(Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon and in know way want to. I just enjoy writing stories about the characters.)

Rei woke up to the sound of the front door slamming shut. All Rei could do was lay in bed and start to cry. Jeadite didn't come home in time to see her and then he had left early this morning. Rei didn't even here him come into the room and get his cloths.

After a while Rei decided to get up and start her day. The apartment needed to be cleaned so that is what she decided to do. Only the biggest thought was how was she going to talk to Jeadite to straighten all of this out.

As Rei stood up her stomach rumbled and she remembered that she had not eaten dinner because Jeadite had not been home last night. She had just wrapped everything up and put it in the fridge.

Knowing she had to eat first she went into the kitchen. She had decided to just make toast and the being her day. As she got out the butter she noticed the note on the counter:

Rei,

Sorry about last night, Nephrite and I went out. Had to be at the zoo for

work early. Dinner looked good so I took some for lunch. See you

tonight, promise.

Jeadite

Rei stood re-reading the letter, finally understanding and deciding what to do. She knew where he worked and that she wanted to talk to him real badly. So she would go to the zoo around lunch time and talk to him.

Rei ate a quick breakfast. Then she went to take a shower. When she got done she decided to do her hair half up, half down, very unlike her but very cute. She had decided to wear the dress with the hibiscus flowers on it because of the reaction she got the last time she wore it.

When she left the house she had packed herself a lunch and had decided what she would say to Jeadite. She had been smart and found some money in case saying that she knew Jeadite didn't get her into the zoo.

Rei knew the zoo was across town because the signs she'd seen when she went shopping. The only problem was she didn't know when the train left to go to the zoo. Rei just hopped she wasn't late and had to walk. She knew that if that was the case she would be there to meet Jeadite in time for him to go home. This thought made her walk a little faster.

The guard stood at the entrance to the palace as the king and queen rode up. The last time he had talked to him, their daughter had been missing for ten days and now it was closer to 35 days.

The guard was actually shacking as he went over what he would say. Their daughter was suppose to be meeting them dressed in her royal robes, but she was still no where to be found, even after another 45 days.

The guard could see the Queen with her head out the window of the carriage and he quickly stood up. As they stepped out of the carriage the King let out a deep sigh and caught his wife who was crying and falling to the ground.

"Any sign at all?" asked the King.

"No, sir," the guard replied.

"Okay, we are not going to panic. Right now we are tired and hungry. So I want our dinner prepared and our room made ready. We will search for our daughter tomorrow," replied the king.

"Yes, your Highness."

And with that they walked inside to eat and rest.

When Rei got to the train station she remembered one thing, she couldn't read Japanese. She saw a train depart and heard another one coming into the station. The train had been in the station for 5 minuets before she realized the train she wanted to be on was about to leave. She got lucky and the train stopped two blocks from the zoo.

She got to the zoo stop at 11:30 am. She figured out how to get to the zoo and started walking. When she arrived at the entrance she got lucky, Nephrite was walking by.

"Nephrite," she called, making him stop and look around.

"Rei," he said happily, "what are you doing here. Wait you're here to see Jeadite, right? Well no matter, let her in she's with me," he said part to her and part to the gate keeper.

"Where is Jeadite? I need to see him." Rei said as she stepped through the gate.

"He has break in about 15 minuets. I'll take you to the break room and then go and get him."

"Okay, and do you know where his lunch is, I want to get it ready for him."

"Yeah, and sorry if we worried you last night, I needed to get out and Jeadite went with me."

"It's okay; I just really need to talk to him."

A few minuets later Rei was sitting in the staff room alone. Since Nephrite had gotten her Jeadite's lunch she started getting everything out. She got out the chicken and rice dinner leftovers, warmed them up and found some soda in the refrigerator. By the time everything was ready Jeadite was being pushed into the room.

Nephrite knew exactly where to find Jeadite. Giving the elephant's food, water, and their mid-day spray down. He knew Jeadite would probably get his mid-day spray down too but that just made things better.

"Hey Jeadite," Nephrite yelled from the back of the keep, "I have a surprise for you in the staff room."

"I don't want a surprise unless it involves a steak, med-well, and a baked potato."

"Oh, that would be nice but I think you will like this kind of surprise better."

"Fine, let me put all this stuff away."

It took Jeadite about 10 minuets to clean up in which Nephrite paced back and forth in the door way. He knew Jeadite would skip lunch and work until it was time to go home. When Jeadite was done he nearly walked into Nephrite, having completely forgotten about the surprise that awaited him.

"You ready?"

"Your going to make me go aren't you?"

"Yep," Nephrite replied dragging him to the staff room behind him. "And your going to enjoy yourself."

"Fine," Jeadite said as Nephrite pushed him into the room backwards. "But this better be quick." He yelled at the closed door and turned around to see Rei standing next to the table with her sundress on and a strawberry in her hand to pull the top off.

"Hi I thought I'd bring you something besides just chicken and rice."

"Thanks," He said as he looked her up and down then headed to the sink to wash his hands and face. "Sorry if I smell, I just finished with the elephants and they are not the best smelling animals at the zoo."

