Till Someone Comes Along Chapter 20. Don't own SM or SLY. Please R&R.

I'm saddened to say that I have no ounce of sense within me.

I mean, Minako wanted me to go through with dating two guys at once. She said it works all the time. She even decided to come with me to make sure I would go through with it.

"Oh, really!" I protested. "You're going to follow me?"

"I'll be two rows behind you in every theater." she said. "Let's go!"

So, we stood in the lobby of the theater at six thirty. I had a lake of perspiration surrounding me, and Minako was examining her nails.

"Minako, I can't pull this off!" I cried. "It's not possible!"

"Relax. My parents still don't know about it," she said. "So, who's coming first?"

"Seiya," I said. To him, punctuality was key.

"Right."

I looked at myself in the reflection of an empty poster box, looking at my blonde hair and my eyes as wide as snowglobes. Suddenly, they became as glazed over as a donut. I pointed to my hair. "Blonde..."

"Yeah, so?"

"Blue...eyes..." I said, pointing at my eyes. I whirled around and stared at Minako, who was still examining her nails.

I poked her in the eye. "Blue...eyes..."

"OW! Usagi, what the fuck...?"

"Blonde..." I said, pulling her hair.

"OWW! Usagi! Let the fuck go!" she screamed. People were staring at us.

I realized that we looked alike. Except for the fact that I had longer hair, but we look alike!

"MINAKO! You be me, and I'll be me! You go with Seiya, and I'll go with Mamoru! Then, I can break up with Seiya in private!" I said excitedly.

Minako looked at the hair I had yanked out of her scalp. "I dunno..."

"Come on, going with two guys at once was never going to work." I said. "Please?"

"Usagi..."

I grabbed her hair and pulled her to the bathroom. She screamed the whole way there.

"LOOK!" I cried, pushing her to the mirror. She looked up, then looked at me. "See? We look alike! We can so pull this off!" I cried.

She shook her head. "This is more cruel than what we had originally planned."

"Seiya's a real gentleman." I said. "He's nice, funny, smart, sophisticated, owns a record company-"

"Okay!" Minako said. "You win!"

And we set to work.

"Mina...MINA!" I hissed.

"Stop bugging me!" she said, playing with the odangoes in her hair. "I'm nervous enough as it is!"

"I want an evening with Mamoru! Just keep from showing you're not me!" I said. I was camouflaged by the ferns in the lobby.

Minako sighed. "All right, all right."

As we waited, I wondered what I was going to say to Seiya when I broke up with him privately.

We were a really cute couple? Nah.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times? Too polite.

Yo. It's over, homie? Ugh...not me at all.

In the name of the moon, I break up with you? No. Maybe in a mini skirt...no!

While I contemplated over the stupidest stuff, I didn't notice Minako talking louder and louder. I looked up to see...

MAMORU WAS EARLY! SHE STOLE MY DATE!

"So, what movie do you want to see? 'Pirates of the Caribbean?'" he asked. "I know you like Orlando Bloom."

She looked helplessly as the fern. I motioned a big cross sign.

"Uh...I like fish." she said.

I sighed, and knocked over the fern.

Mamoru turned to it, but Minako turned him around. "Uh...I mean, 'Finding Nemo' is supposed to be good."

"But, it's a little kid's film." Mamoru said.

"It's entertaining! You know me, the little kid at heart!" She started laughing like a maniac.

He looked at her strangely. "Are you sure you're okay, Usagi?"

"That's me! Usagi Tsukino! I'm Usagi Tsukino! God, you look hot in that shirt, Mamoru Chiba!" Minako said.

I wanted to cry.

As Minako distracted him, I set the fern back up quietly. I wondered how he could fall for this, since he knew both of us very well. Then, I heard him say, "Spill, Minako. Where's Usagi?"

There's my answer.

"Umm...she's not feeling well. She's in the bathroom. She's having her per-"

"No details." he said. He sighed. "Tell her that I'll wait here to take her home."

As he said this, I saw his eyes creep towards the fern I was sitting behind. He knew.

"Hey, Mamoru," Seiya said, walking into the theater.

"Hey. Have you seen Usagi?" he asked.

