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Anyway, I'm so glad you liked the first chapter; here's the next one! Enjoy!
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Jaden's POV
"I need to be saved!" Sam threw herself at my side, clutching my arms tightly with her hands.
I pushed my sunglasses up and looked at her; she was already giving me puppy dog eyes. "What do you need to be saved from?" I asked.
"My family!"
I sighed and pushed my sunglasses back down, relaxing against my chair again.
"Don't ignore me! This is serious!" Her nails dug into my skin.
"Gah!" I sat up quickly, jerking my arm out of her hands. "Easy there, Catwoman."
Sam just scowled at me.
"I thought Alexis was Catwoman," Claire said, rolling onto her stomach to look at me.
I rubbed my arm. "Yeah, well, she isn't clawing me right now."
Claire opened her mouth but then closed it, shaking her head. "Nope, too easy." She rolled back onto her back; Jesse pulled her close to his side, burying his face in her hair. The two of them were lying on the grass while Lex and I were lounging in chairs. Sam just appeared out of nowhere.
"Why do you need to be saved, Sam? "Alexis asked, sitting up and looking at my younger cousin around me.
"My brother's are driving me crazy and my parents want me to babysit them tonight while they go out with my aunts and uncles. That means I'll be stuck babysitting everyone!" She grabbed my shoulders and shook me violently. "YOU. HAVE. TO. SAVE. ME!" she yelled in time white my shakes.
"And how do you want me to do that?" I asked, sounding weird because of the shaking.
She stopped shaking me. "You're going to Kaibaland with your friends, right?"
"Yeah." I sat up and leaned back against Alexis; she wrapped her arms around my neck. It was true; we were going to Kaibaland today. In fact we were leaving in a few minutes, just as soon as a few more attendees showed up. We were meeting the gang, Morgan, Mark, Danny, and Kaite there. "Why?"
She jumped forward and grabbed my collar, pulling me toward her. "Take me with you, please!"
I calmly pulled her hands from my shirt. "And what's in it for me?"
"I'll owe you a bazillion favors!" She pressed her hands together in front of her face. "Just please take me with you!"
I rubbed my chin. "A bazillion favors?"
She nodded her head so quickly she looked like a bobble head.
I looked up, a deep thinking look on my face. "I don't now…"
She placed her hands on my knees and got in my face. "I'll be your slave for life!"
I looked at her, raising one eyebrow. "Slave for life?"
She imitated a bobble head again.
"Well, in that case, why not." I smiled, making a shushing motion with my hands to Claire and Jesse, who were trying not to laugh.
"Thank you!" Sam jumped on me, hugging me tightly. She repeated her thanks about a million times.
"Sam?"
Oh…great timing!
Sam froze, gasping as she spun around, "Zane!"
Zane was standing just a few feet away from us, keys dangling from his fingers. "What are you doing?" He looked more amused than curious.
"Just convincing Jaden to take me to Kaibaland with him and his friends. What are you doing?"
Zane jingled the keys in his hands. "Going to Kaibaland."
Sam's shoulders sagged in surprise. "What?"
"I have no duels for a few weeks so Jaden invited me to Kaibaland with him and everyone else as long as I took you, Joni, Brad, and Chelsea in my car." He chuckled and shook his head. "Let me guess, he didn't tell you?"
Sam opened and closed her mouth a few times.
"Sweetie, the open-mouth fish look just isn't you," Claire said, laughter on the verge of her voice.
"Jaden, you jerk!" Sam whirled around. "You totally played me!"
"Quiet down, Slave," I said, putting my sunglasses back on. Claire, Jesse, and even Alexis started laughing.
"Zane!" Sam whined, making a move toward him.
"Oh no you don't." I grabbed the back of her shirt. "Bad slave."
"Jerk!" She was whining and I was having way too much fun.
"Are Brad, Joni, and Chelsea in your car, Zane?" I asked, standing up. I made sure to keep holding onto Sam's shirt.
Zane nodded. "Yeah. We're all set to go."
I nodded. "All right." I shoved Sam toward my house. "Get in there and grab your back from your mom. While you're at it, grab mine too."
She glared back at me. "Why should I, Jerk?"
