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Chapter 7

When Usagi opened her computer she found she had an email from Mamoru. She was still removing flower petals from her skin since she fell asleep crying into them.

"Sere, last night I hurt you, and I couldn't let it end that way. I hope you are reading this, I want to explain. During my last year of pre med Seiya and I were roommates. We were close, and I had considered him to be a brother. I looked out for him. I made sure he took time to study and didn't party to hard. Soon he began to hate me for stopping his fun, and he started to blame me for his failing grades. In our last class we had a final. It was a two parter and you had to pass both parts to pass the class. When we got the written test score back, I was surprised to find out that I had failed. I talk to my professor about it, and he said he thought it was weird, but my name was typed at the top. After some investigating we discovered that Seiya had switched our tests. He was kicked out of the school. He swore his revenge on me for getting him kicked out, and he took it out by raping my sister. The courts took him to trail, but there wasn't enough evidence to prove it was him, so they had to let him go. I hadn't thought about him since you mentioned Gratis at the table. To me I didn't care what he was doing as long as he was doing it on the west coast and left the east coast alone. I feel like I could have just prevented this whole mess if I just stopped being a coward. As for your sister and Kunzite. He is my best friend and I was honestly worried about him. Last night things just came out wrong. Kunzite, in the past had been in love numerous times, and most of his attachment had come with horrible heartache, on his part. My friend, as smart as he is, is very trusting. He is so trusting in fact that he doesn't see a gold digger. I know that your sister could never behave like that, but I was so worried about him, that I was going to do what ever I could to protect him. I promised you last night that I wasn't going to rest until I fixed everything. I hope this morning you are feeling well, and I hope that you will let me see you again. You have turned my world upside down, and because of you I see things in a new light, a better light.

-Mamoru"

She read his email over and over again. She brought her knees up to her chest and cried. She cried for her family, her career and for her own stupid pride. She spent most of the night trying to forget about their love making. It felt so perfect, and she would give anything to feel that happy again. She looked back at her computer and hit the reply button.

"Mamoru, thank you for being honest with me. I'm sorry. For everything. Surely you must know that yesterday I was not myself and I ended up lashing at you for what happened. I don't wanna talk to you in an email. Please call me. Serenity." She stared at her name. It was the first time in years that she had typed Serenity instead of Usagi. She didn't even realize her fingers had typed it out until she checked it over.

After her shower she dressed and headed down to the police station. It was going to be a long day of filling out paper work and the first day to putting her life back together.

It had already been 3 months. Usagi checked her email every morning with no reply from Mamoru. No phone call or text. She didn't cry as much anymore, every day she talk to the police but they never had any news for her. The police like Usagi, and in the beginning had bent over backwards to help her. A lot of them had benefited from Lunar Teachings. Yet now, they were really just humoring her visits and pitying her. Today's visit was different. Today they sat her down, offered her coffee and explained that the money was back. All of it plus. It had turned out that there was a massive clerical error, and Seiya leaving town with her sister had turned out to be a coincidence. When she left she gotten texts immediately from every member of her board, all expressing their relief that things had ended up working themselves out. She could wait to get home. Her head was spinning.

Pulling into her driveway she noticed that her father was home, along with a taxi pulling out. When she got inside her mother was rushing towards the door.

"Usagi, I am so glad to see you made it home. Your sister has just returned from her honeymoon!" Usagi tried to stop, but her mother's grip was to tight.

"Usagi!" Rei ran over and gave her older sister a hug. She already looked about 5 months pregnant. Usagi couldn't believe that Seiya and Rei had been sleeping together from the beginning, but she wouldn't put it past her sister to only tell Seiya he was the father.

"What are you doing here?" Usagi had to sit down, everyone was crowding around her, and she was having trouble breathing.

"Well we decided that we were gone long enough, and we wanted to come home and get ready for the baby. We'll be leaving for the west coast in a couple weeks, so enjoy me while you can! I don't know if we'll be able to travel much once that baby comes." Usagi nodded.

