Thanks to all of you reviewers!
Luna-Sarita: You've kept me on your fav author and story list for two friggen years. I can't believe it :D. I don't know if you just forgot about me or what, but still!
Archangel Raphsody: I like your name! And thank you for trying to help me, even though I was a lazy bum and aol kicked all us leeches off of it's domain name. :p
The Dream Hazer: I never expected you to review!
Jade: Thanks for the compliments and encouragement.
moonstar shine: I'm original and that makes me unique and unique makes me special. Inflated ego
Midnight Stalker: Thanks :D. I'll try
Crystal Saturn: Thank you, and I'm hoping I will!
TheLaguna: Elise, I know you. I don't thank people I know, lol, you'll never read this, but thanks for being mean in all your reviews! You know I'd do the same for you! I miss you, now that we can't go back to HS!
Moonlit Dreams
Chapter 6
Serena awoke to the tinkling sounds of cereal being poured into a bowl. "Mmm, I'm hungry!"
"Good morning, Sere," Ami said lightly, pulling out another bowl for Serena's breakfast. Serena pushed herself off the floor groggily, stretching in a feline way (A.N.: like my dog does when she gets up :p) and made her way to Ami's bathroom. Rummaging through the drawers, she didn't find her spare toothbrush, but a bleary-eyed glance across the counter did. Right next to Ami's high-tech something-or-the-other one. 'Ah, of course! Ami would have everything all set out for me,' she thought. She hurriedly brushed and washed her face, recalling last night's dream (A.N.: have you noticed that she tends to remember her dreams when she's washing her face, you know?) She would have to ask Ami about the blond Jed. "Curious minds need to know," Serena snickered. "Need to know what?" Serena gave a startled shriek, spinning around to see Ami carrying a pile of blankets and pillows from the living room to a hall closet. "Ami!" Serena admonished, "don't sneak up on me like that!" Ami giggled at her reaction, "Hurry up and go eat, Sere. You will need all your energy cleaning up that pigsty." Serena wrinkled up her nose, and let out a whine, "but I don't wanna!" Ami's eyebrows shot up and she got that no-nonsense look that everyone who knows her dreads. Serena let out a little whimper, and scampered off to the kitchen with a grumbled, "Fine," over her shoulder.
Serena grabbed the gallon of milk from the fridge and the box of cereal and skillfully poured both into the bowl at the same time. Ami ambled into the kitchen a few minutes later; Serena was on her third helping of Ami's healthy nut cereal, she liked the almonds in it (A.N.: I like almonds… I only eat those nut bars for that one big almond in the middle. Yum. You shall suffer from my love of almonds. Not to mention, almond blossoms symbolize hope and lover's charm… maybe Minako should love almonds? Ponders Hmmmm… I'll think about it. Bow down to the all mighty almond!). Ami rearranged the white irises and blue forget-me-nots in the vase on her kitchen counter, while Serena finished the last soggy dregs of her cereal.
"Curious, very curious."
"Sorry, Serena, but what is so curious?" Ami sat down at the table across from Serena with a book in her hand. That girl always had a book. "Just that you and Jed seemed very chummy last night," Serena stated with a wide grin. Ami's mouth fell open in shock, taking the veiled meaning behind Serena's statement, "Sere! It's not like that!" She gave a little shudder, "Jed's practically like a brother to me, for Hermes' sake, we grew up together!" Serena waggled her eyebrows, "Perfect background for blossoming love." Serena dodged the crumpled napkin aimed at her head with a laugh. "Really, Serena," Ami huffed, "it is not at all like you think! His sister, he and I were tutored together."
"O," Serena stated blankly, she sat there with half-lidded eyes a moment and told Ami, "I met a new friend yesterday. I promised to take him to a movie, or something, today."
