(A/N: Here is the next chapter! Thanks for the reviews so far! Keep them coming! ~The Rising Phoenix~)

Chapter 3 -

The Next Morning -

Makoto had been up for a few hours; actually she had been up on and off all night checking on Usagi and Mina.

However, Setsuna finally had to place a sleeping spell on Makoto because she had it completely under control.

Makoto had been meditating in her room; attempting to find calm within before confronting both of them.

Both Mina and Usagi had peeked out of their respective areas to an empty kitchen.

Makoto must have been asleep still or out, and Setsuna should have been back at the Time Gates.

Both sluggish, still feeling pretty ill, exhausted, and otherwise completely hungover, between the two of them they successfully got the electric kettle to work to make tea.

Pouring themselves a cup of green tea, they both sat down at the table.

"Why did you...why did I...I'm never going out with you partying like that again..."

"Oh Usagi, stop it. You said that last week. You're a sophomore in college. Besides, this is the only the second week ever in your life that you've partied this hard consecutively."

"Yeah, and I've paid for it both times. Both with hangovers from hell, and now Mako is mad at me...I promised her, Mina."

"I'm sorry, that was my fault. And yeah, I should have respected your decision more. I just wanted you to loosen up. You've gotten so uptight since you started writing...I missed my bubbly Usagi."

"Why…" Usagi rubbed her head, groaning in pain at thinking so seriously at what seemed to be such an early hour.

Meanwhile, it was 1 in the afternoon.

She took a deep breath. "Why didn't you just tell me this?"

"When did you have time Usagi? No one, other than Makoto ever saw you. And even Mako seeing you is being generous...Between you at the library and she at the culinary kitchens, we never saw either of you."

"Mina...You go to a different college entirely too, ya know. LIke three hours away across town."

"Still. I miss you both."

"I miss you too Mina...Really I do...Look...I'm free in two weeks. Why don't the three of us get together then?"

"I'm free. Wait, why not next weekend?"

"I might as well consider myself grounded by Makoto for the last two weekends. There's no way she'd let the two of us hang out after last night. She's been gone all month on her internship. Plus, she and I already made plans."

"The whole weekend?" Mina wiggled her eyebrows.

"Shut up." Usagi groaned again. "God, I do not even want to know what pictures ended up online. You and that damn selfie-stick."

"Yeah, but I bet we got some good pictures in Haruka's car on our way to the party."

"Yeah. I'm sure. Hey, how the hell did you ever convince her to let you borrow it?"

Mina smiled. "Simple. I said I had a certain little blonde who wanted to impress her girlfriend."

"Wait, and she bought that? Are you sure she wasn't drinking too? Mako wasn't supposed to be home for two more days."

"I told her Mako had called me, and said she wanted to surprise you. But I never actually heard from Makoto. As for Haruka at the party, I'm not sure, I thought I saw her there, but I can't remember."

"Oh my god…" Usagi said in horror.

"What?"

"Mina...Where is Haruka's car?..."

The girls looked at each other, dread overtaking their features.

(A/N: Find out in Chapter 4, coming soon! Please review! ~TRP~)