I don't own sailor moon!
Guys I'm updating! I so cool! LOL wow…. Anyway so the last few chapters are coming and then the story will be over…wow that was kind of sad…Well here's the chapter I have to go cry into a pillow.
Serena hauled a large suitcase out of the closet and put it on her bed. She went back into the closet and took a bundle of clothes off the rack and out of the drawers. As she walked back out to the suite case the doorbell rang. 'Finally! they're here' she thought as she dropped her clothes into the suite case and walked out of the room. She quickly ran down the stairs. She jumped down the last few steps. The doorbell rang again.
"Hold your horses!" she mumbled as she undid the lock. She unlocked the door and opened. She was met with four worried faces.
"Oh, Sere we got your message!" Said Raye hugging Serena tightly. Serena had called Raye and in the other last night. Telling them that they needed to come over as soon as possible in the morning. She said it a little frantically so they would get over to her house faster.
"How are you holding up sweetie?" Lita asked as she hugged Serena.
"Guys I'm fine. I didn't call you over here so I could bask in my sorrow over losing Darien" Serena said cheerfully.
"What did you call us over here for then?" Asked Mina stepping into the house. Serena shut the door when Amy came in. She led them to the family room. When they all sat down Serena spoke.
" I'm going back to New York," she said slowly.As if she was trying to convince herself. The girls opened their mouths to protest Serena's decision, but she put her hand up to silence them. " I'm not running back to my parents. I'm going there to straighten things out with them. Then when that's all done I'm coming back and I'm going to apologize to Darien, and see if he'll take me back." When she was finished she let her hand down to signal that they could talk again.
"Serena I'm proud of what you're doing, but you can't do this alone. Please take at least one of us with you, just in case they don't let you go willingly." Said Amy almost pleading with Serena.
"Amy, I'm 20 years old they can't hold me against my will. Look I'll be gone for a 3 at the most. If I'm going to be longer then that then I'll call you guys, if I don't call that's when you guys can start worrying. I have to do this, if I don't... then…. Sigh I never will"
" Will we can't stop you Sere. When does your flight leave?" Asked Lita.
" 11:00am and I have to hurry cause I only have 2 hours to get ready"
"Call the airlines and cancle the flight" Raye said.
"Raye! I already told you-"
"Would you just shut up for a miunte! Take my jet. I'll arrange for car to be waiting for you when you arrive" Said Raye cutting off Serena. Serena smiled and lauched herself into Raye was sitting besides her.
"Thanks Raye"
"No problem space case, If your done crying all over my new blouse I think we need to help you pack" Laughed Raye hugging her back.
"Oh always know how to ruin a good moment" Serena laughed pushing Raye. They all got up and went up stairs to help Serena pack.
The lights on the runway flow pass the window as the jet went down the runway. Serena sat back in her seat and tighted her hands around the seat handles as the jet left the ground. When the jet steadied itself she loosened her grip on the handle and she let herself relax. Serena looked around the large jet. It was very nice. Everything was the color bage. The seats were big and comfrontable and there was a flat screen T.V. that was monted on the wall in front of her. Serena leaned over the side of her seat and pulled out a book and started to read. After on a couple of hours she closed her book and leaned back into her seat and fell asleep.
Serena felt someone shaking her. She opened her eyes to see one of the flight attendents standing over her. Serena sat up slowly.
" I'm sorry miss, but where 5 minutes away from New york and you need to put on your seat belt for the landing" Said the flight attendent taking Serena's carry-on bag and putting it in the glove deparment above Serena's seat. Serena thanked the attendent and fastended her seat belt. She hated when it was time to land. All the bumps made her sick. When the jet finally landed the a man took her large suit case and led her off the plane. Outside waiting for her was a black porshe carrera GT. The man that took her suite case put it in the passanger's seat and handed her the keys to the car. Serena took the keys and climbed into the drivers seat. She started up the engine and drove off the runway.
Serena drove through the crowded streets of time square. She had never been in time sqaure. Her parents always told her that Time Square was dirty and homeless people were there to take your money by begging or robbing you blind, so there was no time like the present to get re-introduced to New York. No one knew she was in town yet. Jeff still thought that she was in Los Angeles so she could freely site see for a while. She just had to be careful to not run to anyone she knew.
'Like anyone we know is in time sqaure' Serena thought.
