Two weeks passed, and Endymion had still not seen Serenity. No roses appeared in his vase and he was beginning to think she would never return.
The Moon
Serenity had changed. Instead of the talkative, fun loving girl they had befriended the scouts friend had slowly disappeared. She was just a charge now, a responsibility. They were all worried about her, she ate and went about her usual schedule but her enthusiasm and light were gone. Rei even noticed her aura was dimming. Whenever she wasn't in lessons or helping her mother with something she would hide away. She would go to her room and shut herself in for hours, not allowing any of them to come in. The scouts missed their friend and they were worried about their princess. She wasn't the same girl as she had been two weeks ago and people were noticing.
Serenity saw the looks of concern on her people's faces and tried to smile, to give them some reassurance, some hope that they weren't losing the princess most of them had seen grow up. The truth was she couldn't, she wasn't that girl anymore. The only joy she found was when she could be alone and look upon the earth. She would hide in her rooms and get out the viewing screen she had taken from the library. She would find Endymion and watch him for hours. She missed him, and just seeing his image wasn't enough. She wanted to speak with him, to hold him. To know her adventures on earth weren't a fantasy and that he was real.
Earth
Endymion felt strange. It had been a month since Serenity kissed him and was forced to leave and he still hadn't seen her. Even so, sometimes he felt like he was being watched. Now he felt like something was coming. Like just before a big storm came and they air felt different and the animals would take shelter. He checked the vase when he came back to his rooms like always, still only two flowers. He went to change, then finally when he was resting comfortably in his bed he looked up at the moon, then back at the vase. But this time something was different, there was a third rose!
Endymion jumped out of bed and pulled on his pants and a white shirt and raced to the ruins where he had first met her, she was coming!
The Moon
Serenity had had enough. She could rule a planet and protect an inter-galactic alliance but she couldn't fall in love with an earthling? No She could, no matter what her mother her people, or even the girls said she was done taking orders. It was time for them to realize she would be Queen one day and that these choices were hers to make. Not anyone else's. It was time to make her own decisions and tonight she was going to earth. She was going to Endymion. The thought sent a thrill through her body. Serenity raced out of the palace and into the gardens, all the way to the roses that she knew would lead to the ruins where they had first met.