PRT 357- “Venus vs. Saturn”
“I don’t care what my family
thinks. I love you.” I said.
“I know, but I don’t want to be
responsible for coming between you and your family.”
“If my uncle really cared about me
he’d want to see me happy. You make me happy Damien. Besides, Uncle Holden has
bigger things to worry about right now.”
“I know, but still.”
“Are you trying to push me away?
Do you want to end thing?”
“Of course not. You know how I feel about you.”
“I thought I did but maybe I was
wrong.”
“I’ve always been here for you
JoAnn, and I always will.” He said as he took me in his arms and kissed me.
“AND CUT! Good job.” The director
said.
I smiled, “That was fun. I forget
how much I like acting.”
“You’re amazing Michelle, it’s an
honor to work with you.” Paolo said.
Yes, it’s me…Michelle Morris…your
friendly neighborhood actress/super heroine. I was on the set of my new show
and filming scenes with my hot Italian co-star, Paolo. I totally loved my
character. He name is JoAnn Snyder and she’s a farm girl turned debutante that
had fallen in love with Damien. He’s an older man that was once married to her
uncle’s current wife. Needless to say JoAnn’s family isn’t happen about her and
Damien. She doesn’t care. It’s a great storyline and I loved playing it.
“Thanks so much for helping me
getting settled Paolo. The whole cast has just been so welcoming.” I said.
“Not a problem. You really are
amazing to work with. Some of us are going out for coffee after work. You want
to join us?” he asked in his beautiful Italian accent.
I nodded, “I would love to.”
Mina
~~~~
“I am sick of reporters! Why is
everyone so fixated on if I’m leaving the show or not?!” I cried.
“Mina, hun, calm
down.” Adam said as he reached for my
arm.
“I am calm! Reporters are driving
me insane. ‘Are you leaving the show?’, ‘Are you getting a new record deal?’,
‘Can you ever forgive Michelle?’. It’s enough to drive
a woman mad. Mad, I tell you, MAD!”
“Ooook. You’re losing it Mina.”
“I’m fine.”
“You’re not fine. Why don’t you
call Serena and go shopping?”
“Because she’s busy promoting her
new album on the press tour *I* scheduled.”
“You need something to do.”
“You?”
Adam drew in a breath, “As good as
that sounds…I have a class I really need to get to then I have a class at the
dojo to teach. There’s an idea. You could go hang at the dojo.”
“With Rocky? He’s practically the president of the ‘I love Michelle’
fan club. Why would I want to be around him?”
“He’s your friend too.”
“Yeah, but he’s Michelle’s biggest
fan. I’m sure he hates me for fighting with her.”
“OK, fine. What would you like to
do?”
“I told you.”
“Other than me. Don’t you have a new movie coming out that you need to
promote?”
“Soon, not yet.”
“You could call Michelle and try
to fix this before you go insane.”
“Not a chance.”
“Why don’t you go to Lita’s bakery
and hang out?”
“I guess that could work. OK.”
“Good. Now I love you but I really
need to get to class.”
“OK, love you too.” I said kissing
him before he left. I grabbed my keys and headed to Lita’s.
Michelle
~~~~~~~
After work about five of us went
to a Starbucks near the studio. It was so great to hang out with some new
people and they were so nice to me. I was having a great time.
“How long you think you’ll stick
around?” Van asked. He played my on-screen cousin.
“Not sure. My contract is similar
to Paolo’s. Ever three months we re-visit the storyline and see where we go
from there.” I said.
“So is your contract tied with Paolo’s?”
“I don’t think so. I mean, if they
keep JoAnn and Damien together and Paolo leaves then I’ll probably go as
well…but I don’t like the looks of their relationship. I think Damien is about
to cheat on her.”
“You really think so?” Paolo
asked.
“Oh come on, you read the scripts.
Damien is getting really close to Meg.” I said.
“This is true.”
“And you know how these drama play out.”
Paolo laughed, “You’re probably
right.”
“How are you finding time to do
the show anyway? Aren’t you working on a new album and running a record label?”
Van asked.
“Yeah. I haven’t found the right balance yet. I’ll figure it
out.” I said.
“Well, I gotta get back to the
studio. Some of us have more scenes to film today.”
The other two cast members nodded
in agreement.
“See you guys tomorrow.” I said as
they left, “I guess I should go too. So much work to do, so little time.”
“You need to relax more bella.”
Paolo said.
I laughed, “Bella?”
“It’s Italiano for beautiful.”
