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"No." Serena said immediately.
Travis waited. "No? That's all you've got to say? Why not?"
"Because I know my parents, they would not have adopted me without adopting you too." Serena had 'no' doubts about it. "What if I got adopted first? 'My' parents wouldn't have any qualms about splitting us up." Travis watched Serena as she thought that through.
"Why don't we find out then? I know where my adoption papers are. Do you know where yours are?" Serena asked logically.
Travis just stared at her. Even with the increase in the amount of homework and studying she did, logical thinking was 'not' something he ever expected out of Serena. *Actually, Serenity did think logically every once in a while.
Bringing back our memories of each other, probably brought Serenity more into the forefront of her mind.* He realized Serena was waiting for an answer. "I can find them, I think." He waited to see what else she would come up with in this weird mood. He wasn't disappointed.
"Then I'll go home and get mine while you try to find yours. I'll meet you at your house as soon as I can. We'll compare the papers and see if we have the same parents." Serena started getting her books together.
"Sounds like a plan," Travis agreed as he got up. "I'm proud of you." Serena looked after him for a moment as she thought about what he said and how she had been acting. Then she laughed to herself. *Two plans in a little more than a week, I'm doing good.*
At the Tsukino house
*It's a good thing Mom is out grocery shopping, I really don't want to tell her about this until I'm sure. I do feel a little bad about looking in her stuff like this, though.*
"Whatcha doin?" A voice came from behind her.
Serena jumped. She turned around, standing in the doorway was Reenie. Serena smiled at the little girl. "Can you keep a secret?"
"Of course. I'm not some little kid." Reenie said, annoyed."So can I"
Serena laughed as she went back to looking through the papers. *Here it is.*
"I'm gonna tell on you. You're not supposed to go through your parents stuff."
Reenie was apalled that Serena would do such a thing. Serena noticed. She knelt down in front of the child. "Reenie trust me. I know what I'm doing. What I just got is information about me, there's something I have to find out the truth about. As soon as I do, I'll tell my parents, okay?"
Reenie nodded slowly. She wasn't completely convinced, but decided to trust Serena for a little bit longer.
Serena stood up. "If you promise not to tell 'anybody' about what you're going to see and hear until I tell you you can, then you can come with me. Agreed?"
Reenie thought for a long moment. "I promise." Reenie said. Serena looked down at her for another minute, before taking her hand and leading her out of the house. Reenie soon figured out where they were going. She stopped. "Serena?" she asked hesitantly.
"Yeah?" Serena answered, distracted by what she hoped they were going to find out soon.
"'Is' Travis your new boyfriend? I mean, I guess I can understand, with Darien gone and all, but..." Reenie trailed off.
"No, Reenie, he isn't. I still love Darien, I always will. In fact, I'm hoping we'll soon find out it isn't possible for Travis to be my boyfriend."
Reenie looked confused. "Huh?" she asked, but Serena refused to say another word and they continued on to Travis's house.
Serena looked down at Reenie as she thought of a way to get her mind off of what they had been talking about. "Race you to his house," Serena yelled as she started running.
"Hey, no fair!" Reenie started running after Serena, but her legs weren't as long and she hadn't had as much practice as Serena. "Luna Ball, slow her down." she cried. Luna Ball flew towards the unsuspecting girl and between her legs, causing her to fall down. Reenie ran past, laughing. "That's what you get for trying to cheat."
"I'm gonna get you for that one, Reenie," Serena yelled as she got up and started running again. By the time they got to Travis's house, they were even, and Serena took the lead going up the steps. She burst through the door, turned her head to laugh at Reenie, and ran straight into a large body. The papers in her hand went flying. She looked up.
Standing there was a man, he was tall, at least six feet, with very short brown hair and green eyes. He was holding Travis's shoulder with one hand and staring at the girl who just ran into him. *That's one weird hairdo* was his first thought as he bent down to pick up the papers she had caused 'him' to drop. He looked at the little girl standing in the doorway, staring at him. *Maybe it's a new fashion.*
Looking at the man standing in front of her, Serena got to her feet, bowed, and started talking. "Excuse me sir, I didn't see you there, I was just racing my cousin, I didn't mean to run into you, I'm really, really, sorry.
I should have watched where I was going," she babbled. "Who are you anyway and what are you doing in Travis's house?"