"Well you are my slave for life."
She threw her arms up. "That was before I actually knew I was coming!"
I shrugged. "Doesn't matter."
She pouted. "But-"
I cut her off. "Sam, I can change my mind and have you babysit tonight as planned."
Her jaw dropped. "That's blackmail!"
I shook my head. "No, but if you want blackmail then that can be arranged. I'm sure the triplets will gladly tell me everything I need to know."
Sam had sprinted inside before I even finished.
"You are evil," Zane said, trying to smoother his own amusement.
"She totally set herself up though," Claire said, standing up to brush loose blades of grass off of her stomach.
Jesse stood up as well, saying, "Jay, our bags are already in the car."
I smirked at him. "Yeah, I know."
Claire laughed while everyone else tried to hide their smiles.
"How long are you going to milk this whole 'slave for life' thing?" Alexis asked, taking my hand in hers.
I shrugged. "As long as I can I guess."
She pinched the inside of my elbow lightly.
"Relax, Alexis. He'll release her from his control when we reach Kaibaland." Claire brushed her bangs out of her eyes. "He always does."
"Sounds like you're talking from personal experience," Jesse teased, taking her hand.
She looked at him, a serious look on her face. "I am."
Jesse, Alexis, and Zane looked at her in surprise while my smile simply widened. "Best week of my life."
Claire scowled and stuck her tongue out at me.
"Wow…why was she your slave?" Alexis looked at me.
"I saved her life."
"Oh you did not!" Claire yelled, punching me in the arm. I just laughed.
"Then what did he do?" Zane asked. The five of use started to head toward the cars.
"It was a school thing, a fundraiser. You know, when you 'buy' someone for a short period of time and they have to do whatever you say within reason." Claire sighed and jumped onto the hood of my dad's car.
"Then how was it for life?" Jesse asked.
"One of our classmates, who was kind of a creeper, swore he'd buy me for the two week thing." Claire looked him. "And I did not like that."
"So I told her that I'd buy her, but it's against the rules of the fundraiser for friends to buy friends," I explained.
"Which is why I told him I'd be his slave for life, because he couldn't buy me," Claire finished.
"Okay, now I'm curious," Brad said, getting out of Zane's care. "And I don't even know the whole story."
I chuckled. "Well, I had Matt buy her." I smiled. "No one even suspected."
"Including me." Claire sighed. "When Matt explained the whole thing to me I was…" She thought a moment. "Not angry but not happy."
I nudged her with my elbow. "It was fun and you were ecstatic that ol' what's-his-face didn't buy you."
She just shrugged, pulling her sunglasses over her eyes.
"Fascinating," Brad said. He looked at me confused. "But how did you guys get on this conversation?"
I folded my arms across my chest. "Well, actually…" I was cut off by the side door slamming open.
"Jaden, you liar!" Sam stormed out of the house. Brad looked startled but I looked at her over my shoulder. "Your bag is already in the car!"
"I never said that my bag was in the house." I looked at Jesse. "Did I?"
He put his hands up. "I'm staying out of this." He grabbed Claire's hand and led her to the car.
"Jaden!" Sam yelled, stomping her foot on the ground. She looked ready to kill me.
"Yes, Slave?" What can I say? I simply couldn't resist.
"All right. I'm stepping in now," Zane said, catching Sam as she lunged at me. "Let's get going."
Sam looked at him, still visibly angry. "No, he-he-and-I-and-slave-and-DEATH!" She turned again toward me but Zane's grip on her arm was like iron.
"Enough." He caught her chin in his hand and turned her head toward him, pressing his lips to hers for just a second. Still, Sam relaxed instantly, almost like she was injected with morphine.
"Okay," she breathed, looking a million times calmer.
Zane gave her his small smile and kisser her lightly again, taking her bag.
"Uh oh, time to go!" I kissed Alexis' cheek and helped her into the front seat of my dad's car.
"Why?" Brad asked. Zane opened the trunk to his car and was putting Sam's bag in it.
I slammed it down, looking at him. "Uncle Mike is coming." My crazy uncle senses were going…well…crazy.
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"All aboard that's going aboard!" Brad said, jumping back into Zane's car. Sam and Zane were already getting in.
