Hi minna!
What's up? I am trying hard to update all my unfinished stories before school starts but I'm afraid that some chapters might take a while. I updated "While it was raining" a few days ago and I hope that you'll enjoy it!
I've come up with a new story and I know that I should finish the ones I have now but my inspiration doesn't really work that way so look out for the new story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of the other characters.
Recap-
When Ms Stacy said the name of her partner the whole class just stared at her in shock before immediately turning their gazes to Usagi. As for our dearest Usagi, she just stared at her teacher as if she had just grown two extra heads. She couldn't believe it!
As if reading her thoughts Ms Stacy smiled. "Don't look so shocked Ms Tsukino. Don't you want to work with Mr. Chiba?"
The words echoed in Usagi's head. She was going to work with Mamoru Chiba, her archenemy.
End of recap-
The Dialogue
Chapter 1
Usagi sighed; she could already sense the headache that was coming to visit her sometime in the near future. She flopped down on her big comfy bed and stared up at the ceiling.
Her day had gone from good to bad and then to disastrous. After the announcement of her partner in English Usagi had felt ready to skip English classes and never attend again. She couldn't believe that Ms. Stacy had actually meant what she had said. Usagi groaned again as she thought back to the horrible scene that had followed the statement.
"Ms. Stacy, you don't really expect me to work with her, do you?" Mamoru asked incredulously.
"And what do you mean but that?" Usagi had asked angrily. She should be the one asking that. Just who did this guy think he was?
The entire class had looked on in interest, Usagi's and Mamoru's clashes were famous throughout the entire school, and frankly most students were pretty interested in how things would turn out.
Ms. Stacy eyed her two favorite students as they glared at each other in a childish game to see who would give in and blink and turn away first. To be honest, she was still more than a little doubtful about how good her plan, to reconcile them, was.
She had never been able to understand why they couldn't get along, considering that most of their friends were going out and that they were both so easy to talk to. She had heard some rumors that their fight began with Mamoru teasing Usagi about her hair and that they had never been able to see one another without biting the other's head off.
Ms. Stacy sighed. 'What in the world was I thinking?' she asked herself mentally after the third time she tried to interrupt their little contest. 'Ah well, there's no other choice now since I've already said it. What is the worst that can happen?' She ignored the endless scenarios of different settings that she would rather not see.
"Ms. Tsukino and Mr. Chiba!" she said loudly as she adopted a stern face.
Both of them turned reluctantly her after giving each other one more glare. The teacher sighed and rolled her eyes in exasperation at their childish behavior.
"Ms. Tsukino and Mr. Chiba. You are assigned to work together for this dialogue and there will be no arguments as to why you must work together. You're expected to be able to work with different people with different opinions," the teacher said trying not to laugh at their horrified expressions.
Although a small smile hovered at her lips, her message was very clear: NO DISCUSSION!
Usagi groaned again. As if that hadn't been bad enough things had turned even worse when Ms. Stacy told them which theme they were supposed to have.
"Anger, sorrow and… LOVE!" she croaked, still not able to believe her bad luck.
Instead of a normal dialogue, where they had 4 days time to prepare and just one theme, Ms. Stacy had chosen this dialogue to have three themes and to extend their time period to three whole weeks! Basically they were meant to perform something akin to a play although shorter. And they were supposed to be talking for ten whole minutes, instead of just two!
She buried her head in her pillow in frustration.
"How did this happen?" she said.
Her friends had tried to cheer her up, but nothing worked. The one person she tried to ignore at all costs was the one person who fate always threw in her way. She dunked her head into her soft pillow.
"This is so not happening!"
No sympathy had been available from her mother's side. Her mother considered Mamoru the nicest boy alive, although Usagi never could understand how that idea had entered Irene's head. Mamoru was as far away from being nice as the distance between the Sun and Pluto.
Nonetheless, Irene had thought it a splendid opportunity and told Usagi that she simply must invite Mamoru over to study and she insisted that he should stay for dinner as well.
"My life is over!" was Usagi's far from positive observation.
Meanwhile, Mamoru was just as disgruntled as Usagi. His mother had also thought that it was a wonderful arrangement and said that she had never understood why he and Usagi couldn't be friends.
"She is such an angel," his mother had said and smiled at her fond memories of the girl.
"Yeah right. She really is such an angel," Mamoru said sarcastically when he was safe up in his room, and away from his mother's ranting. He pushed away the thought that she did look like an angel, although he hated to admit it. "She practically bites my head off every time I try to speak to her," he said, ignoring once again the fact that it was he who almost goaded her to it every time.
He was aware of the fact that she was very popular and liked every one, but as soon as she saw him her eyes would start to blaze and before he knew what had hit him, they were arguing. They had known each other twelve years, and never once had they had a civil conversation.
"This is so not going to work!" he groaned.
The news about their partnership had spread like fire over the entire school and by the end of the day every one knew about it.
The teachers who normally never discussed such gossip were suddenly very interested in knowing every detail.
"You really paired those two together?" the Math's teacher asked completely stunned, just like the rest of the teachers.
Such an idea had never even entered their heads. All the teachers were aware of the fights between those two and tried to avoid such encounters.
Ms. Stacy shrugged embarrassed seeing that everyone's attention was all riveted on her.
"I thought that it would be a good opportunity for them to try and make peace."
"You're kidding right?" asked the Chemistry teacher. "Everyone knows that they're like water and oil. They simply don't mix."
"I know, I know. But I thought that it was worth a shot."
"And you are aware of the fact that the students have started up a betting pool right?"
"About what?" Ms. Stacy asked bemused.
"About whether or not they'll be able to finish their assignment!" the Math's teacher said, sounding as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"What?" Ms. Stacy asked.
"Some think that they'll manage, and some think that they'll kill each other in the process."
The English teacher frowned.
"And what do you think?" she asked her colleagues.
Her working partners looked at each other before they all blurted out their answer.
"They'll never make it."
Ah! That concludes the first the chapter. The bets are running wild and who will win?
I hope you enjoyed the new chapter. I know that it wasn't much of a cliffhanger but I've been walking nonstop for 8 hours so I feel that brain is a little out of order. If the chapter is unacceptable, I'll try to write a better one.
Please review! Your opinions mean a lot!
Till next time then!
Cathy Daine