I blushed, “What’s ‘thank you’ in
Italian?”
“Grazie.”
“OK, well, grazie.”
“Prego.”
I looked at him.
He laughed, “You’re welcome.”
I smiled, “Great language.”
“Oh, wow, look at the time. I
should get home. My wife and I have some things we need to do today.” Paolo
said.
“Your wife?”
“Yes. I’ll see you tomorrow
bella?”
“Si.”
He laughed, “Very good. I will see
you then. Ciao.”
“Ciao.” I said as he left. What a
great guy. He really was very sweet. Quite possibly a
potential friend.
I left the coffee shop and headed
home. I had work to do but nothing that couldn’t be done from my home
computer…and I did need to relax. I was exhausted.
Mina
~~~~
I walked into Lita’s.
“Mina, hey!” she said.
“Hey.” I replied.
“Want a cookie? Or
maybe a donut?”
“One of each?”
“Help yourself. You look like you
could use some free snacks.”
“Yeah.” I said as I walked behind the counter and started to raid
her display.
“You miss Michelle don’t you?”
I turned around to face her, “I do
not miss that train wreak, backstabbing, two-faced,
emotionally unstable bitch!”
“OK! OK! Sorry!” Lita replied
holding her hand up.
I sighed, “Sorry Lita.”
“It’s ok. We won’t talk about her
anymore.”
“Thank you.”
“How’s Adam?”
“Fine. He’s busy with school and the dojo but I think he likes it
that way.”
Lita laughed, “Probably. Have you
set a wedding date yet?”
“Who has the time to plan a
wedding? I’m too busy with Seren…wait…I’m not busy. Other than promoting a
movie I have nothing to do for a couple of months. I can plan my wedding!”
“Yes you can.”
“You’ll do the cake, right?”
“Of course. What did you have in mind?”
“Something huge. 5 tier with white butter cream icing and some orange
flowers.”
“I think I know just what you
want.” Lita said as she took out a laminated picture of a basic 5 tier cake and
an orange marker. She started to draw on it. “Something like this?”
I nodded, “Exactly like that! Can
you make the cake with orange flavor?”
“Yes. Orange crème cake with white
butter cream frosting?”
“Exactly.”
“Will do.”
“Oh you’re the best. I need a
place to have the wedding.”
“Well, I close in 30 minutes. We
can work on that then if you want.”
“Perfect! You’re the best Li,
thanks!”
Lita smiled, “Anything for you.
Your wedding day has to be perfect.”
After Lita closed up shop we
headed out to her apartment. On the way we noticed Mistress 9 lurking about a
jewelry shop.
“Is Nemesis so desperate to get
the Amethyst she’s willing to buy a fake?” I asked.
“Ugh, Sailors. Just leave me be.” Mistress 9 said.
“Not likely Hotaru.” Lita said.
“We can help you. Come with us.
Nemesis has played with your mind. We can help.” I said.
“There is nothing to help…besides,
I think you should be worried about helping yourselves!” she cried as she
attacked us.
“Fine, have it your way. Venus Spirit Power!”
“Jupiter Spirit
Power!” Lita cried.
“We don’t want to hurt you
Hotaru.” I said.
“Don’t worry, you won’t.” she said
as she shot a beam at us. We jumped out of the way.
“This is getting old quick. We
could use some back up.” Jupiter said.
“On it.” I pulled out my communicator, “Serena, Amy, Raye…need some
help here.” I said as I went back to fighting.
Michelle
~~~~~~~
“Due to the timing of the photo shoot I believe it best to
push back the release date of Serena’s album to July, rather
than June, to give us enough time for final pressings. Thank you for your
assistance in this matter. Michelle Morris-James”
I finished the email and clicked
‘send’ just as my phone rang.
“Hello?”
“
“On my way.” I hung up, “Saturn Spirit Power!”
I rushed to town and met up with
the other Outers…however all the Inners were already on the scene.
“Let’s show these wannabes how
it’s done.” I said.
“Are you sure you want to get in
their way?”
“They are in our way. Let’s move.”
Uranus said.
We jumped into battle.
“Step aside,
let the real Soldiers take this.” I said.
“Oh please. Stay out of our way.”
Venus said.
“I believe Hotaru is an Outer,
which makes this my team’s fight.”
“Oh, and since Nemesis is supposed to be an Outer I suppose you
want us to stay out of that too.”
“It would be nice.”
“Fine. You hear that Inners? We’re done. No mission for us. The
Outers are going to take out Nemesis all on their own.”
