Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon. I also do not own the song She Don't Tell Me To.
Song: She Don't Tell Me To by Montgomery Gentry
song "talking"
She Don't Tell Me To
Haruka walked into the kitchen to start making dinner. She was done with making the pancakes when Gwendalyn walked into the kitchen.
"Mom, what's for dinner?" Gwendalyn asked as she sat down at the table.
"Pancakes."
"Oh." Gwendalyn said.
"Sweetheart, is something wrong?" Haruka asked as she handed her daughter a plate of two pancakes.
"No."
"If there is you know that you can tell me."
"Well maybe…" Gwendalyn paused. "There are some people at school th..."
"Did they hurt you?" Haruka asked. She was really upset with herself, but didn't want her daughter to worry.
"Just with what they said."
"Do you want me t…"
"No, I don't. I'll be fine."
"Ok." Haruka said. She wanted the names of the kids that were doing this, but she couldn't do anything until she knew more.
Haruka and Gwendalyn ate dinner and then put the dishes in the dishwasher. Then they sat down on the couch in the living room and watched television together.
"Are you ready for bed?" Haruka asked her daughter.
"I guess."
"Go brush your teeth and potty and then meet me back here."
"Ok."
Haruka watched her daughter run up the stairs. She had to know what was bothering her daughter. She wasn't sure on how to ask, but figured that she had at least ten minutes. "I wonder what is wrong. I c…" The phone ringing snapped her out of her thoughts. "Hello?"
"Hi Ruka!" Makoto said. "I just got home, but I can take Gwen this weekend."
"Oh, that's great."
"Ruka what's wrong?"
"I'll tell you later. Can I call you back?"
"Sure. Bye."
"Bye." Haruka said and then hung up the phone. She saw Gwendalyn come in the living room. "Sweetie, come here and sit with me."
"Ok." Gwendalyn stated.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Gwen don't lie to me. I know that there's something wrong."
Gwendalyn stopped talking and even looking at her mother for a good five minutes. Then she said, "Mom?"
"Yeah?"
"I don't think that you want me here." Gwendalyn calmly said.
"What!" Haruka barked.
"I feel that when Michiru's here that you wish I was somewhere else."
"Why! Gwenie, I wouldn't want you to be anywhere else. I mean how could you even think that?"
"Because your al…" Gwendalyn paused. "Mom, I'm gonna go to bed. I'll see you in the morning."
"All right."
They walked up the stairs to Gwendalyn's room. Haruka tucked her daughter in bed and then went back downstairs to the living room.
Haruka picked up the phone and dialed Michiru's hotel phone number. It rang three times before she picked it up. "Hello?"
"Michiru, its Ruka."
"I knew that." Michiru giggled. "What's wrong?"
"Why do you think that anything's wrong?"
"Because you have a sad tone in your voice right now and you said that you were going to talk to your daughter."
"She hates me."
"No, Gwen doesn't."
"Yes, she does. Gwen says that when you here, that I don't want her around." Haruka said trying so hard not to cry.
"Ruka she's never had to share you before we started dating." Michiru paused. It broke her heart to hear the girl that she loved so upset. "You guys would go hang out with the girls and then you two would come home. Gwen knew that she had your undivided attention. Now that we're dating your attention is split between us and she doesn't like that."
"But I'm n…"
"Ruka, she's six years old and…"
"Am I a bad mother?" Haruka asked cutting Michiru off.
"No, your not. You love your daughter. You do would anything and everything to keep her safe. You have to take care of Gwen and balance a racing career at the same time. I don't know a lot of people who would take on a responsibility like this, especially at twenty years old."
"Can you come home now?"
"No I can't, not until tomorrow night."
"All right. I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Yep, I'll see you tomorrow. Tell Gwen that I love her."
"I will." Haruka said.
"I have to go now, Ruka. I love you."
"I love you too, Michiru. Bye."
"Bye."
They both hung up the phone and Haruka realized that it was 10:45. She wasn't sure if she should call Makoto because it was late. Haruka was about to walk up the stairs when the phone rang. She ran back to the living to answer it. "Hello?
"You never called me back. What is wrong?"
"What do you mean?"
"You normally call me back and you didn't. That's not like you. So what's wrong?"
"A lot. I'm not sure if I should tell you because it's a family thing."
"And I'm not family?" Makoto yelled as she was trying so hard not to laugh.
"Wel…"
"I know what you mean." She laughed and said, "Don't worry about this weekend. I'm free and I'll see if I can get what's wrong."
"Ok. Thanks."
"No problem. I'm gonna go to bed and I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yep, bye."
"Bye." Makoto said as she hung up the phone.
Haruka hung up the phone and walked upstairs. She stopped at her daughter's room and went in. She recovered Gwendalyn up and whispered, "Good night my princess. I love you." Haruka kissed Gwendalyn's forehead and left the room.
Haruka walked to her room. As soon as she closed the door, she cried. She didn't know why her daughter felt this way. Haruka laid down on her bed, and cried herself to sleep.
Let me know what you guys think. This chapter mostly is about how I feel at home right now. Hopefully you guys liked it. Thanks to amnesia nymph, auraluna7, and phoenix from the flames 1978 for their suggestions and reviews.