Don't own Sailor Moon...
"Ah, I can't wait for tonight!" Mina squeaked and grabbed both Rei and Lita's arms, holding onto them as hard as she could. The results were the priestess' death threat and the amazon's calm smile.
"It will indeed be an interesting sight. I heard that we might actually get to see Mars completely." Ami brought up the real information.
"Or that deadly handsome teacher who holds the meetings every week night." The blonde once again reacted, but got her enthusiasm cut off pretty fast.
"So that's why you can't seem to let us actually sleep during the week." Rei's blood was already starting to boil.
"No! That's because Lita is keeping a close eye on that guy, just as Ami appears to have an interest in the professor's friend… Zach, I believe his name is, and we can't just leave them alone, now can we?" Mina shortly explained and winked to some by-passer, who, captured by her sight, one second later managed to trip on the boardwalk and bump his head on a tree. However, the ditz did not even notice, walking further away, among her friends.
"No, I don't!" the shortest and tallest girls from the group argued in the same time.
"Mina, you're incredible… And I don't necessarily mean that I a good way!" the raven-haired girl folded her arms over her chest, but kept the way towards the observatory.
"Rei, you're no fun! At least I can tease them about their crushes." She grinned evilly. The priestess did not cast her even a look, while the others fought back.
"The only area I keep an interest in is the scientific, and not the romantic one!" Ami spoke dryly.
"I pretty much think I've learned my lesson considering such feelings. The last thing I need right now is to be hurt again." Lita mumbled rather sad.
"I'm sorry." Mina's stop made the girls stare at her. "I was just teasing you… I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt you either of you, weather it was about your current interests or your memories…" she sincerely apologized.
"Ah… Don't worry. It's ok… I just…" Lita couldn't find words.
"Ok then, let's go." Rei ended the moment by grabbing the blonde's arm and pulling her inside the following building.
Staring up, the two that had remained behind once again to admire the house's beauty, thought how odd such walls may look among a while neighbourhood formed of either new or restored houses. For some, the tall trees that hid a part of the house, the rusty fence and the messy gardens may have showed a sign of poverty; but for those who knew what hid inside there, the appearance was only a façade to mislead those who did not know to care for the true knowledge.
Taking a deep breath, Lita entered as well, closely followed by her genius friend. They quietly walked up the old wooden stairs, onto the rooftop, where the large telescopes were probably already set up in their places. However…
"Hey!" a voice made them look up and see none other than their main instructor coming towards them.
"Hello, Nicholas." Ami greeted him with a small smile.
"Hey…" Lita answered rather uncomfortable.
"Um, Ami, I think Zach might need some help in establishing the coordinates in the computers. Could you give him a hand, please?" he warmly asked the blue-haired girl.
"No problem." She nodded and walked up the stairs, visibly faster than before.
"Lita… could I have a word with you?" he then turned towards the brown-haired amazon, whose cheeks were already covered by a faint blush.
Up above, form a dark corner, a clear pair of blue eyes were locked on their target, nearly shinning with evilness as they waited for the plan to fulfil.
"You do realise that you are insane." Rei's voice made the blonde nearly jump in fear.
"Dammit! You scared me!" Mina turned around and glared. The last thing she wished for was Lita to discover her secret plans. She might not get alive from the entire situation.
"Well, you deserve it. You think I didn't see through your cobwebs? One, short sentence and Nick is already asking Lita out, while Zack can sweep Ami off her feet with his calculations. How romantic…" she mumbled sarcastically.
"Well, at least these guys are actually worth it. You have no idea how many strings I had to pull in order to get some info on them. Which reminds me! Apparently they've got some friends…" she smiled mischievously, already causing her friend a massive headache.
"And here I thought we were actually coming here for the information… How foolish of me…"
"Oh, we were! That, of course, until we discovered what treasures this rusty old chest is hiding." The blonde looked around the room, a sparkle of admiration in her eyes.
"It was a really big mistake to think that you had actually changed."
"Not when there's love to be brought to the people out there by the Love Goddess herself!"
"Oh, boy…" Rei turned around and got out on the rooftop, only to stop few seconds later. Blonde hair, wide shoulders, blue eyes???
"Rei? Hey, what are you doing here? I didn't even know you liked astronomy." A male voice made her turn into stone. This could not be happening!
"Oops, did I forget to mention that one of Nick's friends happens to be Jaden Clarkson, that cute upper-class man you like so much?" Mina whispered in her hear and chuckled lightly. Indeed, she was the Goddess of Love.
"So, how long have you started coming here?" the man's voice made the fiery brunette fist her hands and try not to kill the blonde behind her.
"Um… several months now… week-ends mainly…"
"Oh, well, that explains why we've never met here so far. I visit the guys on weeknights because I'm usually in the area at this hour…" he spoke and seemed rather uneasy for some reason… which might've had something to so with Rei's faint blush.
"Hey guys! We're done setting the coordinates." Zach signalled them, while standing suspiciously close to the blue-haired genius.
"Good! Let's get this show running!" Jaden answered and grabben Rei's arm, taking her towards one of the telescopes.
"It was about time." Nicholas mumbled as he made his way next to the others, his right hand holding Lita's. No more words were needed. The small group was gathering around the instruments, when the sound of hurried footsteps was heard. They all turned around, while Mina simply sighed happily.
"Sorry guys! I got stuck into traffic!" a tall man, with silvery hair and tanned skin walked to them, gasping for air.
"Oh, it seems my turn's finally up…" the blonde simply shrugged and proceeded.
Hehe, you can guess what comes next :P
Hopefully, I will post 4 other one-shots in the following days, all written with the help of a good friend of mine, which some of you might know under the pen name of illenutza :P
Anyway, I have to thank my reviewers for taking their time to read my stuff AND leave some words behind... In the end, read and review please!