Serena almost never went out to New Jersey. New York City was so big, she could spend her entire life there and still find new things to do. Even Brooklyn was an exciting place still left to be explored. Now being an inhabitant of Manhattan, it was practically a rule to rag on the opposite coast to the Hudson. However, whenever Serena took the bus out to the Garden State, she always found it to be a lush area. Bus trips out to Wayne or upstate New York were quite enjoyable for her.
Unfortunately, the area of Newark New Jersey lived up to its reputation. Serena seriously expected characters out of The Sopranos to come and rob the bus. Of course, she was a Sailor Scout and could defend herself, but her head lost in her phone, headphones covering her ears, helped put her mind at ease.
Getting to the gate was easy enough, but she knew she would be waiting for a little while. Sitting at the gate pretending to read a magazine gave her the chance to think. Amy had been on her mind for the entire bus-ride. The sweet blue-haired beauty that had been her girlfriend for nearly half a year was so heartbroken to see her blonde lover have to break their plans for Darien. Honestly, somewhere in Serena's mind, she didn't know why she was still in love with the man, or even if she still was. Amy had certainly been intimate with the princess a lot more than the masked man had been. Hell, even Raye got more alone time with the blonde than the black-haired man did. Darien was almost old news, perhaps they were just keeping appearances up at this point for the sake of the future. Was Serena just using the 'We're all Sailor Scouts' excuse to cheat on her boyfriend?
And for that matter, what was Darien doing? Was he cheating on her? Was he seriously sitting at home late nights just reading her texts and wishing she was around? Wishful thinking, but not realistic.
Still, Serena's thoughts were stuck on Amy. What more was there to think about? She loved her. Every night, the feeling of Amy's body intertwined with hers was pure bliss. One could never imagine that such a shy, gentle creature could be so wild in bed. Of course, Raye was an animal; Serena still had a few hikies to prove that. Lita was actually more gentle than Amy was; perhaps Lita's love for the princess and her muscular stature forced her to take it easy. Mina was… well… Mina. Only Amy could please Serena the exact way she wanted.
But this went further than their sexual chemistry. Amy was devoted to her Princess. Amy was smarter than Serena would ever be, even into the last days of her life, but she never patronized her beyond a few friendly comments or jokes. Whereas the other Scouts would get bored with her incessant yapping, the bluenette would always listen to the blonde's quirky conversation; her blue eyes directly focused on hers. Serena felt she could be herself around Amy. Sure they had a lot of differences, but didn't every couple? Certainly Raye and Mina weren't always a match made in heaven.
Her daydreaming was interrupted as the passengers began to exit the plane from Boston. 'Wow,' Serena thought, 'That was fast!'
Coming out after a crowd of people was Darien, the love of her life, or so he had been. He immediately recognized Serena's all-too-familiar hair style.
"Darien!" Serena was immediately excited to see him. Even if she was conflicted about their relationship, Darien and her had been through a lot together and were at least the best of friends.
"Serena!" He said as he opened his arms out, his personal bag in one hand. Serena ran towards him and embraced him. Regardless of what was happening with her and Amy, this moment felt amazing. Serena was so happy to see her man. "It's great to see you babe."
He reached down and kissed her. Something didn't feel quite right. It wasn't as if Serena didn't want to kiss him, but after kissing only girls for the past month, kissing her boyfriend felt a little strange. It didn't matter that Serena and him had kissed numerous times. Amy's sad face immediately came over the blonde's eyes.
Darien too felt estranged kissing his girlfriend. Although, he figured the long time separated was probably the cause of this.
The kiss broke and Darien stared at his girlfriend, "You okay?" he asked.
Serena was distracted for a minute and then came back, "Yes of course," she smiled, "It's just so overwhelming to see you again after all this time."
Darien smiled at her inquisitively, "You got a boyfriend in New York City?"
Serena frowned and recoiled at the idea, "No! Absolutely not!" Well technically she wasn't lying, she didn't have a BOYfriend.
Darien laughed, "I'm just kidding with you Meatball head!" Serena pondered her boyfriend's joke and then laughed suspiciously. "C'mon, my bags are downstairs."
Serena and Darien awkwardly walked down the escalator.
"Amy didn't come?" Darien said.
"Uh no," Serena responded, "I think she figured we wanted some alone time. She's going out to Long Island to see Lita."
Darien chuckled, "Smart girl." His chuckle faded, "Although I hope she feels okay, I didn't mean to spoil your plans for the day."
"Oh I'm sure she's fine," Serena said, "Sitting on the bus, lost in a book, smiling."
The blue-haired Scout sat on the bus staring out the window listening to Marvin Gaye's "Distant Lover" with tears in her eyes.
Amy couldn't even remember where the bus stopped at. Certainly, this was not like her. Serena's desertion had really hit the brilliant blue-hair hard this time. 'That Darien!' she thought to herself, 'He stole my girlfriend.'
'Wait a minute,' her thoughts argued, 'He was with Serena long before I ever was.' Luckily her thoughts were interrupted as the bus stop appeared in the near distance. A tall, brunette was standing watching the bus come in. Amy got closer to the window and watched as Lita's face turned to her direction. Their eyes met. Lita smiled and waved, but frowned soon after clearly seeing the sadness in her friend's eyes. Amy didn't wave back. As the bus came to a stop, she took a deep breath and prepared to face her friend.
Lita waited by the bus exit for her friend to show up. She was worried, Amy sounded really depressed on the phone, and she didn't look much better on the bus. However, Lita was an optimist. Ever since her parents were killed and she was forced to live on her own, Lita always tried to look on the lighter side of things, even in the darkest of times. Amy always found comfort in her friend and Lita was always willing to return the affection.
Amy slowly walked off the bus with her head down. She was dressed for the warm weather, but she was also wearing Serena's long white gloves.
"Hey Aims," Lita said as she moved closer (Aims had become her and Serena's pentane for the girl, and Amy was fine with it).
Fighting tears, Amy silently grabbed hold of the tall brunette and latched onto her. Lita returned the affection and brought her face down to the girl's blue hair. They held onto to each other for almost a minute without saying anything. What perhaps Amy didn't know was that Lita was cherishing this moment.
Lita finally broke it and took a look at her. Amy still looked like her entire world had been destroyed.
"What are you wearing gloves in this weather?" Lita joked around. Amy looked at Serena's gloves without saying anything. "You and your crazy glove fetish." Though having to wear gloves as part of the uniform, all the girls had grown to enjoy a glove fetish to some degree, but wearing them when in the summer? That seemed a little strange.
"They're Serena's," Amy said without lifting her head.
"Oh," Lita said out loud. Now that was even stranger, was Amy losing it? Maybe all that studying had finally fried her mind. "Are you okay? I've never seen you like this."
Amy thought long and hard about the question. Her hands were still holding onto Lita's. As the water scout's eyes vacillated, she finally squeaked out, "No."
The brunette sighed. "Let's go walk on the Beach, it's beautiful out there today."
Amy closed her eyes and fought back tears. After a long pause, she nodded her head and said, "Okay."
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