'Don't be snobby' she said back to herself.
' I Thought the days of talking to yourself was over with.'
'would you shut up! You were sounding like a snobby, suck up rich bitch! And besides It can get lonley out in the real world sometimes!'
'Oh boo-uh cry me a river, build me bridge and get the hell over it''Geez you don't have to be so mean all the time! I mean I don't have to be mean all time..you know what I mean'
'whatever just stop talking to me'
'fine be like that then!'
Serena put her car into an underground parking lot. She paid fifty bucks for extra sercuity on the car. She couldn't have someone stealing one of Raye's cars, now could she. Even though Raye had been nice in letting her borrow her jet, she wouldn't be so nice in finding out that her was stolen. Serena walked through the loud, crowded streets of time sqaure. It was warm and sunny outside so she didn't have bring a jacket. She put her sunglasses on and started her self tour of the great New York.
After two hours of looking at clothes and walking around Serena finally decided that it was time to go see her parents. She couldn't put it off anymore. She got in her car and drove towards the lion's den itself. Serena pulled up to tall iron gates. She leaned out of the car and put in the code that she knew all so well. Two seconds later the gates opened and she drove down a long dirt road. Trees lined both sides of the road.After 3 minutes a Huge house…or should I say mansion came into view over the trees and bushes that were covering it. The mansion was decorated in all gray stone. There were high windows in the front and back of the house. When serena came to the front of the house there was small fountain in the middle of the large circular driveway. She parked her car in front of the doors and got out. She was about to get her keys out of her purse, but a second thought made her stop. 'This isn't my home anymore. This isn't my home anymore' Serena kept repeating to herself. She reached up and rang the door bell. She turned her back so who ever opened the door couldn't see her face. She heard the door open with a soft click, but she didn't turn around just yet. She wasn't ready to face whoever was behind her.
"Can I help you miss?" Asked a voice that sounded frail and old. Serena smiled to herself. She knew that voice. It was her- her parent's butler, Melvin. Serena turned around slow.
" I hoping you could give me a hug" Said Serena finally facing the surprised butler.
"M-Miss Serenity!" Mevlin exclaimed.
" Hi Melvin" She said hugging he tightly. It took minute for the butler to hug her back, but when he did his hug matched Serena's. Melvin was the first to let go. He held her at arms length.
"Stand back let me get a look at you!" Melvin said as looked her over as if she had grown an extra head. "Miss, Serenity, My have you grown! and what troubled to stirred up around here runnning away like that!"
"I Know, I know! But Melvin I had to get away. You saw how they kept me all bottled up in this house." Said Serena. Melvin was like a father to Serena when her father wasn't there to be one. He had always help Serena when she had gotten in trouble. He knew serena was smart and he also knew about Jeff's affair's.
"I know you did what you thought was best but-"
"Melvin you know I don't like when you leave the door wide open! Who's at the door?" entered a new voice. When Melvin didn't asnwer the woman walked over to him. "Melvin I asked…." She stopped mid-sentence. Her eyes grew wide with shock.
"Hello mother" Said Serena with a hint of sarcasm. Irene pushed Melvin out the way and hugged her daughter. Serena stayed limp as her mother hugged her. She was sobbing all over her new shirt she had bought the day before. Serena rolled her eyes.
"Mother can you please let go of me? You're sobbing all over my new shirt" Serena said trying to wiggle her way out of her mother's grasp, but she was holding her so tight that she couldn't get away. "Mother!" Serena pushed her mother away. Her mother gave a yelp as her stumble backward. "I said let go!"
"Hey! Hey! What's all the yelling about?" asked Ken as he came down the stairs. He had heard shouting and his wife give a yelp. When he finally got a clear view he was dumbfounded. "Sere- Serenity?" He asked almost as if he was trying to make sure it was really her.
"Hello Daddy" Serena said with a slight hint of hatred towards the man. Ken could only stare at his daughter. "What you can't say hello to the daughter you been so frantically trying to track down."