I slammed my door shut, buckling up and starting the car. "Kaibaland here we come." I backed out of my spot and began driving toward Domino City, where Kaibaland was located.
Claire leaned between the seats, looking at me. "Just don't get us lost."
I opened my mouth to respond but Jesse beat me to it. "Just sit down and leave him alone, Claire."
Claire gasped as Jesse tugged her back into her seat. "Not fair," she whined.
"Shhh…" He pressed his lips to hers to keep her quiet.
I smiled to myself, feeling Alexis interlock our fingers. Today was going to be a great day.
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"It's about time you showed up, Slacker," Chazz said, glaring at me.
I sighed. "Sorry. We got held up in traffic."
"Which is Jaden-speak for 'I got lost'," Morgan commented.
I glared at her but only halfheartedly. "So I have a horrible sense of direction. Sue me." I shrugged.
"Hmm…" Morgan tapped her index finger against her chin. "Tempting offer."
"You are not funny," I said, which only caused her to smile. I sighed. "Come on, let's go in."
"About time," Chazz muttered. I just ignored him, taking Alexis' hand and heading to the entrance. It only took a few minutes to make it through but it took about a half an hour to find lockers and put all of our stuff away.
"Okay, now what?" Hassleberry asked.
"Well…we're at Kaibaland Amusement Park so I'm assuming we should amuse ourselves," Chazz answered.
"Well obviously but what are we doing first?" Hassleberry asked.
"What do you guys wanna do first?" I asked, looking around at everyone. They all responded with blank looks.
"Hey, I've got a brilliant idea," Danny said, grabbing my arm.
I gave him a confused look, seeing the mischievous glint in his eyes. "And what is your 'brilliant' idea?" I asked. He just released my arm and grabbed my chin, turning my head toward a ride, the monstrous Blue-Eyes White Dragon Roller Coaster to be more specific. I smirked and looked at him. "You're right, that is a brilliant idea." He chuckled and nodded, releasing my chin.
"What's a brilliant idea?" Alexis asked, squeezing my hand.
I smiled at her. "You'll see." I kissed her forehead and released her hand. Danny did the same to Kaite.
"What are you two up to?" Kaite asked as Danny and I walked away, toward Morgan and Claire.
"Now what do you want?" Morgan asked, looking at us. Danny just smiled and grabbed her around the waist, hefting her over his shoulder. "Hey! Put me down this instant, Daniel Mickanky!" she ordered.
"No way. We're going on a ride together." He smirked. "Just like old times."
"What on Earth do you…?" Morgan trailed off as she caught sight of the Blue-Eyes. Her face paled and her eyes grew wide. "PUT ME DOWN NOW BEFORE I KILL YOU!" She began flailing under his arm, trying to get free but he held on. She looked back at us, as Danny was walking away. "Mark!"
Mark stepped forward, ready to take Morgan from Danny, but Danny wasn't going to let that happen. He took a step forward and got in Mark's face. "Step off, McNamara, this isn't your time to shine."
Mark, looking a little frightened, stepped back.
"Time to go!" Danny said cheerfully, turning back around and heading toward the roller coaster. Morgan kept trying to get free but Danny was a bit too strong for her.
"What's going on?" Jesse asked, looking at me.
"Morgan doesn't like heights, so Danny makes her go on the Blue-Eyes every time we come here." I looked at Mark, who was biting his fingernails, and then back at Jesse. "Mark just let's her avoid them."
"Don't think it's cruel, Jess," Claire said, patting his chest. "After Morgan rides the Blue-Eyes she'll ride anything."
"It's just a pain getting her to ride this one," I finished.
"Yo, Yuki! Let's go!" Danny yelled. I waved with the back of my hand and wrapped my arm around Claire's shoulders.
She looked up at me, wrapping an arm around my waist. "I'm not afraid of roller coasters anymore."
I shrugged and began leading her toward the ride. "So?" She just laughed and wrapped both of her arms around me, head pressed against my chest.
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Narrative POV
"Should we…follow?" Syrus asked, looking around. Everyone looked around at each other, trying to figure out the same thing.
Jesse just smiled and walked over to Alexis, extending his arm to her. "Shall we?" She just giggled and nodded, looping her arm through his and he led her toward the ride.
