiled, "You look pretty good yourself. You make a black blouse and jean skirt really pop out."
Lita smiled, "Adam, this is Serena."
Serena shook hands with Adam. She had to admit, he was pretty handsome in his light blue button down shirt, and dark blue jeans. His hair was blonde, which hung down to his eyes, which were a beautiful shade of green. And as tall as Lita. Serena had to chuckle at being the short one of the group.
"Hello, Serena," Adam said, with a smile.
"Hello. Hi, Ken," Serena said, shaking their hands.
Lita gave a Ken a thumbs up behind Serena's back. When Serena saw Lita's reflection in a window of the resturant, she turned around, but Lita had regained a normal position, "Oh well, shall we go in? I may have connections, but they won't wait all night."
Dinner was going well. Serena was actually getting along quite well with Adam. So well that Lita and Ken seemed to fade into the backround. But neither minded. Lita was happy Serena was having a good time, and Ken was happy he didn't send another woman running from the room, crying from a bad hookup.
"No kidding, you own that store?" Adam said.
Grinning as she took a sip of her wine, "Yes I do. Quite a handful, but it's my baby."
"I've heard the hype about your fashion show. And about your store, but never put it together."
"Well you seem to be doing a good job too."
"Compared to you, mine is small potatoes."
Serena laughed, "Come on. There is nothing better than being a kindergarten teacher. I bet it's pretty wonderful seeing so many smiling faces all the time."
He smiled, "Yeah. It is. It's even great getting some fingerpaintings every now and then. They get so tickled when I frame them, and hang them on the walls in the classroom."
Their conversation kept going until Lita and Ken broke in, "I hate to break this short, but Ken and I are going to call it a night. We've been planted here for almost 2 hours."
Serena looked at her watch, "Wow. Have we been talking that long?"
Adam laughed, "Guess so."
"Unfortunetly, we drove Adam here," Ken began, trying to hint to Serena.
Serena looked at Adam, "Oh, well, if you'd like, I can drive you home."
Adam looked quickly at Lita and Ken, then to Serena, "That'd be great. Do you all mind?"
"Nuh-uh," both grinned.
"Okay, I'll see you all later, then," Adam said, standing up. He shook Ken's hand, and gave Lita a hug. After their goodbyes, and Lita and Ken left money for the entire meal, it was just Serena and Adam left.
"You know, Serena, I have to admit. I wasn't really looking forwards to this, but you turned out to be amazing."
Serena blushed, and couldn't stop herself from smiling if she wanted to, "Thank you. I felt the exact same way. But you seem pretty nice."
"What do you say we get out of here? If you drive, I'll buy us some ice-cream."
Serena grabbed her purse, "You're talking my language."
Adam laughed as they left a tip, and left.
Serena and Adam ended up walking around town while they enjoyed their ice-cream. She was completely surprised at how much of a good time she was having, and could only hope it was the same for him.
"Do you have any siblings?" Adam asked, as he took another taste from his chocolate chip ice-cream cone.
Serena rolled her eyes playfully, "Yeah I do. One brother, and I can tell you that he was one too many."
"Annoying, huh?"
She laughed, "You have no idea! He would sit around and call me names just to see me get steamed. He's a teen now, but that doesn't mean he still doesn't torture me."
"I know that feeling. I have a little sister, and she would follow my friends and me everywhere. She had a particular crush on one of them, and would just follow him around like a lost puppy."
Serena laughed, "Aww, I could image her following you around, holding a teddy bear, trying to be one of you."
"Yeah well, when there's almost a ten year age difference, I doubt that was possible."
Serena and Adam continued walking until their ice-cream was gone, and by then, it was just after 10:00pm. They began walking back towards her car, but that didn't stop their conversation. The continued talking while she drove him home, which turned out to be a pretty nice apartment near her buissness.
"This was nice," he said, looking at her, "I haven't had that good of an evening since...well...as far back as I can remember."
She smiled, "Me too."
"Can I call you some time, and maybe take you to dinner without those two grinning like idiots over our shoulders?"
Serena laughed, "I'd like that." She reached for a pen and piece of paper from her purse, "Here is my home number. And cell. And just in case you can't get either, my work number."
He took the paper and looked at the three phone numbers, then grinned up at her, "What no fanclub address?"
"Ah, that would be second date information."
Adam laughed at her response. It felt good to be around someone so at ease, but with a wonderful sense of humor, complete with beautiful smile.
"I'll call you," he promised her.
Serena smiled at him, and watched as he left her car and walked up the sidewalk to the apartment building lobby. Her smile remained on her way all the way home.
It was the first time in awhile she had smiled and laughed that much. And she couldn't wait until Adam called her. Things were finally looking up.