“Venus, Saturn, this isn’t the
time.” Moon said.
“For once Sailor Moon and I agree.
Your childish banter is going to get us all killed.” Mars said.
“Then tell Venus to stay away from
me.” I said.
“Sorry Saturn, lord knows I
wouldn’t want to offend you. Heaven forbid I do something to anger Ms. High and
Mighty.” Venus said.
“I think you got that backwards
Princess Venus. You’re the one that looks down on me!”
“OK, you really wanna take me on?
Take this! Venus Love and Beauty Shock!”
“Saturn Ice
“Oh beautiful. Not only are we not working together, we’re actually going
to fight now.” Mars sighed.
“Saturn, maybe this isn’t the best
tactic.”
“
“Someone needs to teach Venus a
lesson! Saturn Lightning Rings, Electrify!”
“Venus Love Chain, Encircle!”
“ENOUGH!” two male voices yelled
as the Black and Wolf Rangers showed up.
“Venus, what are you doing?” Black
Ranger (Adam) asked as he grabbed Venus.
“Saturn, what are you thinking?”
Wolf Ranger (RJ) echoed as he restrained me.
“Let me go RJ!” I cried.
“Adam, I’m warning you.” Mina
echoed as we both struggled.
“Sailors, Mistress 9 went down
“And you’re leader now?” Uranus
asked.
“NOW!”
“Fine. Let’s go.”
Once the other Sailors were gone
Adam and RJ sighed.
“What do you think you two are
doing? You’re going to kill each other.” RJ said.
“Like the world would suffer
without her.” Venus said.
“Oh that’s it. I’ve had it with
your elitist attitude towards me…like you’re somehow so much better. Well guess
what, you’re not. Your life hasn’t been that different from mine you
hypocritical brat.” I said.
“We’re nothing alike you
emotionally unstable Britney wannabe.”
“That’s enough. You two are going
to start a Sailor Soldier war if you don’t watch it. Nemesis is bad enough; we
don’t need Inners vs. Outers too.” Adam said.
“Adam is right. Saturn, let’s go
home.” RJ said.
“You too Venus.”
“But what about
Hotaru?” I asked.
“Let the others handle it.” RJ
said as he dragged me away.
Mina
~~~~
When Adam and I walked into the
apartment, I could tell from the look on his face he was not happy.
“What were you thinking?!” he
cried, “You could have killed Michelle, or worse, gotten yourself killed!”
“Michelle isn’t powerful enough to
kill me.” I scoffed.
“OK, listen and listen good, I
know you don’t want to hear this, but Michelle is more powerful that you. You know
that! I don’t know what you were thinking in taking her on but you couldn’t
have done anything more irresponsible and stupid if you tried!”
I rolled my eyes, “Save it. I’m
not in the mood.”
“Mina, do you have any idea how
lost I would be if anything happened to you? I love you.”
“I know you do. I love you too…but
I hate her Adam. I can’t stand her!” I was so angry I started to cry.
Adam pulled me into his arms and
held me, “Mina, what caused all of this? You used to be Michelle’s best friend.
You’ve been through so much together. You’ve always know who she was and
accepted her. What happened?”
“I’m just tired of it Adam. The
drama and stress and…she’s not a good person.”
“She is a good person and you know
that.”
“I can’t be around her.”
“I saw that. You better figure
something out because she could kill you…and even if she didn’t, the last thing
this city needs is a Soldier war.”
“You’re right. I’m sorry.”
“I know. Come on, I’ve already missed my
class and Rock is going to cover for me at the dojo. Let’s go take a nap.”
I nodded and he led me to our
room.
Michelle
~~~~~~~
“MJ, what were you thinking?!” RJ
cried as we got back to the apartment.
“She’s such a self-righteous twit.
Someone needed to put her in her place.” I said as I fell on the sofa.
“She was your best friend…and you
know you could have killed her.”
“Whatever. We’re not friends
anymore. She’s dead to me.”
“MJ…”
“Don’t. I’m not in the mood. Come
on, can we forget about that brat and focus on us?”
RJ sighed, “Fine…but you have to
learn to co-exist with Mina. The city doesn’t need a Sailor Soldier civil war.”
“Fine. I’ll work on it. Come here and hold me.”
RJ sat next to me and I curled up
in his arms.
“I love you so much RJ.” I said as
I snuggled against him.
“I love you too.” He replied as he
kissed my head.
I closed my eyes in contentment.
Even if Mina was a thorn in my side, life was pretty great.