Chapter One: Let Summer Begin!

Author's Note: This is my first ever fanfic… let's hope its good.!

So my friend and I were obsessing about how much we love Jesse a few days ago and how depressing it is that they never got into his back story… So we gave him one :) Also, we were super depressed that he didn't have anyone to love… so we flipped a coin to decide who it would be. Jasmine won, that lucky duck.! So without further ado, let us began… OH.! WAIT.! My bestest friend ever, Tori, came up with the title. So Tori, my love, thank you ever so much for this fabulous title. I love you, darlin'.!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yugioh GX, its characters, or anything associated with it.

Jesse's POV

"Are we there yet?"

"Oh my God! Chazz, shut up!"

I internally groaned. I was definitely going to kill Jim once we got to the airport. What part of "the walkie talkies are for emergencies only" had he not understood? 'Cause last time I checked Chazz and Blair yelling at each other did not classify as an emergency. Sure it was annoying, but not an emergency.

"Jess, man," Jaden moaned from behind me, "why don't you just turn it off?"

I sighed and shook my head, for about the fourth time in ten minutes. If I turned it off and something did happen, like they got separated from us, I wouldn't be able to contact them. Well, sure I could call them, but that would mean pulling over, wasting time explaining directions, and possibly missing our flight.

"Ow! Blair, stop hitting me!"

I sighed and snatched up the walkie talkie. "Hey Jim, is this really necessary?"

"Payback mate. If we have to listen to them, then so do you." Jim replied.

"So suck it up soldier." I heard Hassleberry shout from the background.

I groaned and set the walkie talkie down in the empty cup holder in the console. Okay, well maybe I kind of deserved it for sticking them with Chazz AND Blair but still… It wasn't exactly my fault. Alexis was the one who came up with the seating arrangements!

Jim had been put in a car with Atticus, Aster, Hassleberry, Syrus, Chazz, and Bair. The poor guy. But then again, he had volunteered to drive the van.

Jaden groaned as Blair's and Chazz's voices rang through the walkie talkie again. From beside him Alexis giggled, intertwining their fingers together and placing her head on his shoulder. Yep, Jaden and Alexis are together. Have been for almost two months. It was surprising to most of the academy, I mean Jaden's well… he's Jaden and Lex is the Queen of Obelisk. Course everyone's all calmed down by now, 'cept Chazz and Blair, which is probably why Alexis put them in the other vehicle.

From Alexis's other side, Mindy heaved an unhappy sigh. She wasn't particularly excited about going on vacation with us. She'd wanted to go to her hometown, where there was nice weather and hot boys, not to Texas where it was overly hot and smelled like barn animals. Well, she wasn't the only one.

My hands tightened around the steering wheel at the thought of going home. I'd been avoiding going home for two years for a reason. But apparently, according to my family at least, it wasn't a good enough reason. It was Mom's idea to bring all my friends home for our summer vacation. I didn't really want to, but Mom insisted. And when Mom wants something Mom gets it.

A hand began gently rubbing my arm and I let my grip relax. I glanced to my passenger. She was staring out the window, one hand resting on her lap and the other rubbing up and down my arm. Even after a month together it still amazed me that her simple touch could relax me so much.

Oh, yeah! Jay's not the only one who got himself a girl. And mines the prettiest in the whole world if I do say so myself.

"Hey look, it's the airport!" Alexis said, her head popping on Jaden's shoulder.

"SALVATION!" Jaden cried.

I glanced at him in the rearview mirror. "Jay, do you know what that word means?"

"No, but I heard it on TV once." Jaden said with a grin.

Alexis scrubbed her hand on one side of her face, but couldn't help but laugh at him. I grinned in the rearview mirror, pulling into one of the parking spacing awaiting us. The van pulled in beside us and, almost immediately, three doors flew open and Jim, Hassleberry, Syrus, and Aster jumped out. Syrus dropped to his knees and kissed the pavement and Jim began pushing the others to the back, where their luggage was waiting. Chazz was next to get out of the van, covered in red marks I'm sure Blair had caused.

"Well," I sighed, "Suppose we should get moving, huh?"

"Good idea!" Jaden cried, throwing open his door.

Alexis laughed at him and grabbed Mindy's arm, pulling her out the door as well. I pressed the button to pop the trunk and glanced at Jasmine. She smiled at me and rolled her eyes as I winked at her.

"Come on." She said, softly, opening her door.

