A/N: Sorry for the long wait. My computer has a ton of viruses on it and so I had to go to the library to upload this. The next chapter might be the same length of wait because I won't beable to have my friend beta read it until school starts wich is at the end of this month. Thank you for being patient. Love always, Cybeleflame.
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After I ran into the house I realized how stupid I was for even running in the first place. I mean, really, who cares if I fell asleep next to Jadeite. He did it, too. But still, it was embarrassing.
Just then the phone rang. "Hello," I said, into the receiver.
"Hello, Rei? It's me Ami.
"Oh, hello, Ami." I smiled. Hearing from one of my best friends is a good thing right now.
"Oh, I was just wondering if you and Jadeite wanted to go to the carnival this Sunday with Minako, Makoto and I. You see, we have two extra tickets, and Usagi and Mamoru can't go. They already had plans that day. Is that alright with you?" I was shocked for a second. First of all, why would Ami go to a carnival? And second, why would Jadeite want to go?
"Oh, and if you are wondering why I'm even going, because I know you are, one of my favorite scientists is going to be there doing a demonstration." Well that answered one question.
"I'll go, but I'm not sure if Jadeite wants to." I replied.
"Well go ask him then. Like I said, I have two extra tickets and I'm sure you don't want to take your Grandpa along." Urgg, she was right.
"Okay I'll go ask him, but I'm not making any promises." She seemed to be okay with that.
"Okay. Call me tonight with the answer. I know it will take you a while to even have the courage to ask him." She giggled and hung up. I was standing open mouthed like a statue for the next five minutes.
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"How was that, girls?" I asked.
"That was great, Ami." They replied. "And thanks for taking our advice on what to say." I forced a smiled at them as they smiled at me. What have I gotten myself into?
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I decided to ask Jadeite now. If I didn't, it would just be putting off the inevitable.
"Jadeite," I said as I walked into the living room. He was reading some book from the United States.
"Oh, hello Rei. I am glad to see that you have gotten over your embarrassment of seeing me." He had a smirk on his face. I decided to get right to the point.
"Ami just called. She said she had two extra tickets to the carnival, and was wondering if you and I wanted to go. I already said yes, but I still needed to get an answer from you." He looked as if he were thinking about it.
"When is it?" He finally asked.
"It's this Sunday." I replied back.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I have something to do that day." I got angry with him.
"What do you mean you have something to do this Sunday? You don't know anybody except for me, Grandpa and Shinji-san."
"You're right. But Hino-san wants me to train on Sunday. I can't go against his wishes."
"I think I can get him to let you off for one day." He just shrugged.
"If you can, I'll go." I smiled and headed off to see my Grandpa. I had no idea why I was getting so excited about this.
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After I called Ami back (and she seemed very happy that he was coming) I started to get ready for dinner. Being the only girl of the house, I was the one who was supposed to do the cooking. Being the only girl of the house really sucked.
Dinner wasn't too eventful. That is, if you didn't count the scene where Shinji-san found out that Jadeite and I fell asleep together on the couch.
"You did what, my boy? Oh, I'm so proud of you. Rei will make a fantastic wife." He beamed at Jadeite. Jadeite looked as if he were about to strangle something.
"Heh, it wasn't me that fell asleep first." He said, as he looked over at me.
"Hey! I wasn't the one who decided to sing. Which by the way puts me to sleep very easily." I was almost starting to growl in frustration. I looked over at Shinji-san and Grandpa to see what they were thinking of this situation. Shinji-san was staring at Jadeite, and his mouth was wide open.
"You actually sang in front of her. Why, Jadeite, that's amazing. I remember about a week back when I was singing to the radio, and asked if you would sing along, too. He really did not want to sing." Jadeite looked horrified. It looked as if he didn't want anyone to know about his random singing outburst. I was about to say something to him, but then he got up and left. Damn, now I feel bad.
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It wasn't long until Sunday came. I woke up very early in the morning, nervous about what the day had in store for me. Ami said that she was going to pick us up at 4 pm. That meant I had ten hours to get ready. I really despised being anxious.
I spent the whole day cleaning the house. I even dusted. I couldn't wait until four. By the time it was an hour until four I had the house completely spotless. As I set down the broom, and fell onto the sofa with exhaustion, Jadeite decided to come in.
"Wow, the house is clean. Amazing." He was in a sarcastic-like awe.
"Well, I do clean." I smirked at him, ready for another fight. He just shrugged at me, like he always does.
"So where have you been all day?" I asked. He just shrugged at me, again, and went to his bedroom. Figures he wouldn't answer. I guess I better start getting ready.
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I can't believe I went shopping, to impress a girl, no less. I was screaming inside of my head. Me, Jadeite, whom I've come to realize is a hard core guy, went shopping to get an outfit so that I could grab a girls attention. Why, oh, why have I sunk so low?
I thought hard about this so-called non-date that I was about to venture on. It was a carnival for crying out loud. A place with children that had messy, cotton candied stained hands. Dirt and germs were always everywhere. It was worse than a movie theater. Well I guess if it makes Rei happy…
No! I shouldn't say that. She made fun of me anyways. She told everyone that I had sung in front of her. No, I should make this a night she'll never forget.
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La, la, la, la, la, de, de, de, de, de, do, do, do, do. Wow, I was humming inside my head. I felt as if this was going to be the best day of my life. A date with Jadeite, it made me hyper just thinking about it. Even though it wasn't supposed to. Those are bad thoughts, Rei. Great, now I was talking to myself.
I had decided to wear a long-sleeved black shirt that crisscrossed at the chest. It had cornflower blue rose designs that trailed down and around the front. The shirt showed a hint of cleavage, for Jadeite, of course. I was, also, wearing my dark blue, low cut jeans. Just a dab of make-up and, tada, I felt beautiful.
It wasn't long before I saw him come out of his room. He wore a pale blue, obviously silk, shirt with cuts along the chest. It showed just enough to let the mind wander a bit. The color was really close to the cornflower blue of the roses on my shirt; it matched his sparkling pale eyes. He, also, wore dark blue jeans that were the male version of mine. The look on his face showed he appreciated my outfit the way I appreciated his.
"Ready?" I asked him. It took him a minute to answer. "Yeah." A knock on the door interrupted our stare fest. I opened it.
"Hello, Ami-chan, Mina-chan and Mako-chan. It is good to see you." They smiled at me as they replied back. "So, are you guys ready?" Minako piped up. She looked as if the carnival was the best thing in the whole world. I nodded while Jadeite…grunted.
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It was a whole half hour of silence in the car. The carnival was sure far away. Minako decided to turn on the stereo about twenty minutes before we got there. Some band from the United States was playing. They didn't sound half bad.
Ami was sitting in the middle of Jadeite and I. She was reading a book, probably on calculus or chemistry or something like that. She didn't even seem to be bothered by the stereo.
I decided to break the silence, "So, what rides are we going on tonight? I heard the tilt-a-whirl is fun. Or do any of you have ideas?" Minako, of course, was happy to tell everything she wanted to do. In fact, her entire list lasted until we got to the place, got out of the car, bought our tickets, and walked through the gate.
"Did everyone get that?" She was very hyper. "Sure, Minako." Everyone droned.
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The first thing we decided to do was get on the Ferris wheel. (That was because it was on Minako's list, and it was the first thing we came across.) The compartments had 3 seats, so Minako, Makoto, and Ami sat in one, while Jadeite and I sat in another. That, I believe, was the most boring ride we went on. Jadeite didn't even talk throughout the whole thing.
We, then, moved out and went our separate ways. "Meet us back at the car at 10:00!" Minako yelled out as we headed off. Ami wanted to see that presentation she was talking about, and Mako-chan and Mina-chan wanted to go on the swan ride. Both Jadeite and I agreed we did not want to go on that. So we went to the fun house.
"Wow, this place is packed. I wonder how long it will take for us to even get in there?" Jadeite was complaining already.
"Oh, come on, Jadeite. Don't you love funhouses?" I put an adorable face on. He sneered.
"Maybe you don't remember that I have no memory of my past." Oops, I did forget.
"I'm sorry," I was apologizing? Get a hold of yourself Rei! He looked at me funny, not sure if he should believe me or not.
"It's okay, I accept your apology." He was grinning at me. Urgg. I know I'll get him back somehow. But he's just too cute. Oops.
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We made it into the Funhouse a half hour later. As we flowed into the maze of mirrors I started thinking. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. I hated getting lost; it made me feel like I was vulnerable. I held onto Jadeite's hand a little tighter. We were holding hands in the first place only because if we didn't, then we might have gotten separated.
Jadeite seemed to be moving faster. "Where are we going?"
"I think I've found our exit. It's straight ahead that way, I believe." I looked ahead, he was right. Now that was odd, how could he have known that when he hasn't been here before?
We hurried up the stairs, into the hall of funny mirrors. I looked over at the first one we came across. Next to my very thin reflection I saw Jadeite. He was making a face.
"Why do they even have these? They only bring down your self esteem." He said, referring to a mirror that made you look extremely short. I just smiled at him.
"The whole point, stupid, is to have fun while seeing yourself in a different perspective." He then looked at a mirror that made your body curvy. "Yep, I can see that it has a different perspective." I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic or not.
The door that led us out of the Funhouse took us to another part of the park that we didn't see before we came in. It was extremely creepy. The night sky covered the junk and debris that covered this part of the carnival. A broken down house, over in the back, hovered over the area, as if it were watching whatever came near it. Jadeite spoke.
"Wow, we should go over there. This place may be not so bad." I felt an evil current drift off of the mansion. I didn't think it was a good idea to go there, but my pride kept me from saying anything. So I followed him.
As we got closer the air felt heavier, almost suffocating. Jadeite didn't seem fazed. He walked up the moaning stairs that lead up to the doorway. He knocked.
An old woman opened the door. She had on a dark dress, with her long dark hair covering most of her face. She had a key in her hand, a key that she had used to open the door. It seems as if she didn't like company. Or else she was locking herself out from the world.
"Hello, is this the haunted house?" Jadeite politely asked. I'm amazed he could even be polite. The woman seemed to think about it. "Yes, I guess it is." She smiled at us; it was an unnerving smile. I gave a half-hearted smile back.
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Wow, this was awesome. I'm glad I said yes to Rei when she asked me to come to this carnival. This is the best place to freak Rei out. The way she was looking at this place, it was hard not to say anything then. I smiled secretly to myself.
As we walked into the old mansion, I looked around. The place looked familiar. Dust covered everything; creaking stairs lead up to a higher level. White cloth, that looked a dull brown now, covered the furniture. There was a door in the corner that emanated a soft green light. A figure walked by me. It was the old woman. "This way," she beckoned. We walked through the door that I was preoccupied with.
When we got to the other side of the door, the woman had disappeared. "Well, that was odd." I heard Rei mumble.
I started walking forward; there was a hallway up ahead. I stopped when I realized Rei wasn't following.
"Are you coming?" I asked, irritated. She looked over at me, as if she was lost in a trance and my voice brought her out of it. She just nodded.
We were walking around for about five minutes when I realized something was wrong. "Hey! I haven't seen any monsters here. What a waste." Then Rei suddenly screamed.
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