Sweet Sixteen and a Half
Chapter 6
PG-13 for later chapters
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Nephrite's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'This is going to be a long day' I moaned in my head. 'Why does Jedite have to be such an idiot anyways?'
"So where do you want to go first?" Darien asked as we stepped outside the hotel.
"Well, we could go downtown" Zoisite suggested.
"But which way is downtown?" I asked. This was going to be a long day.
"Well…….." Zoisite said as he, reached into his pocket and pulled out a slip of paper.
"That wasn't in your pocket when we dove into the pool, was it?" Jedite asked.
"No, because unlike some people, I actually think" Zoisite replied. He carefully studied the map for a while.
"Hey, it's not my fault we all got wet!" Jedite exclaimed in defense.
"Of course it was you idiot" Kunzite replied "You're the one who yelled at us to jump into the pool!"
"But you're the one who listened" Jedite shot back.
"Guys, that's enough!" Darien exclaimed. "Look, we're in dry clothes now and we're going to spend the rest of the day exploring. In other words….JUST DROP IT!"
*blink, blink*
"Eureka!" Zoisite shouted suddenly, causing all of us to jump.
"Zoisite, why did you do that!?!?" I asked angrily.
"I just figured out where downtown is" he replied. "Follow me"
*********************Downtown***************************
"Why did we come here?" I asked angrily as we passed the surfboard shop for the fifth time. "We're lost!"
"We are not" Zoisite snapped, taking out and looking at his map again.
"Zoisite, enough with the map!" Jedite exclaimed angrily. Ripping the map out of his hands, Jedite ripped it into tiny little pieces and tossed them into Zoisite's face.
"YOU IDIOT! NOW WE REALLY ARE LOST!" Zoisite exclaimed.
"And what gave you the idea that we weren't before?" I asked.
"Because we weren't!" he exclaimed. "I was just about to tell you that I was looking at the map sideways, but Mr. Idiot himself over here decided that he would have some fun and act his shoe size!"
Wow, that was about the third time today that Zoisite had lost his temper. This was not going to be a very good day.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Lita's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Come on guys; let's go to the Surf Shop!" I called. I had always wanted to learn how to surf ever since I was little, it had always been a dream of mine; riding waves that were bigger than me, not to mention catching the attention of cute boys. Then it hit me, that's why I was here, to catch the attention of my boyfriend who had could possibly be cheating on me. Memories flooded my mind of him always promising to be there for me, always going to protect me. He was the one who broke through my boundaries and liked me for me. Then new memories flooded my mind of him hitting on Laura. I don't know why I should mind, I mean, Laura IS me….but would he be doing that with the next thing that had a chest and legs who came along?
"Lita is something wrong?" I felt a hand touch me on my shoulder. Turning around, I came face to face with Serena.
"What?" noticing my mistake, I quickly covered it up. "I'm fine, what gave you that idea?" I asked, putting up my tough appearance again. Looking down at Serena, she silently shook her head.
"Lita, do you think that I've not known you long enough to see when something's wrong?" she asked quietly, understanding and warmth in her voice. Her hand still hadn't left my shoulder.
"Serena…."
"Lita, I know what you're going through, we all do, I do especially," she replied sadness evident in her voice. Then I remembered what she had to go through, she had had her memories long before the rest of us. The man she loved she argued continually with. She had to act like someone she was not, just so that she would be safe; she still had to do that today. I smiled, causing her to smile. We had a silent understanding between us, her and I. I silently thanked the Lord that she was my Princess for she was one of the only people I knew that understood me.
"Don't worry Lita, we're going to get even with them, you just wait and see" she comforted, causing me to smile even more than I already was. "Come on, let's go inside, you know, you're not the only one who's wanted to learn how to surf" this caused me to laugh.
"Last one inside has to clean Luna's litter box!" I cried as I ran into the store, leaving a laughing Serena behind.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kunzite's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Jedite. you. are. dead." I seethed angrily clenching my fists at my side.
"Hey Kunzite, calm down" Jedite said nervously, slowing backing away from me.
"Guys, calm down!" the Prince said.
"Darien, this idiot got us lost!" I cried.
"Kunzite, keep in mind that it was just a mistake, he was stressed from walking so much, you probably would have done the same thing in given time!"
He was right, five more minutes I would have taken the map myself and ripped it to shreds. Letting out a very unlikely snort, I turned and faced the surf shop. My eyes turned wide; was that……Mina? No, it couldn't be, could it? Blinking a couple a times, I rubbed my eyes and looked back at the window. No one was there.
'Get a grip on yourself, you're just seeing things. You're just guilty because you thought that Michelle looked just as beautiful as Mina, that's it, no need to worry'
"Hey Kunz, you alright?" I heard Nephrite ask.
"What?" I asked. "Oh, nothing…."