The rest of the gang had gotten all of the luggage out of the trunks by the time Jasmine and I rounded the car. Atticus was bouncing on the balls of his feet, eagerly awaiting us to grab our suitcases.

"Come on!" He said excitedly, "Let's go!"

"Calm down, Atty." Alexis sighed. "We've still got an hour until the plane leaves."

"Why did we have to be here so early again?" Syrus asked, slipping his carry-on backpack over his shoulders.

I shrugged pulling out the handles on both mine and Jasmine's suitcases. "They say you have to be here forty-five minutes early for check-in and we still have to go through security."

"Let's go then!" Atticus cried, grabbing his suitcase and rushing ahead.

Everyone else rolled their eyes and grabbed their own luggage, slowly following behind Atticus as he sprinted off. Jasmine took her suitcase from me and then took my hand and we headed off.

"So what's the name of your hometown again, Jesse?" Aster asked, glancing over his shoulder at me.

"Mission." I replied, "It's a small city, near the boarder."

He nodded, satisfied with my answer and we began weaving our way around the airport. The only problem he had going through security was the change that Chazz stupidly forgot to take out of his pocket and Mindy "forgetting" her purse. I say forgetting with quotation marks because instead of just grabbing her purse, she stayed to talk to the security guard until Alexis and Jasmine dragged her away.

"We'll find you a boy in Mission, Mind." Jasmine promised, as Mindy continued to pout.

"No we won't!" She cried, "Not, like him! He was so hot. The only other boy I've ever seen that was that hot is-"

"Zane?" Atticus asked.

"What? No! Not Zane. I was going to say-"

"No!" Atticus cut her off, pointing to one of the chairs sitting in the waiting area of our gate. "It's Zane."

Sure enough, Zane Trousdale was sitting in a chair. His ankles were crossed, his legs stretched out in front of him with a suitcase on either side of him, staring at his phone.

"Zane!" Syrus called, running over to his brother.

Zane's head shot up and he blinked at his little brother in surprise. "Hey Sy?"

"What are you doing here?" Syrus asked, stopping in front of Zane and staring at him curiously.

"I could ask you guys the same question." Zane replied calmly, leaning back in his seat and looking at all of us as we walked over. "Hey guys."

"Hiya Zane!" Jaden said cheerfully, his fingers entwined with Alexis's. "Why are you going to the states? Got a tournament or something?"

Zane smirked at him. "Not exactly."

His eyes traveled to the left, looking at one of the small shops over my shoulder. I turned to look in that direction, the rest of the gang following my lead. A teenage girl was talking on a cell phone not too far away, leaning up against the counter and waiting for whatever she'd ordered. Her long, dark brown hair was pulled up in a ponytail so it was out of her dark eyes and she wore a pair of short jean shorts and a three quarter sleeved plaid shirt that had been tied up, just over her belly button.

"Who's she?" Syrus asked.

I continued to stare at her as she hung up the phone, shoved it into her pocket, and grabbed the water bottle she was handed. She looked a bit upset, glaring at the young man who took the five dollars she'd handed him. Knowing her, she was a tad upset about having to pay four dollars for a single bottle of water.

She snatched the dollar she was given and turned on her heels, her brown eyes meeting mine. A squeal erupted from her mouth and she threw herself at me, hugging my neck tightly.

"Howdy Daisy." I said, hugging my cousin back.

Daisy pulled back, grinning from ear to ear. "What are you doin' here?" She asked, her Southern accent just as thick as mine. "I thought you're flight was this mornin'."

"We got switched to a later flight." I replied, "What are you doin' here?"

"Headed home, 'course." She replied, leaning to the side so she could see passed me. She tossed Zane the water bottle. "You owe me four bucks."

He raised an eyebrow as he caught it. "After the dinner I took you out to last night? I don't think so."

Daisy t'sked and rolled her eyes, turning her attention back to me. "I'm glad you're finally comin' home kiddo. Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb have been gettin' their butts whooped without their left winger."

"Um, Jesse?" Jasmine's voice came from behind me and I started. I'd forgotten the rest of the gang was even there. "Who's this?"

I couldn't help but give her a teasing smile. "Why? You ain't jealous, are you Jazzy?"

She raised an eyebrow, clearly unamused, making my smile widen a bit.

"Ya'll, this is my older cousin, Daisy. Daisy, this is the gang." I said, still smiling widely.

Daisy smirked as well, her eyes on Jasmine. "So you're this Jasmine girl that I've been hearin' so much about." She said, giving her a quick up and down. "Well," Daisy glanced at me quickly, "I approve as of right now."

