Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

"Hmm... Bread, Eggs, mmhm.." Téa mumbled as she checked off the list of groceries her mom wanted to pick up. Double checking to make sure she had everything on the list, Téa proceeded to the checkout line.

As she waited on line, a magazine cover caught her eye. It was folded and placed on the rack next to other magazine near the checkout line to encourage shoppers to spurge into buying a cheap magazine. Téa was usually immune to the cheap tricks stores did to make you spurge your money. She had to be careful of spending money in order to save money for dance. But this specific magazine really caught her eye.

She immediately grabbed the magazine off the rack and unfolded it. What was on the cover startled her. On the front cover in big, bold, decorative letters was the headline:

Game King's New Girl?

Téa felt a wave of jealousy spill over her for a split second by just reading the headline. Right underneath it, without a doubt was a picture of Yugi Mutou- her best friend since forever... lovingly smiling at a girl. Next to him was a pretty girl with short brown hair smiling lovingly back at him. That girl...it was...She could not believe her eyes. That girl was undeniably her. Téa Gardener. People were saying that she was dating her oldest and best friend? How dare the media? How dare the paparazzi do such a thing?!

Téa was fuming. How dare everyone think they could try to invade both her and Yugi's personal life. SHE WAS NOT DATING YUGI MUTO! She wasn't, it was a fact. An unfortunate one, but a fact nevertheless.

She angrily grabbed and placed her items on the conveyer belt as her turn was approaching on the checkout line, careful to be gentle with the eggs in even her anger. She plopped the magazine at the end of the belt as the lady scanning Téa's items was oblivious to her anger and her aggressive handling of produce.

Téa unconsciously tapped her foot and retrieved her wallet out while the older, lighter-brown-haired and slightly plump lady was scanning her items. The lady proceeded to scan the magazine and placed it in Téa's shopping bag and gave Téa her total.

Téa quickly paid for her goods and retrieved one of her shopping bags while the lady began to hand her the other until the lady froze. "Wait. Oh my gosh. You're Téa Gardener. You're dating Yugi Muto!" She yelled out very loudly.

"I'm really not..." Téa uneasily answered, but people suddenly noticed her presence and were cowering around her.

Suddenly she was bombarded with questions and commands.

"Is it true you're dating the Game King?"

"Can I have your autograph?"

"Sign my hat!"

"Are you as good as dueling as he is?"

Téa had no idea what to do. She had never attracted so much attention before. Sure, she been recognized a couple of times for being Yugi's 'cheerleader.' She had even signed a couple of autographs, but this? Being completely encircled by a multitude of people bombarding her with requests and questions? Never.

So, Téa did the only thing that came to mind. She ran. She pushed past people and ran, as fast as she could to her car and sunk into her seat, depositing the groceries on the passenger seat of her car. She just hoped that in her mad dash, her eggs did not break. She started the car and put on the radio, while she straightened her shirt and hair. "In other news, Yugi Muto is apparently no longer single today and is dating..." Téa shut off the radio. Annoyed she tried to make her way home.

This fic has been in my files for literally YEARS! I wrote the chapters when I was a lot younger, but I never published them. I'm trying to finish incomplete fics, so as a motivation for myself I'm slowly posting the chapters I have up so far while writing new ones. This will be my first multi-chapter Peachshipping fic. Updates will be sporadic, and reviews will help me update faster.

Would love to hear your thoughts!

~Startistica