"Sere," Ami began, "you should not promise things to strangers. You never know if-" She was cut off when Serena told her, "But I met him at the hospital. He was there visiting his really sick mom. I met her, too. He was so sad! So, it's our duty as Good Samaritans to cheer him up!" Serena valiantly put her fists on her hips, puffing out her chest, a defiant look on her face looking like she was the Superman of Goodwill. Ami stared at her for a second before bursting out in laughter. "What!" yelled Serena, "What's so funny!" In-between laughs, Ami managed to reply, "It's just that when you're like that, you're exactly like Minako!" Frowning, Serena muttered, "Note to self: meet Minako--after killing Unazaki," she remembered one of her many earlier tasks. "I'll be right back, Ami," Serena told her still laughing friend (A.N.: You thought she was going to go kill Una, didn't you! Hahaha, I got you good! Ya, I fell for it, too, when I was reading over the chapter). Grabbing the closest phone she could find, she read the smudged numbers on the back of her hand and dialed. She only had to wait two rings before she was answered with a masculine, "Hello."
"Hi! Umm, is this Kunzite?"
"No, but hold on a sec," answered this new person. She could make out someone yelling "KUN-ZITE! There's a girl on the phone for you!" She heard an answering yell and winced when the man who picked up the phone asked, "Are you sure you're calling for the right guy?" Serena stifled a laugh, "Yeah, why?"
"Because girls never call our li'l Z here." She was about to say something when she heard a crash on the other side, something that sounded like a struggle and an angry, "Give it here, or I'll kill you!" A little shocked, Serena waited for someone to remember she was still there. "Hello!" asked a breathless voice. "Umm, hehe, Kunzite?"
"Yes, is this Serena?"
"Yeah. Umm, do you still wanna go out with me and my friend tonight?" Gaining her composure and usual cheeriness, she began, "You promised you'd come! So where do ya wanna meet? We can go to the arcade today and I'll show you around!"
"Hmm," he replied, "I'll meet you outside your apartment building-" Kunzite was interrupted by a loud whistle and "Damn, Kunzite! We just got here yesterday and you already know where she lives!" Serena giggled as she heard another crash and someone laughing insanely in the background. Kunzite picked up the phone again, "Sorry, but-"
"Don't worry about it. Then it's settled, meet me in an hour in the lobby-" The same person who had interrupted Kunzite before started, "Can we come, too? It's not fair that only Z gets to go!" Serena giggled and before Kunzite could say 'no,' she had replied with a, "Sure, of course you can." Putting the phone back in its cradle, Serena walked over to Ami and told her, "They'll meet us downstairs in an hour."
"They?" Ami pursed her lips, "Sere, I thought it was only one person to cheer up?"
"Well," Serena began, her hands clasped behind her back, "I couldn't have just said 'no' when they asked."
"Oh, fine, then. Don't worry. We're just going to the arcade."
"Yeah," she said immediately cheering up, "So what to do for an hour?"
"Since we are not doing anything, Serena, do me a favor, would you?"
"Of course, Ami! Your wish is my command."
"Go clean your apartment."
Well? What did you all think? Is it crappy? Is it good? I know two years in-between an update isn't good. You'd think that my style of writing has gotten better… but I think it's gotten worse. I can't remember all those big words… nor can I bring out that wonderful sense of humor I had. My potty mouth has been scrubbed clean, and I can't remember where in the world I was headed. I mean I can in the big picture… or halfway through the big picture, but I can't remember the tiny steps of the first half of the big picture. cough Yes, I'm insane. Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.
Oh, and if you didn't know, pokes I was joking about that first part of this last thing. 0.0 I confused myself.
Yes, well, if anyone tried to contact me earlier, my Internet and me moved (this spelling and grammar check rocks, but it sucks! It's supposed to be: my Internet and I, but it left the sentence with ME! E GADS! The insanity!) . I didn't leave a forwarding address. But here it is. I'm just asking to be stalked. WTF, it doesn't let you put e-mail addys up! Well, you can just click on it on my profile :p.
P.S. I changed some things in the first few chapters; notably that Sere thinks her dad is Venusian, and that I didn't introduce Z as General Kunzite but as Kunzite Zephyrus. Works very well with what I had. Points to anyone who guesses where that name is from! ;p Good luck, spent myself a few days at wikipedia looking stuff up. That stuff is confusing!