By the time Lita reached her apartment, she was breathless. She had run all the way from the Cherry Hill Temple to her apartment, which was more than ten miles. Her hand trembling, Lita barely managed to open the door to her home. Once inside, she slammed the door shut, making sure to lock it before heading to the bathroom.

In the bathroom, Lita quickly stripped down and stepped into the shower stall, turning the water to steaming hot. She stood in the stall for a few moments, allowing the hot water to pour down on her, washing away the shameful secret she had kept hidden for so long. In a weird way it had been good to tell someone what had happened. The secret was no longer her own burden to carry. But in another way, it had been so embarrassing. What had happened between her and Freddy had been private. Something that she had not wanted anyone else to know about. Standing in the hot shower, Lita sighed. She knew that what Raye had told her was the truth, even though she had not wanted to admit it. What Freddy had done to her had been rape. She had just not wanted to admit it to herself. Admitting it to herself would mean that she had accepted what had happened. Up until earlier that day, she hadn't. She had been denying what had happened three years ago and had been blaming herself for it.

Well, no more, she thought to herself as she stepped out of the shower and dressed into a pair of emerald green sweats. It's about time that dickshit got what he deserved, she thought blowing drying her hair. As she reached for a hairtie, Lita smiled.

And he will.

The next morning, Lita woke up and turned to look at the clock. She groaned when she saw that it read 5:35. Knowing that there was no way that she was going to be able to get back to sleep, she got out of bed and quickly dressed into a pair of dark green sweats. Having gotten up so early, Lita had enough time for a good two hour run before heading to the gym for her daily workout. After giving her teeth a good brush through, she made sure to lock the door behind her and set off for her morning jog.

"IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MORNI-"

Ami Mizuno quickly slammed her hand down her alarm clock and turn to look at the time. 8:30, she saw, reading the flashing digits before her blue eyes. Slowly, Ami got out of bed and headed for the shower.

In the shower, she thought about the full day she had ahead of her. She was supposed to meet up with Serena and the others around 10:30 outside of the arcade so that they could spend the entire day shopping, then she had to come home and get ready for her date with Freddy. Ami smiled as she thought of Freddy. As much as she hated to admit it, she was falling for him and it wasn't exactly because of his personality.

There's just something about him, she thought to herself, wondering why she was so attracted to someone who was almost a stranger to her.

Or maybe there's not, another part of her argued with herself, Face it, Amy. Maybe you've just become shallow for once and you've fallen for a guy because of his looks.

Amy sighed as she stepped out of the shower, wrapping a towel around herself. She hated to admit to herself that she had become so shallow but she couldn't think of any other reason why she was so attracted to Freddy. She knew almost nothing about him except that he had gone to Brighton and obviously had some kind of history with Lita. Lita! She couldn't believe what Freddy had told her the night before but at the same time she knew that it made sense. She wanted to find the truth out from Lita herself, but didn't know how to ask. She didn't want to hurt her friend, but how else could she know if what Freddy had said was the truth if she didn't ask? That was when an idea occurred to her. Quickly she picked up the phone and dialed.

One ring. Two. Three. Four. The fifth ring was just about to start when it was picked up by a tired and groggy Serena Tsukino. "Hello?"

"Serena?"

"Amy, what's up?" Serena asked, fighting a yawn. What time is it anyways? she wondered.

"I just wanted to let you know that I can't go downtown with everyone today."

Hearing this Serena bolted right up. "Why?"

"I have some stuff to do that I forgot about."

"You can't do that stuff later, Ames?"

"Sorry, Serena. I should've tried to arrange my schedule better."

"Don't worry about it, Ames. If you finish early, you know where we'll be."

"Thanks, Serena."

"Later."

Amy hung up, feeling guilty that she had lied to Serena but knowing that she had done the right thing. She knew that she couldn't see Lita before finding out the truth. The way she was feeling right now she'd never be able to look Lita in the eye. She had to find out who Lita really was. Quickly, Amy pulled on her white sweater and sat down at her computer. Taking a deep breath, Amy opened up her internet search engine and typed in Lita Kino.