"No. She was supposed to meet me for a movie tonight," Seiya said.

"Mmm-hmmm..." Mamoru said, his eyes straying again. "Well, I heard she's sick."

"Oh."

As they made small talk, Minako looked over at me, wondering what to do.

"GO WITH SEIYA!" I mouthed.

Her eyes bugged out. "WHAT?" she mouthed back.

"GO WITH SEIYA!" I mouthed again, enunciating every syllable.

"Say, Seiya, have you seen 'Pirates of the Caribbean?' I haven't." Minako said quickly.

"No, actually, I haven't," Seiya said, still looking rather confused. "Would you like to go?"

"Sure. No use sitting around. Mamoru?"

"Nope," Mamoru said, staring fixedly at the fern. "I'll just wait for Usagi to leave the bathroom. Have a good time."

"You sure?" Seiya asked.

"Yep."

Minako and Seiya walked off, looking like they were off to having a good time. I sat, waiting for them to leave. Mamoru kept his eyes fixated on me.

"You can come out now, Usagi," he said. He didn't sound happy.

I popped out. "Uh...hi." I said. "I dropped-"

"Some change? Or maybe a tampon? Or even, gasp, dare I even say it!" he said. "You dropped the whole good girl image."

"Look, Mamoru, it wasn't like that!"

"Sure," he said. "I don't want to hear it." He grabbed his coat, and walked out of the theater. I ran out after him.

"Mamoru!" I cried on the sidewalk.

He turned. "Wait, why does this feel familiar?" he said.

"What?" I asked, confused.

"I was mad at you then, I'm mad at you now; we're on the sidewalk like we were then; both times you lied to me - am I the only one with deja vu?"

I looked at him, trying to keep up my defense, but the look in his eyes made me crumble. "Yes."

"Really?"

"I lied. I had a double date and didn't realize it."

"Didn't realize it?"

"Got the dates mixed up."

"Mixed up. Ah."

"Look, Mamoru, don't be an ass."

"I'm an ass?"

"I love you!"

"Is that what you're trying to say? Cause you've really fucked up."

"I've fucked up? Mamoru, I want to be with you!"

"You've got a great way of showing it. Going out with Seiya and me."

"Look, Mamoru-"

"I figured this out all on my own. Not like it was that hard."

"Oh, good boy," I said, rolling my eyes.

"It's obvious that this is never going to work. Not in any lifetime. So, why don't we do ourselves a favor and forget about it?"

"We can't just forget about it!" I exclaimed. "You know that feeling you had? Well, it's the same feeling I ha-"

He laughed. "Don't you dare use that 'your feeling is my feeling' crap, Usagi!"

"But it's true!"

"I don't give a shit!"

"It's not going to just fucking blow away!" I yelled. I didn't know if I should punch him or kiss him. "I had something good with Seiya-"

"No you didn't! No one could have something good with you, because they wouldn't be sure if they had all of you! That's how Seiya felt, that's how I felt, that's how they all feel. Even Motoki. Yes, even Motoki!"

"Leave him out of this!"

"Hell no!" Mamoru cried. "Usagi, you deserved to be left by Motoki. You deserved it! I don't even know why I keep running back to you! You know what? I won't. I'll leave. Look over your shoulder, and you won't see me there anymore. Fuck you and your broken heart, Usagi. You never had one. You're just a shrew. You should pack."

He turned around and walked off, leaving me alone. Plus, it had started to snow. "Mamoru! MAMORU!"

Mamoru kept walking, not turning around. He was leaving me. Alone.

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As the movie ended, Minako and Seiya found me sitting on a bench, crying.

"Usagi!" Minako cried, running up to me.

"Are you still sick?" Seiya asked.

"Fuck," I said. "It was a lie."

He nodded.

"What happened, hun?" Minako asked.

I was just about to say something along the lines of 'ask me when I've committed suicide', but then Seiya stepped in. "Can I talk to you alone, Usagi?"

Minako nodded, and left. I curled up into a fetal position and sobbed.

"Usagi?"

"What?" I sobbed. "Go away!"

"Usagi, you - you love him, don't you. That was what you were trying to tell me on the phone."

