The Lesson | By : EveAlli Category: Sailor Moon > General Views: 9577 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Greetings! I’m back with chapter two. I can only hope you enjoyed chapter one, but since I have no reviews to go on, I’ll just have to guess. But, if you truly do dislike this, please let me know so that I may fix it, abandon it, or flatly remove it. I do value your opinions, loves. Please, leave your appreciation or criticism. It helps me become a better writer.
Disclaimer: In case the disclaimer above is not in-depth enough, I do not own any part of Sailor Moon. The only thing I own here is the story line. It came out of the twisted depths of my own mind.
It was no secret. Serena did not trust men. She trusted a man… one man… her father. Her father was the only man who had never done anything to lose her trust. He was the one man she knew she could count on to be there for her, to protect her, and to love her. Fuck all else.
After shedding her multiple layers of winter outerwear, she went to her new room.
It was big.
Almost too big… almost.
She flopped down on her bed, having been set up by her father. She buried her face, momentarily in the still warm sheets, recently from the drier. They were cleaned and flattened to near perfection. “Dad’s getting better at these things…” She said to herself, unaware of the presence on the doorway.
“Thanks, I think.” He responded, making her jump.
“Jesus, Daddy!” She screamed. “I thought you said you weren’t going to do that anymore?!” Her tone leveled off and softened. “Sorry for yelling… its just… you know what that does to me…” She avoided his gaze. Her voice was barely above a whisper now.
“Yeah… I know.” He took a seat next to her on the bed. “Its not as if I were trying to sneak. The hall floor’s just too soft I guess… I can get hardwood, if it’ll make you feel better.” His voice was soft as well.
An awkward silence settled over them both.
Serena scooted closer to her father, hugging him at his side. “It’s ok Daddy. You don’t have to put down hardwood. I just wasn’t paying attention.” She quirked a smile. “You know how I feel about clean sheets.” She poked him in the side, making him smile in return.
“I’m glad I caught you before you went to bed, Serena. There is something I came in here to talk to you about. She just nodded, still hugging him. He stoked her hair in a calming manor, as if to prepare her for something. “Do you remember what we had talked about before we left the old house? Right after mom-”
She cut him off. “Yeah dad… I remember.” She visibly tensed up at the triggered memories. He just continued to stroke her hair. “Well, I think it would be a good idea if we both, as a family, went to a therapy session.” Serena began to shrink away from him. “Serena… you can’t just keep this in forever. You have to come to the reality of what happened.”
She pulled away from him all together and sat with her arms crossed over her stomach. “One… just one. I’ll go to one, with you just to try it out. I don’t want to be picked apart and pried into… ok?”
“Alright, love. No picking or prying, check.” He smiled faintly. “Let’s both try to get some rest, ok?” Serena nodded. “Yeah… that walk took a lot out of me. Arrogant little assholes wandering the streets.” She scoffed to herself, and her father chuckled. “I hope you gave him what for!”
Serena nodded and laughed a little. “Yeah, I did. Hopefully all the people of this town aren’t as stupid as that guy was. But yeah, let’s get sleep now. I want to see what the school is like tomorrow.” Her father looked at her, concerned. “Are you sure you wouldn’t rather go to the all girls school? It’s just up the road a little further. I mean, I know we’re not Catholic or anything, but if it makes you feel safer…”
Serena smiled at him. “No, Daddy. Public school is fine. I have to “reintegrate” myself, don’t I? Besides, I don’t plan on a full day tomorrow. Just a taste test of it. I might change my mind. Home school is still possible, right? I mean, we could still do it if I wanted to?” Her father nodded. “Of course. I can still hire that tutor/governess woman, whatever the hell she calls herself.”
“Cool.” She stood up as her father did and gave him a hug. “Goodnight, Daddy. Is everything shut and locked?” She tried to hide the concern in her voice. “Yes,” He responded. “All the windows and doors are locked up. The men will be here tomorrow to put the bars on them all while you’re out ‘taste testing.’” He smiled.
Serena breathed a sigh of relief. “Good… that’s good. Well, goodnight Dad. Love you.” She kissed him on the cheek. “Love you too, sweet pea.” He returned the kiss and left the room, shutting the door behind him. He waited just outside for the click of the lock.
He stood there for a minute or so. “Serena, don’t forget to-” A click of the door lock was enough to silence him. He chuckled as he made and immediate right into his own room.
Having the rooms so close together was Serena’s idea. She would have suggested they share the same room with partitions added if she thought she could get away with it socially.
Truth be told, the man in the next room was not her “real” father by definition. But, being the only father she had ever known, he was no different to her than the real thing. Her biological father, who had been an American soldier, had abandoned her mother for the states after his assignment was up. Her mother, who was living in Japan with her American missionary parents, remained in Japan, not having anywhere else to go. Thusly, Serena was raised with both languages, American and Japanese.
Her mother, having met Kenji, a local Japanese writer, fell in love with him and married him quickly. He was a natural father, taking to Serena as any man would take to his own child. Serena had never known any differently, so Kenji was her father in all but one sense of the word.
And here ends chapter two. Please, and I cannot stress this enough, please send your honest reviews and feedback. Wonderful, or bad, I want them all. Thank you, loves!
E.A.
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