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Finding Peace and Serenity- Ch.3

What to chose, what to chose Serenity thought as she ran her finger over the school bulletin board. Serenity was currently searching through all the brightly colored flyers until she got to the section she had been looking for- Job Offers. Despite Joey's protests, Serenity was intent of getting a job to support the two siblings. She couldn't let Joey pay the rent all by himself.

"This sounds interesting," Serenity pulled out the tack and read over the page until she had memorized it. She folded the paper into a neat square and pocketed it for later. The first bell of the day rang through the crowded halls, sending Serenity in to a frenzy to reach her class in time.

Serenity slipped into her seat just before the tardy bell. She looked to her left and to her dismay, found it empty. It had been a week since school started and everyday Seto Kaiba had sat next to her. They talked every once in awhile and Serenity had gotten used to his presence.

"Your late, Mr. Kaiba," the teacher scolded as the tall brunette strode into the room.

"You'll cope," he shot back.

The teacher scowled and scribbled something down on her clipboard. As she turned back to the board to finish writing the rest of the day's lesson, Kaiba sat down next to Serenity. "Hey," he sighed, obviously exhausted. His eyes had dark rings around them and his blue coat was messed up, along with his usually sleek brown hair.

"You don't look so good, are you alright?" Serenity asked gently.

"Of course I'm not alright you idiot! Are you blind?!" He snapped fiercely. A few kids looked back at them.

"Sorry for asking," Serenity's face fell and her large doe eyes moistened.

They sat together in silence. Kaiba yelled at everyone, he didn't think anything of it, but as soon as he looked over at Serenity he instantly regretted it. She had her head bent down and her long hair was shielding her face, but Kaiba saw the single tear that rolled off her chin and splashed onto her paper. He groaned in self-frustration and leaned toward her desk so the other students couldn't hear him apologize.

"Serenity listen, I didn't mean to say that. I had a really long night last nigh and I guess Im just really irritable right now. Okay?"

Serenity wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and forced a small smile, "Okay." The rest of the class was still spent in total quiet, but this time it was a much more comfortable, companionable silence.

The bell rang and everybody got up to leave. Serenity gathered her papers (which she hardly worked on all class) and her binders and began to leave when the flyer she saved fell out of her skirt pocket and onto the classroom floor. Kaiba reached down and scooped up the small paper. "Hey Serenity wait-!" but she had already left.

Hello, what's this? Kaiba thought as he unfolded the flyer. Wheeler's getting a job?

[LATER]

"Okay Serenity, you're hired."

"Great! Thank you so much," Serenity warmly shook the hand of her new employer, Mrs. Bradford. Serenity had just been employed at a local coffee house/ bakery.

I can't wait to tell Joey! She thought as the bells above her chimed when she pushed open the door. Brr! Serenity clutched her bag to her chest in a lame attempt to shield her small body from the biting cold. It had been rather overcast all week, and it seemed that today it would finally rain. Serenity picked up her pace and just as she got to her apartment the sky opened up and sheets of rain poured down on Domino. That was close, she thought as she stepped into the miracle that is a heated room.

"Joey! Joey guess what?" Serentiy called through out the apartment. She walked into the kitchen (Joey's favorite room) and placed her jacket on the back of a dining chair. A small piece of paper was placed in the middle of the table. It read:

Dear Serenity,

Im Yugi's. Don't stay up waiting.

Love Ya,

Joey

I guess I'll have to tell him tomorrow she thought as she brought the note into her room and placed it in the ever-growing pile of notes Joey left her on her desk. Joey always left her a note whenever he left to go somewhere or when he wasn't coming home. Serenity undressed and slipped into her light pink pajamas. She snuggled into her warm duvet and watched the rain tickle down her bedroom window. The light pitter-patter of the rain soothed Serenity's tired mind and helped her drift off into a peaceful sleep.

