By the time Rei was ready to eat, it was after four and Jeadite hadn't come home yet. This alone made Rei worry. Rei had bought one of those dinners in a box. She had started it when she got home and now it was almost done. The directions had said to boil the ingredients for ten minuets, then add the seasonings and let it simmer for twenty-twenty-five minuets, or until tinder. Rei had gotten the rice going and it was just about ready, along with the rest of dinner. Rei had decided to set the table and keep everything warm until Jeadite came home. About the time she finished setting the table she heard a knock and Jeadite's voice on the other side of the door.

"Coming," Rei called, she could hear Jeadite telling someone it was okay for them to stay for dinner. She had decided to wear the spring dress she had bought earlier that day. It was yellow with red hibiscus flowers on it; the dress had a deep V neck and tied around the neck and across the middle of her back. She had pulled her hair half way up that reveled the softness of her face.

When she opened the door Jeadite almost fell backwards into the other wall. The only thing stopping him was Nephrite. "Wow, it is the princess of Mars, man your doing well aren't you," Nephrite said, "is she going with you, because that's who I was going to set you up with." By now he was pushing Jeadite up right and walking into the apartment. "It sure does smell good in here," he finished grabbing himself a plate and fork.

Rei had just nodded and looked at Jeadite, who still was having a problem standing. "I went shopping, do you like it?"

"Like" he thought, "you look like an angle." When she had spoke he came back to his senses and said, "Yeah, it looks wonderful I like the red on your black hair." He walked into the apartment, washed his hands, and sat down to eat. "Hey it really does smell good, let's eat it before it gets cold."

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The three of them finished dinner and then played card games well into the evening. At ten Nephrite left to go home and sleep. After he left Rei and Jeadite cleaned up the kitchen. After they were done Rei went to bed but Jeadite just stood in the kitchen lost in thought.

"Damn it, why did she have to fall into my arms, literally? I told myself when I carried her home I would not get involved. Yeah right," he thought, "not in a million years, she is the princess on Mars for crying out loud. All I do is guard the Prince, while working at the zoo for extra money. Barley enough to even support me on that salary, then let alone another person for the rest of our lives."

Jeadite did one last look at the kitchen and went to take a shower. When he was half way through he realized he had no clothes, but thought it wouldn't matter because Rei was asleep. He had turned the water off and thrown bake the curtain when Rei walked into the bathroom.

Rei, unlike Jeadite, did have something on. The only problem was it wasn't much: a short sheer spaghetti-strapped nightgown, hinted with the color red. When Rei walked into the small room her only thought was to go to the bathroom, and why was it as hot as blazes in here? When she realized Jeadite was standing in his birthday suit she left the bathroom as soon as possible. "I'll wait to go out here."

"Okay," Jeadite replied wrapping the towel around his middle and going to the pullout couch. Jeadite then laid in bed thinking about how Rei had looked in her nightgown. When he woke up the next morning he found a pair of pants with a note that said "please let me know when you are dressed, Rei"

Jeadite laughed out loud, she was embarrassed about seeing him naked. Jeadite's mind decided to wander back to the way Rei looked last night as he pulled his pants on. He thought that if he could make her dinner it might just take her mind off it.

Jeadite was just about to start cooking the eggs when Rei casually stepped out of the bedroom. Breakfast consisted of toast, bacon, coffee, and eggs, and it smelled really good. The only thing missing was Jeadite's shirt. Rei was going to announce her presence, but decided to sneak up on him instead.

She walked across the room without being heard, a trait learned while sneaking around the castle. He had just poured the eggs when she reached out and tickled his sides, sending some of the egg flying.

Jeadite knew who it was, but before he could think he reacted. He turned around, pulled her to him, and kissed her hard on the mouth. Rei was very willing at first to his touch, but then something clicked and she shoved him away from her and announced, "The eggs are burning."

"Thanks," Jeadite said as he scraped the unburned egg out of the pan. Breakfast was a very uncomfortable time for both of them. Relief only came when Nephrite knocked on the door announcing it was time to go to work. "Hold on let me get a shirt," Jeadite yelled at the door. As he left he looked at Rei and said as an afterthought, "Sorry, can you clean up, thanks," and with that he locked the door behind him.

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"What's eating you?" Nephrite asked on the way to the train station

"Nothing just thinking."

"About Rei," Nephrite drug out.

"No," Jeadite snapped back.

"Well aren't we a bit touchy. Well forget it then we will go in silence."

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Rei just sat there, she didn't know for how long or really why. When she realized it had been a while, she got up and started cleaning up the kitchen. When she realized why she was so stunned she started to cry. She had actually cried so hard she made herself sick. Sitting on the floor in the bathroom she started to think about Jeadite.

"Why had I been so stupid? But it was funny to see the egg fly. And the way he looked with out his.....STOP," she said out loud without mush help. She had tried to stand and had again gotten sick. All she could think of at that point was the fact that Jeadite was not here to comfort her. Her thoughts then went back to the way Jeadite had looked when he was making breakfast. And about the kiss, a quick but beautiful kiss, the only man for two months that she had aloud to touch her. "This at least is an improvement," she thought.

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After lunch Rei was ready to go out of her mind without anything to do, thus she decided to go for a run. Besides the heat, the run was quite enjoyable. The fact that she ran alone gave her a chance to think about what she was going to do about Jeadite. She knew she didn't want to go home but she also didn't want to be in Jeadite's apartment if there was going to be a lot of turmoil because she was falling in love with him.

By the time she had gotten back to the apartment she had found a way around the problem. She would find out how he feels and if he feels the same then they would just have to say away from her parents until they could be married. Once they were married her parents could do nothing about it. And Jeadite did hold some rank. He was a general that meant he was above a commoner, thus meaning he was 'open game' for her.

When she got inside she found some frozen chicken breast and set them out to thaw, then went to shower. She had decided to make a romantic dinner to tell him how she felt. She knew how to bread and fry the chicken, and then put tomato sauce over it, thus making it fancier.

Only there was a kink thrown into her plan, Jeadite didn't come home until after eleven. Rei did the only thing she could do, that was wrap everything up and go to bed. She had just made herself a sandwich and left the table set so Jeadite could see what she did. When she heard him come in and not come and see her she just started to cry again.