I sniffled. "Oh, Seiya, I-"

"It's okay," he said. "That's what I wanted to tell you. I know you love him."

"He doesn't love me," I said.

"I'm sure he does," Seiya said gently. "He probably loves you too much to let you go."

"Try telling him that. He just did."

"Oh," Seiya said.

"I'm sorry," I said. "Look, you go off with Minako, and I'll see you when I see you. Friends?"

He smiled. "Friends." We shook hands, and he pulled me into a hug. Minako also hugged me as she was getting ready to leave, and handed me the key to her apartment. "You're spending the night, and we'll talk, okay?"

I began to protest, but she folded the key into my hand. "I insist," she said.

I nodded, and she walked off.

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I sat in the apartment, and just thought about all that I'd done in the past eight months. It was actually, quite a lot. More that ever before. I had written an article, became a celebrity overnight, and now, I realized that it was all crap! All of it was complete crap!

Mamoru hadn't kept his spots - I had. I pushed away the one man that loved me, thinking that they would treat me the same way Motoki had. I wouldn't let Mamoru into my heart, even thought he'd been right for me since the very beginning. And I had lost him.

I explained it like that to Minako. She was silent, and then said, "Maybe you have."

I nodded, hanging my head.

"Usagi, you've lost him if you give up, which is what you've done now."

I looked at her. "What?"

"You fight for things you believe in. I've known you since...God, who knows how long? Remember the time we fought for better toilet paper in the bathrooms at 'Flash' Magazine?"

I giggled. "We won."

"We won," she said. "Exactly. Which is what you have to do now. You have to win him. Win the bastard back."

I smiled, and she hugged me. She was right. I had to win him back. If that was possible.

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I arrived at work the next day, confident yet nervous. Mamoru came in after me, and brushed past me, reading his paper. "Sorry," he mumbled.

"I'm the one who should be sorry," I said loudly.

He put down his paper and looked at me. "Pardon me, but did the word, 'sorry' come out of your mouth?"

I nodded. "It did."

He shrugged, and continued walking to his office.

"Mamoru!" I cried. I caught his arm, and stood in front of him. "Please, hear me out."

He sighed, and tried to move away, but I wouldn't let him. "I know I don't deserve it, but just listen to me."

He couldn't get past me. "Do you mind?" he said angrily.

"Yes!" I pleaded. "Mamoru, I'll go on my knees if I have to!"

"Then I can get to my office." he said.

He obviously wasn't going to listen to me. So, with resignation, I let him go.

"Thanks," he said angrily, and walked to his office. I was about to walk away, when he walked back with his jacket. "This had better be good."

My heart felt considerably lighter. We walked down the sidewalk silently, but it was a walk nonetheless. I stopped, and he turned to stare at me.

"Mamoru, you were right. I was so worried about losing you, that I'd forgotten you cared about me. I should have told you," I said.

He stared at me, emotionless and motionless.

"I was a bitch. I'll admit that, Usagi Tsukino was and probably still is a bitch. But Mamoru, I don't want to lose for the...the..." I forgotten how many times we'd left each other. "I don't want to lose you." I said. That seemed safest. "I lied, yes, and I do that a lot. But I'll cut down, I swear."

He just kept staring.

"Mamoru, what are you thinking!" I begged.

He opened his mouth. "Today's February 15th."

I was a little confused. "You're giving me the date?"

"I want to take you out on a date. One last time, to see if this will work. Pretend it's Valentine's Day."

I spotted a camera man in a bush across from us. My rep as 'Cow Girl' was going to die if this was seen. Could I give up my reputation for him?

"Usagi?" he asked.

Did I really love him? Was I willing to take the chance?

"Would it be okay?" he asked, putting his hands on my shoulders.

YES! I LOVE THIS MAN! My heart screamed.

I was going to ask him if it was okay to be seen with me in public.

But it was too late. The camera had already snapped, and I had promised Mamoru the evening.

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I'm soooooo sorry , y'all! I had so much to do, so I had to push this aside. It's nearing the end of the first semester, so I'll have time soon. I will have the next chapter up in a couple of days. I promise!

EternalSenshi

Just wondering, has anyone seen the movie 'A Life Less Ordinary' starring Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz?