Moving Changes

Author's Notes: Once again, thanks, reviewers.Sorry that my chapters are a little short! It's hard doing plot development! I'll try and improve...^_^ On with the show, Minna!

**~~**

All in all, the meeting of Si and Mr. Tsukino wasn't so bad. Mr. Tsukino was, of course, restrained by Mrs. Tsukino, but still, he made very nice, polite conversation with the young man.

"YOU'RE the tutor they sent? WHY did they send YOU?! HOW did you TRICK them so that YOU would be TUTORING MY USAGI instead of a NICE YOUNG LADY?? A PERSON WHO I COULD TRUST WITH MY DAUGHTER?!" Kenji bellowed.

"Otousan!" Usagi exclaimed.

"Er..." Si started nervously, My God, this man is weird!, "I couldn't really help it, sir, I really don't mean any harm. You can sit in on our lessons if you're really worried," he swallowed, "If you like." Not just weird, he thought, Mr. Tsukino is scary!

At that moment, Mrs. Tsukino had run into the room and defused the situation. Immediately after the harsh whisperings from his wife, Kenji actually did have a polite conversation- a complete 180 from what he was before.

"So," he smiled jovially, "Do you play any sports? Any interest in journalism?" Si sweatdropped.

"Uh...Sure..."

~*~

"Wait," Drew said, stopping Usagi in the middle of her story, "You mean to say that your tutor is one of the most popular senior guys in the school. Who you met before. At the shopping mall. Who said 'hi' to you the first day of school," he sighed, "Usagi, what did I tell you. I KNEW you'd have guys all over you by the end of the first quarter," he stated, "And Si, too! Geez. No guy stands a chance if he's after you. You know, the whole seniority thingy? Uh huh." He nodded, impressed with his friend. Usagi blushed.

"Actually, he's not 'after me,' as you put it, thank goodness. As I told you before, I'm really not interested in boys." Drew shook his head, leaning against the wall of the chorus room as he bit into his sandwich.

"Nope," he attempted to say with his mouth full. Realizing the word didn't come out, he swallowed and tried again. "Nope, Usagi, that is just not possible. One of the hottest sophmores in school, and available," Usagi blushed and looked away at that point, "Cause you said you didn't have a boyfriend- right?, and you've got tons of guys after you and you say you're 'not interested.' I can't believer you, Usagi! Geez."

Usagi smiled nervously. No, I don't have a boyfriend, I have a fiancé! She thought to herself.

She tuned out the rest of her close friend's ranting about Si tutoring her and focused on her surroundings. The sky above her was an amazingly clear light blue, and a crisp wind blew the first fallen leaves around her feet. White seagulls flew above head, playing with each other, although they were a distance from water. The wind mussed and tousled everyone's hair as they laughed and enjoyed the lunchtime break from classes. She noticed a couple of juniors chasing each other around, laughing without a care in the world but each other. She sighed and stared for a moment as the guy caught the girl and spun her around in his arms to face him. Their noses brushed, and smiling, they kissed. Usagi looked away. Across the grassy ampitheatre, a whole section of freshmen were engaged in a grape war, laughing and shrieking. Each of them had pulled out grapes from their lunches and pelted whoever was across from them with the fruit. Usagi watched, a smile growing on her face as each freshman gradually got sticky from the splattered fruit. Before long, everyone was so repulsed by the goopy substance the squished fruit made that they shouted truces to each other to keep from getting hit. Before long, the war was over. Until one of them, a short asian boy, teased a brown haired girl- who promptly screeched his name and began throwing cheese crackers. Oh, boy.

"Usagi? Usagi? Bunny? Rabbit? Hello? EARTH to Usagi! EARTH to Usagi! DO you read me? DO you read me? Hel-lo?!" Drew questioned as he madly waved a hand in front of Usagi's face.

Usagi looked up at Drew from her reverie, "That's really annoying," she said, perturbed. "I am not blind." Drew shrugged,

"Aw, Usagi, c'mon, you looked like you were on the moon, way out in space. You know, sort of like," here he struck a pose, "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away," he proclaimed, gazing over one hand at something past the blue sky. Usagi raised an eyebrow.

"I never realized before now that I had such odd taste in friends," she teased, "What on Earth was that for?" His eyes widened.

"What? You never saw 'Star Wars'? Usagi, what you're missing!" She shook her head, smiling, using the new term she picked up while in California,

"Whatever."

~**~

The next day at tutoring, Usagi was becoming extremely frustrated. She was about ready to throw one of her old hysterics fit she had abstained from for so long. What is the use of knowing about cell membranes anyway!? Do I really need to waste my time memorizing all this junk? Si finally noticed her agitated mood.

"Hey, Serena? Are you OK with this concept?" he asked cautiously.

"NO! I hate biology!" she screamed, venting her frustration on her unsuspecting tutor, "Why do I need to know about Vascuoles or cell ophanes anyway?! I'll never use this stuff!"

"Uh...OK... Look," he started, "You need to know about Vacuoles and Cell Membranes just in case you become a scientist or a doctor when you grow up. There are plenty of uses for life sciences. If you want to become a veterinarian or deal with animals as a job, you need to know as well," he explained.

"But I already KNOW what I'm going to be when I'm older, and it doesn't include cell biology! I've got my life laid ahead of me and Bio isn't a part of it," she stated firmly, crossing her arms. Si decided to briefly change the subject to calm her down.

"So, what are you going to be when you're older." Usagi paused. Er, Queen of the Solar System?

"Um..." she thought quickly of a job that didn't include biology, "A... manga writer! Or I'm going to open up a cake and flowers shop with my friend Makoto and sell ice cream. Or something." Si raised an eyebrow.

"No biology or cells there."

"Uh, yeah." She shifted. "So, what about those dumb organelles again?"

Si proceeded to explain, in the simplest terms possible, how each organelle in the cell worked, what they did, why they did it. Usagi was just beginning to grasp it when she was swamped my a memory...

* "Serenity-sama, you have to learn how things work in order to understand this world, and the other worlds, around you. All those planets will be in your realm, and if you're going to follow in your mother's footsteps, this is one of the things you need to know." *

...She came out of their trance to find Si staring at her worriedly. "Serena? Are you OK? You were really zoned out there." She waved it off with her hand, and attempted to get back to studying. But she didn't forget the flashback- the person who was tutoring her there had long curly blonde hair.

~~**~~

Over the next month, Usagi gradually got used to her new routine. She saw Makoto all day Saturdays, and Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons. She got tutored by Si the Senior on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. On the days she saw Makoto, she also saw Drew and Haley. Since, as it turned out, Si lived close to Usagi, he had taken to walking home with her after school. Ever since her tutoring, her grades were rising, now B-s, solid Bs, and one C+ (biology). Everything was at peace in the cool October breeze.

That didn't last very long.

OK, I KNOW this chapter is really really short. There is a very good reason for that. The next chapter, written out, is about 30 written pages. Small writing. Front AND Back. So cut me a leeeeetle bit of slack, k? ^_^ Until next chapter....

Puppetta