"That's okay, just as long as I don't have to eat alone."

"Sounds good, I have a 45 minuet break."

"Everything is ready to go," Rei replied as Jeadite sat down and she sat on the table eating the strawberry in her hand, "How has your day been?"

"Good," he said, slightly longer than he should have. He had just noticed how slender her legs were. The hem of her dress was resting on her thigh, the color accenting her creamy skin.

Unaware of his watchful stare, Rei crossed her knee over the other, reveling even more skin than Jeadite could handle at the moment. He turned his head away, forcing a bite of rice in his mouth.

Rei, still oblivious to Jeadite's sudden nervousness, propped her elbow on her knee, leaning over. She took a bite of the strawberry, licking her lips after she swallowed it. "I'm proud of myself. I made it here and I still cannot read Japanese!" She smiled, taking another bite of the fruit.

Jeadite was watching her foot; she was spinning it around in a circle, clearly proud of herself. He couldn't help but make a visual trip up her calves, over her smooth knees, graceful arms, and landing right where the V shape of her dress met.

Many a man would kill for this type of view.

"What are you thinking about?" Rei suddenly asked him, curious as to his silence.

Jeadite's heart skipped a beat. He couldn't tell her that he was thinking about her voluptuous breasts, which were pressing against the floral fabric, as if beckoning him.

"N-Nothing," he replied, trying to swallow his bite of rice. But his nervous state had left his mouth dry, and he couldn't make the rice go down. "I need a drink."

"I'll get you one," Rei eagerly replied. She leaned over to her right, stretching to reach the bottles of sodas nearby. Successfully grabbing one, she straightened up handing it to him. "Here you go."

"I need water," Jeadite said bluntly, ignoring the caffeinated beverage and stranding up. He filled a cup with water and eagerly drank it, his mouth still full of rice.

It clumped in his throat and he suddenly found it hard to breath. He turned and looked at Rei, grasping for air.

"What's the matter?" She asked.

He pointed at his throat, his mouth open and desperately trying to suck in air.

"Oh my God, you're chocking!" Rei jumped off the table, disappearing behind him and wrapping her arms around his abdomen. "One!" She yelled thrusting her fists fiercely into his stomach, "Two!"

Jeadite suddenly felt the bulk of soggy rice dislodge and fly across the room. He took gigantic gulps of air, never before feeling so grateful for oxygen.

"Three!" Rei said, not knowing that she didn't need to do the Heimlich anymore.

"OW!" Jeadite cried slumping to the floor. It felt like that last one broke his rib cage.

"I'm so sorry!" Rei exclaimed dropping down beside him, softly touching his shoulder. She feared hurting him again.

Moving slightly Jeadite was relieved to find nothing broken, just terribly bruised. He muttered something and Rei leaned closer to him, "What did you say?"

Jeadite grabbed her arms, pulling her into his lap. Before she could react, he had pressed his soft lips against hers, stealing a kiss.

"What was that for?" Rei asked, slightly flustered.

"Isn't it proper manners to kiss your rescuer?" Jeadite replied ever so charmingly.

"In that case, I believe I owe you a kiss." She recaptured his lips, engaging him in a deep kiss. His arms wrapped around her, pulling her closer to him. His hand was rubbing against her thigh, ever so slowly pushing her dress up, reveling her well-fragranced skin. It felt like silk in his hands.

"Wait, you cannot go in there yet!"

Jeadite finally heard Nephrite telling someone they couldn't come in but he was to involved with the kiss to pay any attention.

It took him a few moments to realize that Nephrite was calling his name and his boss, Sarah, was standing in the room with her mouth slightly open like she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Rei's eyes were still closed and arms around Jeadite's neck, only when he removed them did she move.

When she did she became as stiff as a board. Not because they were being watched but because she was sitting on Jeadite's lap and his hands were still holding her in the half sitting possession.

Out of no where she gave Jeadite a shove and in her 'princess' voice said, "Let me up, now."

Jeadite was surprised and concerned about her sudden change of moods, but did as he was told. He then gave his boss the best 'I'm sorry' look he could. He thought he would be fired for this and definitely couldn't afford that at all.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I need to…um…eat too," she said smiling. "Jeadite is this your girlfriend?" Sarah asked with a slight sadness in her voice.

Jeadite chanced a glance at Rei, who had gone back to her food and was playing with it instead of eating it. Jeadite answered by nodding his head 'yes'.

"Well in that case you can take her on a private tour of the zoo, while getting paid."

Again Jeadite just nodded as the three of them ate in silence and when Sarah left she told them to have a fun afternoon. As she closed the door Jeadite heard her say, "To be young and in love."

Nephrite walked through the door just after it was closed apologizing for her getting in.

"What do you mean she didn't do anything to you?"

"She told me to show Rei around, while getting paid to do it too."

"Cool, Rei now you can see the zoo and spend the rest of the day with Jeadite. AH, breaks over, got to go. I'll see you two later." And with that Nephrite was gone.

When lunch was over and cleaned up, Jeadite and Rei went on their tour. Rei actually enjoyed herself and wished she had come to the zoo earlier in the day.