"Hey maybe I can come and visit once you get settled." Makoto smiled sweetly at Seiya.

"Absolutely not. I already have one daughter who is a drop out, I will not have enough." Their father stepped in. Their mother was about to say something, but Rei changed the subject.

"You should have seen our wedding Usa. The lovely white sand beach, the sweet smelling fruits that filled the air. I mean it would have been better if we didn't have Mamoru breathing down our necks." Rei giggled, but Usagi couldn't help but notice that Seiya paled a little.

"Darling, that was a secret!" Rei put her hands to her mouth.

"Oppsie. I guess I was all excited and forgot I was supposed to mention anything." Usagi was going to ask more about it when Luna came out and expressed that dinner was ready. The large group moved to the dinning room and sat. Usagi made sure she sat next to her sister.

"What do you mean Mamoru was there?" Rei looked over and shrugged.

"He was the wrong who discovered us. He paid off Seiya, for the wedding and for our fares back to the states."
"He paid of Seiya?"

"Enough Usagi, you know what I mean, now knock off with the questions. You know Mamoru isn't as high and mighty as you sometimes. He is clearly the better person." Usagi squeezed her glass so hard she thought she could hear the glass starting to crack. Soon there was a knock at the door. Minako came in followed by their aunt Michiru and uncle Hakura. Their father stood and gave Minako a hug.

"Welcome home darling. How was the island?" Minako smiled.

"Lovely. The ocean is such a magical place. Aunt Michiru taught me how to drive." He gave his sister a kiss on the forehead, and welcomed them to join them for lunch.

"I love the ocean, the way it feels when it splashes against your feet." Rei was all to excited to chime in, and everyone yet again had to hear about their beach side wedding. Usagi was glad to have some quiet time with everyone after Rei, Seiya and their parents had gone to buy the kids some newly web clothes.

"I'm glad you're home. I missed you." Minako and Usagi shared a hug.

"I'm sorry I couldn't be here for you. If you would have let me, I would have come straight home." Usagi smiled and waved her sister off.

"All that matters is that you are home now."

"Father told me that Kunzite has yet to loose a case. He's sorry things didn't work out, and hopes that it doesn't stop me from wanting to join the firm."

"Let me tell you a secret to success." Usagi leaned in close. "Never let anyone stand in your way." Minako smiled and nodded.

"You know Usagi, you are more than welcome to join us tomorrow. We're leaving to go camping for a week. Every night we'll be stopping at a different location. We'll be going hiking and exploring a few cave systems. It's been a while since you've gone with us." Usagi smiled. "Or you could stay here and allow your mother to try and find you all husbands." Now that really had Usagi laughing.

"What are men compared to scientific exploration of nature?" Ami came in, and sat with a book. "Honestly Usagi, you need a get a way. We need you to get out and get some fresh air. Your foul mood all but kills." Usagi thought maybe she should be offended by Ami's comments, but it wasn't excatly something false.

"Okay, I'll head up stairs and start to pack." When she reached her room, packing was the last thing she wanted to do. She reached under her pillow and pulled out the printed out email from Mamoru. She felt the tears start to well up in her eyes again. She didn't understand what was going on around her. Today seemed more like a dream. This morning she woke up a failure, but tonight she was going to be going to bed a woman who's world was right again. Almost right. Her heart still ached for him. She couldn't get rid of the feeling that a part of heart was dead. All the stress of recent events had her feeling sick. She was starting to rethink going on this trip. She would be back by Monday for the new board meeting she set up, and a little R and R never hurt anyone. It could cure her, energize her. She was tired of feeling tired all the time. Most days she could barely eat and when she could it didn't last long in her stomach. She sighed and sat up. She was going to start taking her own advise and not let anyone in her way, not even herself. With in 20 minutes she was packed and ready to start enjoying life again.