Kaiba stared at the clock on his desk. 1:45 a.m. blinked back at him. These long hours were starting to take its toll on him and he still had a good two hours of work ahead of him! The stress of running a company at 17 was almost to much for even Seto Kaiba sometimes. Especially when it seemed that every idiot he employed was trying to mess up there jobs. Two had been fired already this week!

After 3 more hours of tedious work, he passed out. His head hit the keys and that was it.

Unfortunately for Kaiba, his alarm woke him up half an hour later. He grudgingly peeled himself from his keyboard. He slowly made his way into Mokuba's room. He made a mental note to have Mokuba clean his room as his foot plunged into something green and sticky.

"Mokie, Mokie wake up," Seto gently rubbed his brother's shoulder. Mokuba rolled over, but he didn't make a move to get up. "Mokuba, come on. You've got school tomorrow."

Mokuba sat up in his bed and coughed hoarsely. Seto placed his palm on his brother's forehead, "You're burning up!"

"No I'm fine," Mokuba pauses and coughed loudly once more.

"Your sick, Mokuba. I don't want you going to school like this," he warned sternly.

"Really Seto, Im fine. Im going to go to school," Mokuba tried a weak smile.

"Okay," he replied reluctantly, "but you call me the minute you get too sick. I'll come straight there. I mean it!"

Mokuba nodded and got up to get ready. His vision was a bit hazy, but there was no way he could get sick. Seto had to go to school in the day and work all night and he never got sick. I'm not going to let Seto down!

Kaiba was late to class again. The teacher threatened him with detention if he was tardy one more time.

"Your pathetic, don't you have anything better to do?" He was in no mood to deal with idiotic teachers.

"Not another word Mr. Kaiba!"

"Bite me," he commented dryly and took his usual seat. "What's your problem?!" he snapped at a student staring at him. The boy's eyes grew wide and his head jerked forward. Everything here wanted to make Kaiba gag. Well, maybe not everything. Serenity was looking at him with a concerned look in her hazel eyes. If it was anyone else staring at him so intently, he would have said something. Oh wait, I guess he already had, hadn't he?

"Here," Serenity reached into her bag and produced a neat white box, "I was saving this for lunch, but you could use it more than me." She gave a friendly smile and slid the box on to his desk.

"Um, thanks," Seto Kaiba didn't get gifts, well maybe from Mokuba, but why would he? He placed the box into his backpack carefully. When he looked back up, Serenity was already hard at work on the assignment.

By the time lunch rolled around Kaiba was in a much better mood, if you could call it that. He took his spot at the top of the cafeteria by himself where he wouldn't be bothered. He had already opened his laptop when her remembered Serenity's gift.. When he opened the box he found a perfect piece of tiramisu. The edges were cleanly cut and the cocoa powder was sprinkled evenly over the top. He couldn't help but smile as he took a bite and felt the dessert melt in his mouth. Kaiba employed a full time staff of professional chefs, and yet, he had never tasted something quite so delicious. He finished off the last bite and looked at Serenity's table. She was smiling along with the rest of their 'gang'. Then he saw it, or rather didn't see it. There wasn't any food in front of the girl. She had given him the only thing she had brought to eat. She really was a selfless person.

Brring! Brring! Kaiba's coat pocket shook violently. He whipped open his phone, "Kaiba. Yes. Mm-hm. WHAT?!"

Over half the students turned to look at the teenager yelling into his phone, including Serenity.

Kaiba lowered his voice, "Yes, I'll be right there." With that he snapped it closed and rushed out of the cafeteria.

"Excuse me. I'll be right back," Serenity excused herself from her table and hurried after Kaiba. She finally caught up to him just as he was leaving the building. "What's wrong?" Serenity inquired, slightly out of breath.

"I can't really talk now. Something's wrong with Mokuba, I've got to go," his voice was high and sounded panicked.

"Then let's go."

Okay, that's the best of a cliffie you'll ever get from about not updating in forever. I do write out all my chapters first so it can take awhile. Oh and I got a review saying I made mistakes with my punctuation and stuff, so if you see anything specifically please point it out. I'll update soon!