"Hey Kunz, you look like you saw a ghost" Jedite snickered. I turned and gave him a glance that could set all hell loose. He backed away slowly and hid behind Endymion.
"Kunzite, are you alright?" my prince asked with concern. "Jedite is right; it does look like you saw a ghost."
"What? Oh it wasn't that…….." I paused, causing everyone to look at me, but I didn't mind, I still couldn't get that picture of Mina out of my head.
"Kunz, what did you see?" Zoisite asked with concern. Turning and facing him, he gave me a heart warming smile, causing me to smile back.
"I………don't know" I said honestly looking at the ground. "I thought I saw……..Mina" I whispered, desperateness in my voice. I longed to see her right now, and not just that haunting picture.
"Mina?" Nephrite asked. "That's what you saw?"
"Yes" I replied, looking at the ground again. "Or someone who looked extremely like her, but when I looked again, she was gone." Looking up, I saw everyone's faces revealed that they were deep in thought.
"Well, why don't we go in and see for ourselves?" my prince suggested. "And while we're in there, we can ask and see if they an extra map inside, or at least directions on how to get out of here"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mina's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'No, this can't be!' I cried desperately in my mind. This couldn't happen, this just couldn't. We had planned everything out so delicately and now, now everything was ruined.
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"They HAVE to have an orange surfboard!" I cried out loud, falling to my knees in defeat. (He, he. You thought that I was going to say that she saw the guys, didn't you?)
"Mina, calm down," Raye comforted. "They don't have a red one either!" We both broke down into tears on the floor.
(Sorry, corny moment….I'm on a sugar high!)
"Hey, wait a minute…." Raye paused looking up.
"What?" I asked. That's when I saw what she was looking at. Outside, there were the guys.
"Oh man, oh man" Raye panicked. "I'm going to go get Serena" she said hurriedly. As she walked off I heard her muttering "and now is just the time when we don't have our disguises on either"
Looking out the window, I glanced longingly at Kunzite. Right now, I just wanted to run into his arms and have him hold me forever. He was always there for me no matter what. Most people saw me as a blonde headed bimbo or a blonde beauty with legs a mile long and a chest to please any man, but not Kunzite. He looked at me and like me for who I was, not just because of what I looked like. I put a hand on the glass of the window and gazed longingly outside. Letting out a sigh, Kunzite's head suddenly turned and looked right at me. Holding my breath, I suddenly became very afraid. I watched as shook his head and rubbed his eyes. 'I've gotta hide' I thought nervously. "Hit the deck!" I cried and fell to the floor. Everyone in the store stopped and looked at me suddenly. "He, he, found me earring!" I cried. Shaking their heads, they went back to looking at surfboards.
"Mina, is everything okay?" I heard a voice ask. Getting off the floor, I began to dust myself off.
"Serena, he………saw me" I said nervously.
"Oh no" she said, disappointment evident in her voice.
"But don't worry, I think he thought that he was imagining it or something because he rubbed his eyes and shook his head." Looking at her, she let out a sigh of relief.
"That's good then, but we won't be safe for long. Let's head to the bathroom so we can put our disguises on" Serena whispered hurriedly before grabbing my arm and dragging me to the bathroom.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Darien's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As we entered the store, I noticed that there was only a few other people inside. Looking at Kunzite, he seemed to be frantically searching the place for something.
"Kunzite, she's not here" I said steadily. He turned to me and sighed.
"I thought so…….it's just, well, I miss her" he replied. I looked sadly at him, but there was nothing that could be done. Walking up to the check out, a flash of silver caught my eye. Turning my head quickly, I came face to face with Sarah.
"Sarah?" I asked in disbelief.
(AN: Just in case you forgot which character is which, Serena = Serenity, Raye= Rachel, Amy = Amelia, Mina = Michelle, and Lita = Laura.)
(~Thanks for the hint super sailor usagi! ~)
"End….Darien, what are you doing here?" Sarah asked, smiling brightly at me.
"Well, we got lost and we ended up here, what are you doing here?" I asked. She looked at me for a moment before bursting into laughter.
"And what may I ask is so funny?" I asked again, sarcasm in my voice.
"I just can't believe that you got lost!" she cried between fits of laughter.
"Ha, ha, yuck it up" I replied, my voice dripping with sarcasm.
"I'm sorry" she replied, stopping her laughter and looking at me straight in the eye.
'She looks so much like Sere…' I thought, but shook my head of those thoughts. No, I couldn't think of her right now, I needed to concentrate on other things.
"Hey, I've got an idea" Sarah piped up suddenly. "We were going to explore today and since it appears that that's what you were going to do, why don't you come with us? Amelia has a pretty good since of direction, and I don't think the girls would mind if you came with us." then she added, "Please?" and gave me an adorable little pout. She looked so innocent standing there, who would say anything else.