"Oh thank God. Because I've been anxiously waitin' your approval." I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm.

"I know ya have." Daisy replied, pushing past me.

She snatched the water bottle out of Zane hand and settled herself on his lap. He replied to this with a simple eye roll, as though it was an every day thing. I thought back to the conversation I'd had with my other older cousin, Bo, about Daisy and how she'd gotten a new boyfriend.

"Zane?" I asked, suddenly. "Zane's this new boyfriend that Bo's so fond of? Where the Hell did you two even meet?"

Daisy raised an eyebrow. "Such language my dear, sweet, baby cousin."

"You have a girlfriend?" Syrus asked, dumbfounded.

"Why is this so shocking?" Zane replied.

"Who cares." I said quickly. "Not that I don't approve or anythin', but how did you guys meet?"

Daisy glanced at Zane and shrugged. "Oh you know."

"She ran me over with her car." Zane said shortly.

My mouth dropped open. So did everyone else's.

"You ran him over?" Alexis asked, shocked.

"No." Daisy said, indignantly. Zane raised and eyebrow and she sighed. "Okay, yes. But it wasn't my fault."

"Yeah, I'm sure he ran into the road screamin' "hit me"." I snickered. "Don't try to lie; I know how awful your drivin' is."

"My drivin' is not awful! And it was not my fault. Some jackass rammed me from behind and I lost control. And it wasn't even that bad. He walked away with a couple of bruises."

"And a concussion and a sprained wrist and two broken ribs." Zane added.

"And a girlfriend." Daisy retorted, "So you're welcome."

"That's the most embarrassing way to get a date I've ever heard." Chazz sniggered.

I winced as Daisy gave him the look, the one she always gives me and Bo. The "you wanna go? I'll kick your ass" look.

"So that makes you Chazz. The asshole who isn't quite rich enough to buy himself a date."

Chazz's grin faded and his face went red, as Blair and Mindy slapped their hands over their mouths to keep themselves from laughing.

"So sweet." Zane sighed.

"You love me." Daisy grinned.

Chazz, who's face had yet to return to it's normal color, pointed an accusing finger at me. "You told her I was an asshole who wasn't rich enough to buy a date?"

I threw my hands up in a calming motion. "No! I told her you were rich and that we went to school together. That's it."

"When who told her I was an asshole? The Tooth Fairy?"

"Me." Zane said, calmly.

Mindy and Blair couldn't help themselves, they both burst out laughing, causing everyone in earshot to turn in our direction. Alexis and Jasmine, who were both giggling quietly, quickly tried to quiet them down.

"You?" Chazz cried. "You're such a-"

Zane glared so fiercely at Chazz that I felt a shudder rush down my spine. Chazz immediately clamped his mouth shut and looked in another direction, clearly sulking.

"So Jesse told you about Chazz, huh? Does that mean he told you about us too, Shelia?" Jim asked curiously.

Daisy giggled at him and nodded. "Yeah, he did. You're Jim. Where's Shirley? I was really looking forwards to meeting her."

I rolled my eyes. Only someone in my family would be excited to meet a huge, killer crocodile.

"I didn't think getting her on the plane would go over too well."

Daisy nodded. "You've got a point." She looked at the others, pointing to them in turn. "Syrus- Zane's little brother, Hassleberry- the army lovin' boy, Atticus- Alexis's loved crazed big brother, Aster- the rich guy who's not an ass, Mindy, Jasmine's best friend." She stopped when she got to Blair. "You're Blair?"

Blair nodded, looking slightly worried.

"You're so pretty! How old are you?" Daisy asked, excitedly.

"Fifteen."

"Yay!" Daisy clapped her hands together and looked at me. "I'm settin' her up with Wes."

"I thought he had a gal." I said, definitely recalling Wes saying something about having his eye on a girl.

"Yeah, we scared her away."

"City slicker?"

"Oh, big time. Anyways," She turned back to Jaden, "You're Jaden, Jesse's long lost, non-biological twin. Which makes you Alexis, the Queen of Obelisk Blue. And Jasmine, of course."

"Wow." Jaden said with a grin, "You're good."

Daisy winked at him. "So they tell me."

We boarded not too long after that. Thankfully we were one of the first groups on, which meant that not too many people heard Blair and Chazz's screaming match over who got the window seat… Blair won after Zane, who was thankfully boarding with us, told Chazz to give it to Blair and then sit down and shut up.

