Well everyone, school is finally out and that means it's time to write more! Unfortunately I'm taking a three week class that is keeping me busy with stuff on the weekdays still. It's also pretty boring too. But oh well! I come with a new chapter! And yes, I did know about them remaking Sailor Moon, although I'm not sure what to think of it. Guess I'll just wait and see.

"Hmm….hmm…ugh, I just don't know." Rei grimaced as she stood in front of the long mirror that was hung from her closet door as she held different outfits in front of her body, trying to decide what she should wear to the party. In one hand, she had the red dress she had worn the one time she had sung in front of her school. In the other hand, she had a more modest and simple black satin dress. "What do you wear when you're going to a part for the sole purpose of apologizing for being a giant jerk to a guy? Especially when it's a party you really have no right being invited to in the first place. What do you think, Usagi?"

Rei turned around to look at Usagi, who was sitting on her bed, and trying to get some advice. But Rei raised her eyebrow suspiciously when she saw the strange coy grin that ran across Usagi's face as she stared at her. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?" Rei asked.

"You're acting all cute, Rei! Trying to dress nice for your big crush. You want must really want to impress him tonight and catch his attention." Usagi said teasingly.

Rei bit her lip a bit and her eyebrows furrowed, "That's not it at all! The invitation said it was formal dress attire so we both have to dress up so that we will be let in."

"Yeah sure…but you are right, it's hard to figure out what to wear when you're going off to try to break off an engagement." Usagi remarked, still grinning from ear to ear.

"I'm not going to break anything off! Like I told you before, I was really mean to him the last time we saw each other and I want to apologize! That is all!" Rei protested passionately.

"You say that, but we both know that once you get there and are all nice and close to Chad, and you're looking up in to his big brown eyes that's going to change. You're going to be all like…" Usagi paused and then wrapped her arms around her front and continued, "Oh Chad! I love you soooo much! Please don't marry that pretty girl, come back home with me! I miss you sooo much!"

Rei began to blush pure red and grabbed her pillow from the top of her bed and hit Usagi over the head playfully and exclaimed, "Shut up! I swear you're so stupid, Dumpling Head!"

Usagi pulled the pillow away from her head and puffed her cheeks out then said, "Why don't you just fess up? It's so obvious. Everyone else knows you like him. Well….except for Chad. He's a nice guy and all, but he doesn't know how to read between the lines."

"There's nothing between the lines but blank space. And even if there was something, it's only because you wrote it in." Rei said then turned back to her mirror and looked over her two dresses of choice a bit more. She still wasn't sure which was the best way to go. She looked back towards Usagi and added, "Besides, this party is to celebrate those two about to get married. All of that stuff is already set."

"You say that, but if that was the case then why did he send you this nice invitation?" Usagi asked as she picked up the unsealed envelope off of Rei's dresser and held it up.

"I guess he just wanted to be considerate to Grandpa and me." Rei said simply. She looked at her red dress a bit more than decided on it.

"Then shouldn't you take your Grandpa? I bet that would make things more fun." Usagi said as she imagined the small pervy old man running around and hitting on all the underage girls.

"If by fun you mean a great way to get kicked out before I can even try to apologize, then yeah." Rei said, a tad annoyed at the idea and then pushed Usagi out of the room so that she could change clothes.

"So why are you wanting me to go again?" Usagi asked through the door.

"I told you already. I want you to distract Chad's annoying fiancé. If she sees me there then she'll probably be all clingy to him and I won't be able to apologize." Rei explained. "Just use your pen to transform in to someone you think she'd want to really talk to."

Rei's grandfather sat in the living room at the table as he held a cup of hot tea in his hands. He took a small sip just as he heard Rei and her friend walking towards the front door. He caught a peek of Rei walk by in a dress and she told him she was leaving. Since he had a mouth full of tea in his mouth, he simply nodded to her and watched her head out. He could only guess where the two of them were going off to. Rei's grandfather had been pleasantly surprised that she had not asked him specifically where the invitation had come from and how it had gotten in to her room; for that, he was glad. He didn't want to lie to her, but he knew that she would be hesitant on using it if she had found out where it was from. He had seen how down Rei had become and wanted to try to help her in some way. That was when an old friend had been asking about his previous apprentice. His friend had heard about some big get together that was going on and had overheard that Chad was going to be there.

