Ten minutes later they were sitting in a confortable, typical French cafè with wooden chairs and tables and books and papers everywhere. Everything there was coffee-fragrant and the evocative atmosphere was almost perfect to talk in the dim light.

-So- Haruka started- tell me why did you choose such a far place to study-

-Well- Rei answered- about two months ago Ami aced her admission test to French Medicine Academy. That's one of the most prestigious academies in the world, so she decided to leave. We were led to great despair because we didn't want to divide our group, so we began considering the idea of studying abroad together. Makoto found out that there was a big Nouvelle Cuisine School she would be glad to attend and Minako had already decided to study as a fashion designer, so Paris would be a perfect chioce for them both. I wanted to became a Theology teacher and a city or another would have been the same for me, so just Usagi had problems to find her way, and she didn't seem to be really working on that, mostly because she didn't want to abandon Mamoru in Tokyo.-

-Rei, you're a liar!-

-I'm not, and I can prove it. Miraculously, when Mamoru discovered thet there were in Paris some good job opportunities for him, Usagi also found out that becoming an obstetrician would be great for her, so she decided to enlist to a small Obsetrics School which is- what a coincidence!- in the same hospital her Mamo-chan will work for. Isn't it unbelievable?-

Haruka te-heed. They were always the same.

-Have you already found a house or a campus to stay at?-

-We are looking for a flat, but it's difficult. Paris is very expensive, and we don't know the city at all, we get lost almost any time we go out.-

-Where are you staying now?-

-In a little hostel near Monmartre.-

The coffees they had ordered arrived and they drinked and kept silent for a while.

-What about you?- Minako asked- What are you doing now? We saw you winnig the Grand Prix twice. Are you racing anymore?-

-I'm not. I am trying to get my Engineering degree, and I hope I will work again for McLaren team as a car engineer as soon as I graduate.-

-What about Michi, Hotaru and Setsuna?-

-Well, Michi attends Music Academy and works for the National String-Orchestra, Hotaru is ten and she still attends primary school and Suna came back to the Time Gate more than four years ago. Michi and Hotaru are fine; we still live together. I don't know about Suna but I suppose she is, too.-

-Why did you give up racing?- directly asked Usagi showing her well-known diplomacy.

Haruka's face suddenly became purple.

-Er... well... –

-You shouldn't tell us if you doesn't want to- Ami said.

-Oh, no, that's something good, I'm just in two minds because I can't imagine how exactly will you react.- said the girl laughing.

-So?- they all asked, intrigued.

-The fact is that I have two children, and I'm pregnant again, so racing would be too dangerous.-

-You are... what?-

-I was sure you wouldn't have believed that.-

-Does it mean you get married? A woman or a man?-

-Of course I married a man!-

This was really, really embarassing.

-Actually, you all know him very well. My husband is Seiya.-

Author's note. First of all, sorry for my mistakes. I'm not a native English speaker and I find it difficult to express my ideas using a foreign language, even if I love English. Then, please, be so kind to review my little work. I really, really need your advice. Thank you very much!