So Blair got the window seat, Chazz got the aisle seat, and poor Syrus got stuck between them. In front of them, Jaden took the aisle seat with Alexis beside him and Atticus on her other side at the window seat. He was like a pig in mud, he was so happy to get the window seat. Across from them, Mindy took the window seat, Jasmine sat in the middle, and I took the aisle seat so Jay and I could talk. Hassleberry took the seat just behind me with Aster beside him, and Jim at the window seat.

Zane shot Chazz a warning glance as he took the seat in front of me with Daisy beside him. She was casting suspicious glances at the man beside her. I could have sworn I heard her hiss "terrorist" to Zane, which would explain why he pinched her lightly on the arm.

She turned around to look at me. His name is Ari! She mouthed. (1)

I face palmed and shook my head at her, causing Jasmine to look at me funny.

"What?" She asked.

I took her hand gently. "Nothin' darlin', nothin'."

"I'll take your word for it." Jasmine said, resting her head on my shoulder. I rested my head on hers in return.

"Hey, Jess." Jaden said, calling my attention to him. "Did you see that duel last night?"

"Ryder versus Neil?" I asked.

Jaden nodded and I copied his action, nodding vigorously.

"Yeah! It was super close. I thought Neil had it for the longest time!" I said, eager to be able to discuss the duel with someone.

"Me too! That was a sick move Ryder pulled though."

Jasmine and Alexis groaned simultaneously, clearly not wanting to hear about it. Clearly Jaden had talked to Alexis about it as much as I'd talked to Jasmine. She'd called me just after Ryder had won and I'd been so excited I just couldn't stop talking about it. She nearly killed me.

Jasmine's hand tightened around mine as the plane jerked, starting its way done the runway. I turned slightly to look at her, and saw her eyes squeezed shut, her head still resting on my shoulder. I lightly squeezed her hand back and she opened an eye to smile at me. I returned the smile before turning my attention back to Jaden and the duel.

"You do realize," Daisy said, looking over her shoulder at me when mine and Jay's conversation ended twenty minutes later, "that the second you get back the kids are gonna be houndin' you to teach them how to duel, right?"

"Course." I replied, gesturing to my friends, "Why do you think I brought so much backup?"

Daisy laughed and turned back around, leaning against Zane. I knitted my eyebrows together, wanting to know more about how exactly she'd hit him with her car and they'd gotten together after that, but I didn't bother asking her. If she'd wanted to tell me more she woulda, and I could just ask Bo or Wes later.

Jasmine nudged my arm and I looked at her. She leaned over towards me and held up her purple camera. "Smile." She ordered.

I obliged, grinning widely at the camera and feeling the light tickling sensation of Jasmine's long, brown hair brushing against my neck. She'd let it grow out since I'd first met her, so it was almost as long as Alexis's and she'd brushed her bangs to the side so they wouldn't get in her pretty eyes. I like her hair better this way, not that I'd ever tell her that. But I did.

Jasmine turned the camera around and looked down at the screen, Mindy glancing over her shoulder.

"Cute." Mindy said and Jasmine smiled at her.

I leaned over so I could see too. It was a cute picture, one that I was sure would join the bulletin board that Jasmine had hanging in her room; covered in pictures of us, her and Mindy, her and Alexis, and her, Mindy, and Alexis. Jasmine's head was resting lightly on my shoulder, her pretty eyes all lit up, and we were both smiling brightly at the camera with my cheek gently touching the top of her head.

"Can I see?" Alexis asked from across the aisle and Jasmine nodded, passing the camera over. "That's so cute!" Alexis gushed. "Do you mind if I take one of me and Jaden? I forgot to put my camera in my carry-on."

"No, go ahead Lex." Jasmine replied, intertwining our fingers again and turning to talk to Mindy.

I pulled out my iPod and put in one earphone, the one that went in my left ear so I would be able to hear Jasmine when she talked to me. I glanced out the window and stared at all the fluffy clouds for a minute. In a few hours we would be in Mission, my home town, with my crazy family, insane friends, and bad memories. I sighed and leaned my head back. The longest summer of my life had officially begun.

Author's note: Good? Bad? Keep it going? Just get rid of it? Let me know.! R&R people.!

(1) – this is not me being racists at all! It's actually a joke, for anyone who watches NCIS. My favorite bad guy on that show is Ari, he's a terrorist but he's so sly and tricky. It's also a joke for me and my friend, because both of us watch NCIS, and on our very first plane ride ever, we sat next to a guy named Ari. It was pretty interesting.