Rei's grandfather had thought it over for quite a bit, but eventually he ended up making a call to his no good son-in-law, Rei's father. Grandpa knew that because he was a powerful politician, he was often sent lots of invitations and requests to attend social gatherings and parties, a lot of which he would pass up on. Grandpa had to swallow a lot of his pride and a few less than nice words that he wanted to say. But this was for Rei, so he held his tongue and asked her father if he had gotten an invitation to the event, and if not then if he would pull a string or two to get an invite. Needless to say, he was able to acquire an invitation. Grandpa just wished he wouldn't have to tell Rei it had come from her father.

Rei and Usagi took the train to their destination and walked along on foot from the station. As they walked along a secluded road that was lined with trees, Usagi looked around and asked, "Rei, are you sure we're going the right way? I don't see anything."

"I'm positive. I was really careful when I was finding out the directions. Anyways, shouldn't you use your pen to turn clothes in to a dress?" Rei asked, looking over her shoulder at Usagi who was still wearing her casual clothes.

"Okay." Usagi replied and pulled out her changing pen. She thought for a few moments about what she wanted to change in to and then raised the pin in to the air and looked around to make sure there was no one else around. She then called out for it to make in to a 'beautiful princess'. There was a glow of light and soon Usagi was dressed in a large elaborate dress.

"Really? You're going with the 'Princess' thing again? Don't you think that's a little over the top?" Rei asked, her hands resting on her hips and her head tilted slightly to the side.

"No way! It's a lot of fun to wear something this fancy! Besides, this way I will attract a lot of attention and look really important and interesting to Chad's fiancé." Usagi explained.

"You'll be attracting lots of attention, that's for sure." Rei commented and the two girls then continued to walk for a couple of minutes. Eventually they turned in to a bend of the road and were greeted by the sight of a large mansion surrounded by an iron gate.

The two girls looked at the large house in awe for a few moments in complete silence before Usagi looked over to Rei and asked, "So…do you think it's big enough?"

"Good question." Rei said simply. The two scouts then walked through the main gate which had been left open and then up to the front doors. There was a man in the front who took their invitation and inspected it for a few seconds before he allowed the two girls inside. They were led in to what appeared to be a rather large extravagant ballroom. There were a lot of people dressed up even nicer than they were. They were all dancing, chatting, or drinking some sort of punch.

"Wow, it looks like they're really going all out!" Usagi said in surprise as the two of them looked around curiously.

"Well, just keep your eye out for Chad and that Kasumi girl. They're probably around her somewhere….I bet she's really clingy too." Rei said, muttering the last part under her breath. The two girls tried to mix in to the crowd so that they didn't stick out too much. There were a few minutes where the two of them were being hit on by a group of older guys but they were eventually able to move on. Rei ended up spotting Chad in the far back of the room near the wall with a bunch of other guys who looked to be around his age. They seemed to all be joking around and talking about something. Rei could only guess that they were some of Chad's old friends. Rei smiled a bit since it seemed like they were having a good time, and what made it even better was that Kasumi was nowhere to be seen. But Rei kind of wished that they would all split apart for a little bit, so that she could walk up to him. It'd be really embarrassing and awkward if she walked up by herself out of nowhere.

Meanwhile Usagi was trying to get away from the older men trying to make moves on her. She tried to politely explain that she already had a boyfriend. Once she was able to get away from them though, she noticed Kasumi talking with a bunch of other girls and women near the refreshments table. Usagi smiled a bit and felt her stomach rumble a bit. This would be a great way for her to go over and distract Chad's fiancé while also getting the chance to do some snacking. Usagi walked over to the table and poured herself a glass of punch from a large glass bowel sitting on the table. She took a small sip and then injected herself in to a conversation with the older girls. She tried to talk in a regal voice and explained that she was some princess from a far off land. She had been in the country for an even and had heard about their party. Strangely, it seemed to work.

Rei waited until she noticed some of Chad's friends were spreading out in to the crowd and talking to various other people or starting to dance with girls. Rei slowly made her way across the room but Chad didn't see her since his back was turned away from her direction, looking out a large nearby window. He didn't hear Rei walking up to him so he didn't turn in towards her. Rei cleared her throat a bit and then said softly, "Uh hey! Nice party."

Chad turned around in surprise and shock when he heard Rei's voice and found that she was standing there. "R-rei!? What uhh…..what are you doing here?" He asked.