Kaite smiled and took Mark's hand. "Come on, Big Guy. Staying here won't be as fun as riding the coaster." He allowed her to lead him to the line and everyone else followed them.
"Danny, let me go!" Morgan cried, trying to claw her way out of his arms.
He just smiled and jerked her back, holding her tight against his side. "Relax, Morge. You know you love this ride."
"Yeah, just as much as I love Brook!" She stopped trying to get away through, but she was pale and looked nervous as she clutched Danny's side.
Mark growled.
"Easy, Mark," Kaite said, giving him a warning glare.
Alexis looked back at them, laughing when she saw the worried look in Mark's eyes. "Wow, he's actually afraid," she whispered.
"With good reason," Jaden said, looking back at her. "Kaite can be vicious when it comes to Danny."
"Hard to believe," Jesse said.
"But true," Jaden answered.
"Hey, we're up next," Danny called, looking back at everyone.
"Oh no we're not!" Morgan spun around and tried to bolt again but Danny grabbed her arm.
"Come on, Morgan. Quit being a baby."
She glared at him. "I'm not being a baby."
"Sure." His tone was patronizing.
She snarled at him and moved forward. "I'll show you who the baby is."
He turned back to Jaden and winked, causing the Slifer to stifle a chuckle.
"Next," the ride operator called, lifting the bar to the ride.
"After you, Morgan," Danny said, gesturing to the ride.
Morgan took a deep breath and ran around in a small circle three times chanting, "Gather up the courage, gather up the courage, gather up the courage…GO!" She ran through the gate and jumped into the front car.
Danny laughed and ran to get in before she decided to jump out.
"Let's go!" Jaden led everyone else through the gate and into the ride.
"Whoa, barely enough cars for everyone," Jesse said, looking back.
"Just enough is more like it," Alexis said, noting that everyone managed to get into the one ten car train; Morgan and Danny in front, Jaden and Claire behind them, then it went Jesse and Alexis, Mark and Kaite, Syrus and Hassleberry, Sam and Zane, Brad and Chelsea, Jim and Joni, Chazz and Blair, and Axel and Bastion.
The operator gave the usual speech of what to do with the ride and the train began to roll.
"Get me off this thing!" Morgan yelled, trying to get off of the train when it started to go up.
"Just hold my hand, Morgan. You know this is your favorite ride." Danny wrapped one arm around Morgan's shoulders while he took her hand with his other one.
"Aww, come on!" Mark hissed, glaring at the back of Danny's head.
Kaite grabbed his ear and jerked him down, causing him to yelp in pain.
"Is Danny doing that on purpose?" Jesse asked.
Jaden looked back at him, at Danny, at Mark, at Claire, and then both looked back at Jesse.
"Totally."
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Time Skip – Three Hours Later
"Here you go," Claire said, handing Alexis bottled water.
"Thanks." She smiled and unscrewed the lid, taking a drink. The two of them sat at a table in the shade in silence. They were alone, as the rest of the group was off riding Ax Raider Drop (1).
"I'll ride any ride but that one," Claire said, pointing at it.
Alexis nodded and they watched as all of their friends were strapped in. "You guys were right about Morgan."
Claire chuckled. "We told you; Morgan doesn't like heights but she isn't afraid of them per say." She took a drink of her own water. "She'll ride anything now, which is kind of scary when you think about it."
Alexis laughed and nodded, leaning back. She watched the ride, seeing Jaden being strapped in with Blair on one side and Syrus on the other, both clinging to him as well as they could. Frowning, she looked away.
"Okay, what's wrong?" Claire asked, looking at Alexis. "And don't give me any baloney about that nothing's wrong."
Alexis sighed and looked at her. "Okay, well, here's the thing. We've been here for three hours and Jaden and I haven't been on one ride together." She felt pathetic being upset by that but it did upset her.
"Well, tell him. Jaden's the sweetest guy around, as well as the densest. He won't know you're upset unless you tell him." Claire took a drink of her water.
"Yeah…I guess." Alexis looked at her, pressing the rim of her water bottle against her bottom lip. "By the way, you don't think Jesse's the sweetest guy around?"