"Don't you take that tone with me young lady! I rasied you-"
"Ken wait!" Irene said to her husband. She turned her attention back to Serena. "Serenity please come in" she said. Serena looked at her father. UGH! How she wanted to walk right up to him and punch him sqaure in the jaw. After a couple of minutes ken relaxed and gestured for her to come in. Serena thanked Melvin and walked into the handsomely decorated manor."Please lets sit down and talk about this like a normal family" Said Irene almost pleading. Serena rolled her eyes and gestured her hand down the hallway were she knew a tea room was. Irene nodded and walked in the direction of the tea room. As they walked they were all slient. They passed pictures and paintings on the wall. Serena spotted a vase that looked like it had been broken and put back together. It had looked that way because that's what exactly happened. Serena got pissed off with her father one night because he wouldn't let her go out with seyia one night. Saying 'She could so much better than him, and that you only wanted one thing.' Serena was pissed. How dare her father say that about the only person who didn't care about where she lived and how much money she had. She had picked up the vase and throw it at him. It missed him by in inch. Instead it smashed into a wall. Serena later found out that it was her great grandmother's vase. And she had given it to her father before she died. her mother made her glue all the pieces back together. Serena snickered at the horrible, but funny mermory.
They finally made it to the tea room, which was decorated beautifully. The floor was all wooden and the walls were green and brown. Serena loved this room. She would run into her when her parents were giving her a hard time or when she just wanted a place to think and look out onto the lake that was in the back of the house. Serena took an old rocking chair near the window and curled up on it. If it hadn't been for the situation it almost felt like she was a home again letting her parents rule her life. Irene and Ken sat down on the love sofa. Serena turned her attention to her parents. Usually she waited until she was spoken to, but not today she was tired of being a scared little rabbit.
"Can we please make this quick, I have to go and check into the hotel that I'm staying at." Said Serena.
"Why are you so hostile towards us?" Asked Irene with saddest in her voice.
"Oh come on mother please don't ask the question you damn well know the answer to." Serena said slightly annoyed.
"Serenity! Don't swear at your mother!" Ken said angrily.
"I'm not a child 'Dad' I can do whatever I want" Serena said firing back at her him. Ken shoot up from his sit. Serena just smirked at her dad's antics. He would always jump up from his chair when Serena got sassy with him. She use to be scared of father when he did that. Irene grabbed the back of her husband shirt and pulled him back down to the sofa.
"Serenity look, we don't want this to turn into a yelling match. We just want to know why ran away." Irene said softly.
"Ok mom you want to now why I ran away" Said Serena sitting up so she could sit indian style. "MMMM let me pick one of the many reasons why. Ooo oooo I got one, have you ever heard of freedom. I spent all my life bottled up here. I've always been told what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. No one has ever sat back and said mmm I wonder if Serenity would like to do this or I wonder if this would be hurting Serenity, nothing!"
"Don't you dare make this out to be all our fault! You were the one who almost failed high school, and only by the kindest and respect did the dean let you stay at that college." Ken shouted. Serena could die laughing.
"HA! See that's when your wrong father dear. Yes I almost failed high school, but did you ever think why? No! you didn't. I was actually very smart. Do you know why teachers kept sending letters home about me? They weren't sending them to say how bad of a student I was. In the papers they kept saying Serenity is a smart girl, but nothing captures her attention. NOTHING CAPTURED MY ATTENTION!! I felt no passion for them! I could have passed any of the test the thourgh at me. But I only failed them so I could capture your attention! I thought hey maybe if I skipped a couple homeworks here, fail a few test there maybe daddy will get worried and take notice of me! But NO! dad just saw right through me and thought my daughter is dumb so I'll just by her way into college. Oh wait let me stand back for a moment daddy dearest, I have have to thank you. Thank you for paying my way into college. I excelled there. Did you know I graudated with a 3.7? did you know I graudated at the top of my business class? I geuss not because you kept paying the board, thinking I was still the dumb old Serenity." Serena was in tears now. "You ran off every guy that ever liked me for me. Always saying there not good enough for you, they only want your money"
"But honey Jeff loves you for you" Said Irene wiping the tears that she had shed.
"Oh mom your so naïve so times. Jeff dosen't love me! He loves my money and what comes with it. Jeff's been cheating on me ever since I met him. The night I ran away Jeff broke up with me." Irene gasped. "Yeah I bet you didn't know that one. He didn't propose to me! He told me that we had lost our connection and we'd grown apart. That whole time he was telling me this some girl in the back ground was moaning his name. The only reason he said he proposed to me was because he found out that once I inherit the company my money and the vaule of the company will double."