"What am I doing here? You sent me an invitation. Although you really shouldn't have, after well you know. Me being all mean to you." Rei said, a little embarrassed. She blushed a bit after seeing him again. She now had her chance to apologize but it embarrassed her.

"I shouldn't have, huh? Well I guess that's alright since I didn't. I had no idea you were showing up. Weird huh?" Chad said and then laughed lightly as he rubbed the back of his head.

"What!? That's weird…" Rei said then looked over her should towards the refreshments table where Usagi and Kasumi were standing. If Chad hadn't been the one to invite her then could it have been her? Why? Rei shrugged off the question though, it really didn't matter. She looked back to Chad and continued, "Anyways, are you having fun? Glad to be back around here?"

Chad looked away a bit and muttered, "Uhh, it's alright I guess. But how about you? How are you and your grandfather doing?"

"We're both doing great! Everything is going great!" Rei lied with a big smile on her face. She didn't want him to know that they were having to readjust to him not being around anymore. There was a long and awkward silence between the two of them until Rei looked up and added, "Uhh, actually to tell the truth, I came here for a specific reason."

"Oh really? What's that?" Chad asked curiously.

Rei blushed a bit and looked away, biting her lip. "I…just wanted to say that well…I'm really sorry."

"Huh? Sorry for what?" Chad asked honestly, tilting his head a little the side.

"Oh c'mon, you know! For saying all of those mean things to you last time we saw each other. I shouldn't have done that, especially since you were just trying to help me out." Rei explained.

"Oh that? Heh don't worry about it, no harm done." Chad said lightly, smiling a bit.

"No harm done? You can't be serious Chad! I was really cruel to you! You can't just leave me off the hook like that." Rei said then clinched her fist a bit, "Can't you just, you know…get mad at me? You shouldn't let me get away with being that mean to you! Act like a man, for once."

"Then in that case, would you uhh….like to dance?" Chad asked shyly, blushing a bit as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"W-what?!" Rei said in surprise. "Were you even listening to me?"

"You said act like a man, right? Well, this is a party. And a man would ask the pretty girl in front of him to dance. So, do you want to?" Chad explained, still blushing a bit.

Rei smiled a bit and nodded, "Sure, sounds good."

Meanwhile Usagi was having quite a time of her own. "I'm telling you Kasumi, this punch is just terrific. And fantastic party! I'm so glad I took the night off from all of my very important princessie things to come here." Usagi said, trying to sound very classical and fancy. But it was becoming harder between the hiccups and her words starting to slur a bit. Needless to say the punch wasn't meant for minors and Usagi was starting to get a tad tipsy.

"Uhh yes, well thank you for your kind words." Kasumi said, trying to sound polite even though she was starting to feel a tad uneasy around Usagi a bit. "Where did you say you were from again, Princess…uhh?"

"Oh me! Moon! Yes, I am from the moon and I am the moon princess." Usagi said and drank a bit more punch as she hiccupped.

"Really? The moon? Well that really is something else." Kasumi said. She was playing along since she could tell the younger girl in front of her had obviously had enough of the punch. "You know, how about you ask one of the servants to get you a nice bottle of water while I go look for my fiancé."

Usagi's eyes widened when she heard this and she was reminded of what she was originally supposed to be doing. She looked out on the dance floor and saw Chad and Rei together. She knew it wouldn't be good if Kasumi saw this. Thinking fast, Usagi did the only thing she could think of. She took her glass, dipped it in to the punch, and then poured it over Kasumi's head.

"Wh-what are you doing?!" Kasumi asked in shock. Her hair was now soaked and sticky, and it was dripping down her head on to her pink dress.

"Oh this!? Well it's a very important pre-wedding tradition from where I'm from!" Usagi explained.

"Where you're from? You mean the moon?" Kasumi asked, being quite annoyed from the surprise.

"Yes, that's right! It's meant for good luck. Now, to finish the tradition we must go upstairs and change your clothes right now! Come come! Everyone, let's go!" Usagi said with a big grin as she started to push Kasumi and the rest of the group of girls out of the room and towards the stairs in the front of the house.

Rei blushed a bit when she and Chad walked on to the dance floor. She felt Chad took her hand in to his and his other hand rested on the small of her back. She placed her free hand on his shoulder and looked up at his face. His hair was pushed out of his eyes and tied back while his face was clean-shaven. She was surprised, but she sort of missed his normal stubble. He looked really different without it. She then said, "Just thought I'd let you know, I'm not that good at this sort of dancing."

