Disclaimer: Sailor Moon belongs to Naoko and DIC. This is only a fanfic.
Reviews Finally! I'm so happy right now, I'm inspired! Thank you to all you great readers and reviewers who continue to support me. I tried to get this one out early, but I got my baby sister earlier than I expected! So now, I had to go baby shopping and didn't get time to even sit at the computer.
Moonlit Secrets and Love: Chapter 3
Well, this was a bummer. When Mina had found out that Serena wasn't at her place, she immediately called Ami, Rei, and Lita. And now all of them had cornered her, at 7:00 in the morning no less, to demand answers. The especially loud one was Lita.
"Where could you have gone so late at night! We were worried sick about you!" Lita yelled.
"Oh Lita, hush. You don't have to make everything out of proportion. I'm sure Serena was safe as she came home safely." Ami replied logically. "Yea, well 'safe' doesn't correspond with being with a stranger," Rei said.
At this, Serena was surprised. She didn't remember telling Mina that she was out with someone. "What stranger?" Mina looked guilty. " I, um, saw you last night when you drove off with a man."
"Oh." Serena didn't know what to say. She couldn't blame the girls for worrying about her since she knew that if she was in their place, she would also worry.
"Well, Serena, you should have told us that you were ready to be in another relationship," Rei replied, hurt.
"Well technically our relationship started yesterday," Serena replied back. "You mean--" Mina began. Serena nodded her head, a wistful yet contemplative look on her face.
"But before you start a new relationship, you have to promise us something Sere," Lita said quietly. "Yes," Ami nodded, "You have to promise that you will talk to Alan, Wait Serena--" Ami said as Serena opened her mouth to protest," You need to do this for yourself and for your future. You need closure before you move on and so does he (the scum).
Serena thought about it for a minute, before agreeing. It was going to be a long and harsh visit.
At the hospital
"Ms?" a nurse asked. Serena gulped in nervousness," Yes?" The nurse smiled reassuringly and said "He's ready to see you now" before walking away. He was ready to see her... What did that mean?
Serena walked into Alan's hospital room. The bright light was coming in from the windows into the white room. There rested Alan on the patient bed, but his eyes were open, and next to him, holding his hand, was Sarah (one of Alan's friends who always told her that she wasn't good enough for Alan).
Serena always knew that Sarah liked Alan, and she was willing to let everyone know that Alan and her were a perfect match. She also went as far as flaunting herself in front of Alan whenever Serena was around.
Right now, as Serena walked in, Sarah jumped up, screeching, "What is SHE doing here!" All Alan said quietly was for Sarah to leave. "But--" she sputtered. "SHE'S the reason why you're hurt and in this hospital! She doesn't deserve to be in your presence. You better not get back with the bitch."
This time, Alan was a lot louder," I said leave Sarah."
Sarah hmphed and walked out of the room haughtily, but the look she gave Serena was enough. Serena just glared back, but thought that now was not the time for confrontations when a confrontation was already waiting for her.
Serena walked quietly until she was at the foot of Alan's bed. "Hello Alan."
He raised his head slightly to look at her.
"How are you? I mean I can tell how you...um look, but how do you feel?" Serena asked nervously.
'I feel like I fell off a bridge." He said seriously.
"Oh," Serena said. She honestly didn't know what to say. "So why are you here?" he questioned, his eyebrows furrowed.
After a moments hesitance, Serena honestly said," I'm here for closure." "Getting right to it, are we?" Alan said with a bitter laugh. Serena sighed, "I have to."
"I'm not your enemy," he whispered. He was staring down at his injured hands.
"What?" Serena asked, taking a step backwards.
"I said, I'm not your enemy," Alan raised his eyes to look directly at her.
'What, Why would you say that?" Serena asked, flabberghasted. She could hear the rain splash against the window.
" You know it's your fault I'm here. You know it's your fault that our relationship failed. But most of all, It's YOUR FAULT THAT YOU ARE SAD."
Serena couldn't believe it. Her eyes quickly filled up with tears. She thought his careless words would no longer hurt but, oh god, they did. But Serena gathered herself up quickly. She closed her eyes, so the tears wouldn't flow and let out her inner rage, or what did Darien call it? Oh, yes. Her flaming spirit.