"What makes you think your going to inherit my company. After the stunts you pulled." Serena couldn't have been in more shock. Did her father just say that? She grabbed her purse off the floor and stood up.
"Whatever dad I don't need your company. I have a job. A great paying job. I'm the chief and editor of blush magazine and they love me" Serena walked toward the door, but stopped when her mother grabbed her arm.
"Wait Serenity please don't go your father didn't mean what he said. You can stay here while we sort this out. You can stay in your old room" Irene said pleading with her daughter. Serena let out a short laugh.
"Why would I want to say here? All the happy memories? I think not." Serena pointed her attention to her father whom was now standing next to his wife. "You must really have her fucked up if she thinks I'm staying in this house for one more second." Ken slapped his daughter across the face. He hit her so hard that he busted her lip. She sucked her lip then spat out the blood. She looked back at her father. she shook her head and laughed.
"See what I mean by happy memories." Serena reached forward and took her father's handkerchief out of his jacket. "I'll be needing this." She said as she walked out towards the door again. she was about to walk out when she stopped. She turned back to face her parents. "Oh and don't ever hit me again" she said venom in her voice. With that she walked out of the room and down the hallway again. she stopped at the vase she and broke when she was a teenager. She picked it up and through it against the wall. Where it again smashed it pieces.
"That's for hitting me" she mumbled to herself. She stepped over the broken pieces and conutined walk towards the door. As she walked by the stairs Melvin called her name from behind her. Serena turned around to face him.
"Miss Serenity are you ok? You're bleeding" Melvin said worried.
"I'm fine Melvin. I'm sorry for the broken vase. I forgot that you're the one who has to clean that stuff up" Serena said apologizing to him.
"Its fine Miss, Serenity I'm just worried about your lip its covered in blood." Melvin said. Serena folded her lip into her mouth so she could suck the blood off her lip.
"I'm fine it's just a busted lip. But I need to go" Serena said turning back around to leave.
"Well before you leave I need to give you this" Melvin said. He pulled out a note from his jacket and handed it to Serena.
"What's this?" Serena asked.
"It's a note from your mother." Said Melvin in a cautious voice.
"No take it back. I don't want it. Dad's got her brainwashed." Serena said trying to give Melvin back the note. Melvin grabbed her hands to stop her.
"Please miss, just read the note. Mrs.Washington loves you. She just wants the best for you." He let go of her hands. Serena saw the pleading look in his eyes. She rolled her eyes and put the note in her purse.
"Fine I'll read it just please do look so sad."
"Thank you miss." Serena smiled at him and walked out the door. She unlocked her car and got in. she put her keys in the ignition but didn't start it up. She pulled the handkerchief out of her pocket and wiped her lip and spitting blood into it.
"I can't believe he hit me" she mumbled to herself again.She reached into her purse and pulled out the note that Melvin had given her. She opened it and read it
Serenity, Please forgive your father for hitting you. He wasn't thinking straight. I want to talk to you. You know mother to daughter. Please meet me at the horseshoe country club at 10:00am tomorrow.
Love, Mom
Serena rolled her eyes and put the paper into her pocket. She turned the keys and the car started. She slammed on the gas and sped out of the driveway and down the long dirt road again.
Serena pulled into the underground parking lot of the Waldorf Astoria. Raye had booked a room for her. She took her suticase out of the passenger's seat and walked into the lobby. When she got to the front desk she told the clerk her name. The clerk gave her a room key and she paid for her room. Serena pressed a button for the 26th floor and the elevator doors closed. She leaned against the rail that lined the elevator. When the elevator made a ding, telling her she made it to her floor, she straightened up and waited for the doors to open. When they did she walked out and made her way down to room 834. She slid the key card into the door and opened it. She rolled her lounge halfway into the room then dropped it on the floor. The room looked something out of a palace. The walls were baby blue with gold lining the walls. the curtains were gold and babyblue and the furniture was all white with gold lining. She walked over to the bedroom where the comforter was white as well as the sheets. She through herself onto the soft bed. Tears streamed down her face. Nothing was going the way she had planned. Of course she knew her parents were going to be mad at her. But she never expected for her father to hit her. He had never hit her. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the note her mother wrote. She read it over again. She decided that she was going to see her mother tomorrow and get things right with her again. Serena rolled over on her side and fell asleep.