"Oh uhh really? Well that's…uhh not good." Chad told her a bit nervously as the two of them started to move to the music.

"Oh? Why?" Rei asked curiously. As she moved forward the tip of heel dug in to Chad's foot.

Chad bit his lip and groaned a bit. "Ugh...because I've never been good at dancing either." He told her just as his foot stepped on her toes.

"Ouch!" Rei exclaimed as a sweat drop appeared on the top of her head. "Well, this is going to be fun." She said sarcastically. The two of them danced and tried their best not to step on each other's feet anymore. Instead they started to bump in to other people, which netted them quite a few unpleasant looks. But the two of them ignored it. Neither of them said it, but they were just happy to be around each other once again. Once the music stopped the two of them walked off the dance floor; they both figured they had made fools of themselves enough for one evening. "Wow, you were right. You are pretty bad at that, we both are."

"Yeah, but you were right too. It was fun." Chad remarked with a small goofy smile on his face. They two of them started to laugh a little in response.

Once they had stopped laughing, Rei looked up at him and asked, "So…the two of us are okay?"

Chad nodded with a small smile and replied, "Of course! We were never not okay. I wasn't mad at you."

Rei smiled a bit and remarked, "You really are too nice for your own good, Chad."

"So…would you maybe like to hang out sometime? We probably won't see each other very much anymore. But, do you want to keep in touch?" Chad asked curiously.

Rei looked down at the floor for a moment and thought it over. Stay in touch? No, that wasn't what she wanted. Not at all. She wanted things back to the way they were before. She wanted to be selfish and tell him to leave all of this behind and go back with her. She figured he would probably say yes if she did ask him; it wasn't as if he had ever said no to one of her requests. That's what she wanted to do, but she couldn't. Rei looked back at him and put on a fake smile and lied, "Sure, that sounds nice. Now, where's Usagi?"

"Usagi? She came with you?" Chad asked since he hadn't seen her at all that night.

"Yeah, she was around here somewhere. She was talking with your fiancé and having some punch and snacks." Rei said then saw her walking back in with Kasumi and some other girls.

"She was drinking the punch? Well that's not good." Chad said.

"Huh? Why?" Rei asked but then saw Usagi swaying around and then fell to the floor. A sweat drop appeared on her head and she said, "Oh…that's why. Great…"

"You might want to get her home." Chad suggested.

Rei nodded and then looked back at him and smiled, "Well….I guess I'll see you around sometime." She then hurried off to Usagi's side.

Usagi looked up to see Rei and smiled happily then threw her arms around Rei's shoulders, "Rei-rei! My good friend, are you having fun too?" Usagi asked.

"Sure thing. But right now, we need to get you home." Rei told Usagi and put one of her arms around the blonde girl's waist so she didn't stumble around so much.

"You! What are you doing here!?" Kasumi asked in a flustered voice when she saw Rei.

"Making sure Dumpling Head here doesn't fall on her face." Rei said with a small smile.

"I don't know what you're talking about, but leave now!" Kasumi ordered.

Usagi hiccupped again then looked up at Rei and said, "Hey Rei-rei! Did you see me dunk the punch on her head? It was really funny! But that's how we celebrate weddings on the moon."

"Oh really? Is that so? Well in that case, I'll give my best regards to the bride to be." Rei said and then picked up the whole bowl of punch and poured it over Kasumi's head. Then to top it off she put the bowel on the soaking wet Kasumi's head upside down like a large glass helmet. "Congratulations. Well I'll be going now. C'mon Usagi."

The two girls walked out of the large house with Usagi still hiccupping and dragging her feet a bit as she said, "Rei-rei! You're my best friend and I love you soooo much! You know, we should go get Ami, Mako, and Mina and all move in together! Wouldn't that be fun?"

"I think we should get you some coffee first." Rei told her as they made their way to the train station.

"Aww! But I hate coffee!" Usagi complained.

I had some serious writer's block with this chapter for some reason, no idea why. Anyways everyone, I think the next chapter will probably be the finale. As always, leave a review or comment or shoot me a pm if you wish. I'll try to get the next chapter up next week. Thank you for your patience and thanks as always for reading! ^.^