Claire gave Alexis a weird look. "I'm not going to compare your boyfriend with mine. Besides, they're practically twins so let's just consider them equal in mostly everything."
"Mostly?" Alexis raised an eyebrow.
Claire smiled and winked at Alexis. "Jesse's a better kisser," she whispered.
Alexis started laughing, spilling a little water. "I'm not so sure about that," she said, still laughing.
Claire laughed as well; looking up when saw someone approaching. "Speak of the southern devil."
"Uh oh, should I be worried?" Jesse asked, smiling to show he was only teasing.
"Always," Claire said, smiling up at him when he reached her.
He chuckled and leaned down to peak her lightly on the lips before pulling her up. "Come on, we're going on that ride with Sam, Zane, Joni, and Jim."
Claire nodded and handed Alexis her bottle, clinging to Jesse's arm as he led them both to the ride.
Alexis sighed and watched them go, setting Claire's water down as she leaned back against the table.
"Well, hello there, Beautiful," Jaden said, walking over and dropping down next to her, his arm falling around her shoulders.
She smiled at him, curling into his side slightly. "Hey yourself."
He chuckled and kissed the top of her head, looking to see his friends running around. The two of them sat there in silence until Jaden sighed and looked down at Alexis.
"Okay, now spill; what's bugging you?"
Alexis tensed and looked up at him, almost like a deer caught in the headlights. "Wha-what makes you think anything's bugging me?"
"Have I ever told you that you're a horrible actress?"
Alexis flushed and looked away. "Thanks, that's what every girlfriend wants to hear their boyfriend say."
"Lex."
She sighed and pulled away, looking down at her hands. "All right, fine. You really want to know?"
"Did I not ask?"
She glared at him. "Okay, Smartass."
He just smirked.
Alexis sighed and looked down again. "We've been here for three hours, correct?"
"Yeah."
Alexis stayed quiet, twiddling her thumbs.
Jaden placed his index finger under her chin and tilted her head up. "Lex, come on, tell me what's bugging you."
She frowned and tried to jerk away but Jaden kept a firm hold of her chin. "Fine, okay, what's bugging me is the fact that we've been here for three hours and haven't gone on a single ride together." She looked down, feeling like a petty, jealous girlfriend, one who had no reason to be jealous; it was like Winter Break all over again.
"Aww, Lex." Jaden wrapped his arms around her, pulling her against his chest. "Why didn't you just say so?"
"I thought I just did." She wrapped her arms around him, hugging him loosely.
He chuckled. "Cute, but you know what I mean." He sighed and placed his chin on the top of her head.
"How did you know something was bugging me?" She pulled back and looked at him. "Claire and I were just talking about how you wouldn't notice unless I told you."
He made a face. "Sweet, my girlfriend and my best 'girl' friend are talking about me behind my back."
Alexis giggled. "Aww, Jaden, that's not true." She kissed him on the cheek. "We also talk about you in front of you."
"Funny." His arms wrapped tightly around her as he tilted her back and pressed his lips to hers before standing up, pulling him with her. "Okay, come on."
"Where are we going?" Alexis asked, looking at Jaden as he led her by the hand toward a new ride.
He smiled back at her. "We're going on a ride together, and then when we're done with that, we're going to go on another one, and another one, and another one."
She raised an eyebrow at him. "Why?"
He stopped and turned around, taking both of her hands in both of his. He stared down at their hands, running his thumbs over her knuckles. "Lex, I'm going to make you a promise."
"Okay?"
He looked up and smiled at her. "From this moment on I'm not going to leave you." He smiled at her. "Ever."
Alexis flushed. "You're going to have to leave me sometimes."
He shook his head. "Not if I have anything to say about it."
She smiled and moved closer, placing her hand on his cheek and leaning up to press her lips against his.
He kissed her back, pulling away slightly to murmur against her lips, "And I say that I'll never leave you."
Alexis just smiled again and pulled him back toward her for another kiss, thinking, 'Claire was right; he is the sweetest guy around.'
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And done! : )
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1: Ax Raider Drop is just like Demon Drop or whatever the general name for that ride that you go up like ten stories and then are dropped really fast; I hate that ride!