Serena took a shaky breath and let it all out. "You have to stop. Stop This. You have no right to be talking to me like this." Alan didn't seem moved. "And why should I stop?"
"Because your words won't affect me anymore. I've lived more these past weeks than I ever had while I lived with you. And you Cannot take that away from me. I won't let you--" Serena said, but was cut off.
" How dare you speak to me like that. I'm the one who loved you when no one else did."
"NO! You're wrong Alan! You never loved me. You just loved having someone as your pet. Someone who would agree with you in everything. You didn't want me. And I don't want you. I can't believe I've been a fool all those years."
"What are you trying to say?" Alan asked, in a deadly whisper.
Serena blinked her eyes, dammit, her eyes were filling up again. But she wouldn't show him that he hurt her. This would be the last time. "What I am saying is that I'm over you. You can never hurt me ever again, even if you tried. Did you hear me?" Serena walked closer. "I'm over you. It's a decision that I made. And I will never change it. Good riddance, Alan." Serena then walked out of the door, not bothering to close it.
Behind her, in that room, Alan smiled on that hospital bed, before he flew away to darkness.
It was evening, it was pouring, and Darien wondered what he had done to be summoned by Metallica. "You've done it now," exclaimed Kunzite, his closest friend, and second in charge. Darien just looked at him with bewildered eyes, "I've done what exactly?" They were both standing near a shack in the middle of a ... forest? Large leaves from the trees kept them from getting wet.
"You've made Metallica mad."
"Yes, I understand that part, but how?"
Now it was Kunzite with the bewildered look. "You broke her heart."
At that, Darien kept quiet before chuckling, "If she had a heart to break, that would work out fine don't you think?"
Kunzite opened his mouth to speak, before he shut his mouth when an opening appeared on the shack. Two guards appeared on both sides and commanded," You may enter First-in-line."
Darien nodded at the soldiers before walking into the run-down shack. He walked through the rooms, until he reached a door with a sphere shaped symbol. He touched the symbol, causing the door to rise.
He bowed upon seeing a darkly cloaked figure at the rise of stairs. "You summoned me, Queen Metallica?"
She turned around, and as she turned the cloak fell from her body, showing a little girl's body about the age of 6 clothed in a lolita dress. Her face and body seemed small, but her tinted lavender oval eyes betrayed wisdom and malice.
"Yes, I did," she said in her wickedly girlish voice. "I've been hearing that you are spending your time now with a woman. You must lnow that I cannot allow anything to interfere with your foremost goal. If you do happen to, hmm how should I say it, get sidetracked, then I might have to eliminate any outside 'interferences.' Is that clear?"
Darien could barely suppress his glare, but he clenched his teeth and managed to say, "crystal clear."
"You are dismissed," Metallica said, barely even sparing him a glance. And then she turned back around the stairs.
Darien didn't know what he was doing. After all, it had been minutes ago when Metallica had given him the warning. Now he wasn't heeding that warning.
Something had called him here. Something that might have been called fate. He didn't know how, but something in him had told him to see Serena as soon as he was out of Metallica's sight. Now he was standing beneath her and her friend's apartment, watching her as she cried her heart out in the rain.
"Hello Serena!" Darien yelled out to her. Shocked, Serena looked down at him. "Darien? What are you doing out here in the rain? Are you crazy! You'll catch a cold."
And that's what Darien hated about her. Always thinking about other before herself. Only she would say this, when the rain was pouring on her as well.
" I came to see you, sweetheart. Is your friend home?" At that, she moved her head no. 'Well, in that case, I'll come up." He ran into the building before she could utter another word. When he was in front of her door, she just opened the door and jumped into his arms.
He shushed her, and gently rubbed her back. "It's going to be okay. Just cry it out."
Darien gently kissed Serena's forehead, and then sweeped her lips with his. She held onto him as though she didn't want to let go. 'Don't let anyone tell you you're not worth it,"he told her, between kisses. "Because I think you are a thousand times worth it."
Soon, Serena fell asleep from exhaustion. Darien carried her to her room, pushed the covers out, and laid her on the bed. He then laid next to her, snuggled her closer to him, and pulled the covers above both of them.
Pulled the covers above them from the rest of the world.
There. Yay! Another chapter finished.This one was longer than usual.Please Review as you have. You've all been great.