"I could ask you the same question, young lady. I own this house. My name is Darien Jacobson. Who are you and what are you doing here?" Darien Jacobson waited to hear her answer, he was surprised at the answer he got.
"Don't you dare, Serena." Travis ordered. "Now is not the time to start crying over your boyfriend!" as she was about to start wailing. "I'm sorry, sir, her ex-boyfriend's name is Darien and anytime she hears something that reminds her of him, she starts wailing." During this explanation, Serena tried desperately to stop the wail she had started at his name. She just barely managed to swallow it. Jacobson, however, had stopped paying attention. He was looking at the boy he was holding.
"I had almost forgotten about you. You were going to tell me what you were doing going through my papers." He looked at the papers he was holding. "Your adoption papers? Why were you looking for these?" Serena had bent down to pick up her own papers and was looking at them wide-eyed.
As Travis looked over at her, she pointed to the papers Jacobson was holding and mouthed "mine". Travis nodded. "I..just..wanted to know for sure. Sir." Travis said slowly. Before Jacobson could ask anything, "I just, I don't have anybody left, not really.
I mean you're great and all, but I just wanted to know who my parents were, okay? I wanted to know if the day I had always celebrated my birthday on was really the day I was born or just something my 'parents' had made up, to make my adoption less likely to be found out. I don't even know if I was born with the name Travis." By the end of this Travis was shouting, and tears were standing in his eyes. It was obvious that he meant every word he said.
Serena looked on in sympathy, then looked down as she felt someone sidling up to her. She smiled at Reenie, who was watching all of this with wide eyes, and drew her gently next to her, leaving her arm around Reenie's shoulders as Reenie held onto her leg. *I feel so sorry for him, growing up with a family that didn't love him. It's no wonder he wanted to know about his first family.
* She stayed quiet, she knew Jacobson had forgotten about them, although Travis hadn't, because he was trying to keep her from seeing his tears. She shot a glance behind him, to where Luna and Apollo were sitting at a window, looking in.
Jacobson's face had softened as he heard his ward's impassioned speech. He could understand. He looked at the paper's in his hand. "Why didn't you just ask instead of looking through my stuff? Never mind, I know, I wasn't here was I? Yes, you've been celebrating the right birthday, Travis. I don't think they would have changed that. As for your parents, their names were Trevor and Sarah Aton."
"Trevor and Sarah Aton, sounds nice." Travis said, even as his eyes were on Serena, who was nodding her head, with a gigantic smile on her face. "And my name? What name was I born with?" He looked back up at his guardian.
Jacobson looked at the top of the page. Without really looking at it, he read. "Serena Usagi...Aton. What?" He stared at the name for a moment, until his attention was taken by one of the two girls he had forgotten.
"YAHOOO! It's true! It's true!" Serena was jumping up and down in place. Travis suddenly wrenched himself free of the hold Jacobson had on him, and ran to Serena. Picking her up he swung her around into a bear hug. They were both laughing and crying at the same time.
Reenie and Jacobson looked on, flabbergasted. Then Jacobson bent down to pick up the papers that the girl had just dropped again. They, too, were adoption papers, and the name at the top was Travis William Aton. He stared at the two papers, comparing them for a long moment, then he spoke. "You're.. Twins?" he asked, completely and utterly stunned.
"What?" Reenie screeched.
Serena laughed. "I told you I hoped it wouldn't be possible for him to be my boyfriend. And it's not!"
Jacobson was still in shock, but was trying to work his way out of it. Then Travis asked a question. "Sir? Which of us was adopted first? Does it say?"
Jacobson noticed that the girl, Serena?, looked a little worried at the question, but he answered it anyway. "You were, Travis, by about three days."
Serena's face cleared up. "See, I told you my parents wouldn't have separated us if they had known. One more question, while your holding the papers, please." At Jacobson's nod, "Which one of us was born first?"
"Um, this says that Serena was born at 10:47 p.m. and Travis at 10:53 p.m." Jacobson looked up at them. "Will you two stand next to each other for a minute?"
They shrugged and did as he asked. Looking at them, he could see the resemblance, both had high cheekbones and small noses, although Travis's weren't as noticable because he was huskier. Their hair was only shades different and their eyes were exactly the same. The same clear blue, filled at the moment with joy. It was obvious, just from looking in their eyes, that they were both extremely happy at the moment.
"I can see it." Reenie said, also looking at them. "How come nobody noticed it before? They do look a lot alike."
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