"Of course I would love to come with you" I replied, happiness radiating in my voice. She smiled at me again. Why did I feel so good that I had made her happy? Why did she have the same affect on me as Sere did?
"Great, I'll tell the girls, I think we're done here anyways." With a spin of her heal; she walked off to go find the rest of the girls. As I watched her, I noticed she had a slight swing in her hips. 'Get your mind out of the gutter Darien! You already have a girlfriend who you love very much' I scolded myself. Somehow though, whenever I thought of Sere, Sarah popped in my mind. 'This can't be good'
"So, are we going are what?" Sarah called.
"Coming!" I called back
"Now don't get us lost again Zoisite"
"Hey, it wasn't my fault"
"Yes it was"
"No it wasn't"
"Jedite, are you going to argue all day, or are going to talk to me?"
"Sorry Rachel"
"Oh look!! A shrunken heads shop! Let's go inside!" Laura exclaimed suddenly.
"Uh, how about we wait out here"
"No, come on, I want to see what they have inside"
"Laura, I don't think that's a good idea."
"And why is that Nephrite?"
"Well………..it's bad luck…….yea, that's it…..., bad luck"
"I don't believe it"
"Come on guys, the rest of us want to, don't you?" Looking around, the girls nodded their heads in approval.
"Cool, now let's go!"
The rest of the day was spent looking around, well, shopping with the girls. Other than the shrunken heads shop, we visited surf shops, buffets, tiki doctors which still left bad memories in my head, and about twenty clothing stores.
"I can't believe Laura made me buy one of those shrunken heads!" Nephrite exclaimed while the girls went to freshen up in the bathroom.
"Hey, Rachel's making me carry all the stuff she bought" Jedite stated. "I wouldn't complain."
"More like what you bought her"
"Shut up"
"Make me"
"Idiot"
"Moron"
"Sleeze bag"
"Mommy's boy"
"Am not"
"Are too"
"Bad breath"
"Farts a lot"
"Frizzy hair"
"No hair"
"That's not true"
"Big feet"
"Dick head"
"Hey!!! I wouldn't talk if I were you"
"GUYS THAT'S ENOUGH!" I roared, causing them both to turn and look at me.
"Geese Dare, you don't have to go mental on us" Nephrite commented.
"Yea Dare"
"Hey guys, ready to go?" Michelle asked, coming up to us.
"You girls got everything done?" Kunzite asked.
"Yea. Hey, I'm hungry, let's get something to eat" Sarah commented.
"You're always hungry"
"I am not, you know how it is, shopping and all"
"Yea, now that you mention it, I'm quite a bit famished myself" Amelia remarked.
"There was what looked like a food stand back there" Zoisite explained. "We could go back there if you girls are hungry"
"YES!" they all chimed together.
"Haha, okay, let's go. Ladies, after you" I stated politely, doing a mock bow in the process, causing the girls to laugh.
"Come on Darien, let's go."
We walked down to the stand where we each got something to eat. The girls went to reserve table, leaving us with paying the bill.
"Why does it always end up like this?" Jedite commented.
"Jed, they're girls, they're all the same, you should know that by now" Nephrite stated.
Going back by the table, I noticed that there were only two chairs to a table. I took a seat across from Sarah, Nephrite too a seat across from Laura, Kunzite and Michelle, Jedite and Rachel, and Zoisite and Amelia.
"So how was your morning?" Sarah asked me after I sat down. Looking at her, I finally told her the entire tale of hotel guy chasing us around.
"Hey, it's not funny!" I cried in defense.
"Yes it is," she laughed back. Smiling and laughing some more, I found myself falling into a fit of laughter with her. Soon we were both clutching the table we were sitting at for support as we continued to laugh.
I looked at her again that day. She reminded me so much of someone, but right now, I couldn't figure out whom. Oh well, she mustn't have been too important if I can't remember her name. Right now, all that mattered was the fact that I was here with Sarah, and that she was happy; that's all the counts.
-----------------Ahhh!!!!!! I'm done with this chapter. *stands on chair and does little dance.* Okay, now review and tell me what you think. PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!!!!!!!!! IT WOULD RELALY MAKES ME HAPPY WHEN PEOPLE REVIEW!!!!!!!! (and trust me, you like me when I'm happy, I write better stories then!)
*******Here's a special shout out to Astgal and tinkerbelle1987 who gave me the idea of having the guys catch the girls out of disguise form. THANKS A BUNCH!!!************
*******Also, I'd like to thank Sailor_Earth_Dragon for the idea of shopping. You're right, it never does get old, does it? *********
~~~~~~~~~~I want to add more romance to this story, but I don't think I can really do that until like the fourth day, cuz I have a little plan… but I hope this last part is good enough for now. Thanks Pyro*Chic for pointing that out to me!!!!