a/n: Okay, this chapter is kind of funny. R&R!

BEEP!! BEEP!! BEEP!!

Alex shot up in bed the next morning, groping for her alarm clock. She started punching the button to shut it off and continued for a few seconds after it had already silenced. She finally hit it one last time and flopped back in bed.

- One more day before the weekend... just get through today... - she told herself, pulling herself into a sitting position with a groan. - Tomorrow is Saturday, then you can sleep in. -

Alex swung her legs over the side of her bed and stretched her arms above her head. She sighed and let her arms fall to her sides as she glanced at her end table. She glared at the spot where her picture frame once sat, feeling hatred for her sister pulse through her. But, she had to get ready for school and she pushed herself to her feet with a sigh. She walked over to her dresser and pulled open one of her drawers. Immediately she closed her hands into fists, glaring into the drawer.

- JADE!!! - she shrieked in her head. - When I get my hands on you...! -

Alex pulled out a few articles of clothing and shuffled the rest around in the drawer, making it look like it had before Jade had messed with it. She did the same to the rest of her clothes before changing quickly.

A few minutes later, Alex was thundering down the stairs, hoping she woke up her sister. David was already sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast. It was beyond Alex why her brother got up so early, but she didn't say anything this morning as she headed over to the counter.

"Morning, Alex," David greeted her.

She grunted in return as she pulled the cabinet above the counter open. She shuffled a few things around, groping for a specific box. Her hand landed on one and she felt it for a few seconds before reaching inside it and pulling out a small packet.

David thought he heard her mutter, "Bingo," as she closed the cabinet and opened the packet to reveal two toaster strudels. She waved absently to her brother as she left the kitchen, biting into one of the strudels.

On her way to the front door, Alex grabbed her backpack off the floor by the stairs and swung it over her shoulder. She pulled the front door open, but stopped before she stepped outside. On the step was a single, red rose. Transferring her breakfast to the other hand, she reached down and picked up the flower. There was no note, but she knew who it was from. She furrowed her brow as she stared at it, wondering /why/ he had left it there.

- Okay... - she thought, heading back into the kitchen for a vase.

"Um, hello again," David said, slightly confused as he watched his sister shuffle around in more cabinets.

Alex checked her watch and groaned. She closed the cabinet she was searching through and turned to David. "Hey squirt, can you put this in a vase for me?" she said, putting the rose on the table in front of him.

"Sure," he said, smiling.

Alex tousled his hair on her way back to the door. She ran out and closed the door behind her, downing the rest of her breakfast. She crumpled the paper and shoved it in her pocket as she took off down the road.

She made it to the school just before the bell rang and skidded into English right on time. Breathing heavily, she dropped into her seat by Bakura. She sighed and dropped her backpack to the floor, ignoring the look the teacher gave her. Alex grinned at Bakura, who smiled back brightly.

As the teacher began to read role call, Alex folded her arms on her desk and rested her chin on them, closing her eyes. A little while later Bakura would be poking her in order to wake her up so she didn't get in trouble when the teacher walked by.

Alex was at her locker, shoving books in and pulling others out. She was trying to pull out her science notebook, but it wouldn't come out. Growling at it, she attempted to jerk it out. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt a hand touch her shoulder.

"Oh my God!" she said, snapping her head around to see Bakura. He just grinned and pushed a few books out of the way in her locker, freeing the science notebook. "...Oh..." Alex said, laughing.

Bakura laughed and they started to the cafeteria. They were about halfway there when Alex remembered what she had wanted to say to him next she saw him.

"Hey," she said, elbowing him lightly. "Did you leave that rose on my doorstep?" He smiled and nodded. "Why?" she asked.

Bakura blinked at her for a second. "Um... tomorrow..." he said, feeling slight color work it's way into his cheeks.

"What about it?" she asked, pushing the cafeteria doors open.

- What about it? - Bakura thought in confusion as he followed her through the doors. "Do you know what tomorrow is?" he asked, returning to her side.

"Saturday?" she offered.

Bakura hit his forehead with the palm of his hand and stopped. Keeping his hand there, he asked her, "What month is it?"

"February. Why?" she asked, staring at him.

"Good. What day is it today?"

"Uh... Friday?" she said, raising her eyebrows.

Bakura groaned and dropped his hand to his side. He turned to look at her, his face rather red. "I mean the /date/."

"How should I know? Jade is the calendar freak. I'm lucky I know the weekend when it shows up," Alex replied, shrugging. "I take it you know the date, so... why don't you just tell me?"

"Today is the thirteenth," he said, feeling himself blush harder. "Tomorrow would be the fourteenth."

"Fourteen usually comes after thirteen, genius," she said, continuing to the table where the rest of the gang sat.

Bakura smacked his forehead again before jogging to meet her. "Use your head Alex, what is the fourteenth of February?" he hissed in her ear.

"Saturday? What do we have a date I'm missing or something?" she asked, looking at him quizzically.

"I don't believe this," he said, straightening. "You don't know what day Valentine's falls on?"

"/That's/ what this is about? Of course I don't know that! I've never celebrated it! If you asked Jade, she'd give you..." Alex started, but Bakura cut her off.

"I'm not asking Jade!" he said, taking hold of her shoulders. "I wanted to know if you'd come over to my house for dinner tomorrow." As he stared at her, he felt himself go a violent shade of red.

"Well geez, why didn't you say so in the first place? Sure," she said, grinning. - I have a date for Valentine's? Jade will be on the phone with the press the second I walk through the door. -

"Okay. Um... good..." Bakura said, letting go of her and turning away, attempting to hide his blush. She wasn't exactly the easiest person to date.

Alex grinned at his embarrassment. "You really thought I didn't know what day Valentine's was?" she said, laughing.

Bakura spun around to her, his eyes wide. "What?" he cried. He grabbed her and for a few seconds they wrestled with each other. They had gotten used to people turning around in their seats to watch them, which was probably a good thing at this moment.

When they had calmed down, Bakura's arm was draped around her shoulders as they walked to where their friends sat. In the four months since they had begun to go out, Alex had managed to become friends with the gang, even if Tea did annoy her. But Alex thought Yugi and Joey were pretty cool and actually enjoyed spending time with them. This was the first time she had ever had an actual group of friends and she was glad.

"What was that all about?" Tea asked when the couple sat down.

Alex grinned, but before she could say anything, Bakura clapped a hand over her mouth. She pried at it, but he didn't let go, instead turning to the gang.

"She just played a trick on me, that's all," he said, blushing as Alex laughed, managing to push him away.

"It was hilarious!" she laughed, leaning her elbows on the table.

Bakura frowned at her. "No it wasn't," he said, though he was fighting not to laugh as well.

"What was the trick?" Joey asked.

"Well -" Alex started, but Bakura covered her mouth again. She pushed him away and grinned. "Aww, don't you want them to know?"

"No, not particularly," he said, blushing.

She laughed and leaned an elbow on his shoulder. "Okay, fine," she said, grinning at him.

Bakura pushed her off his shoulder and grinned back. "Thank you."

"Aw, hey! Come on, tell us!" Joey urged.

"Yeah, that's not fair!" Tristan agreed.

Bakura slipped his arm around Alex and grinned. "It's a good thing she's on my side, or I'd be in trouble," he laughed.

"You better believe it," she said, jabbing him in the side with her finger. She grinned as he jumped and grabbed her hand. "Oooh, are you ticklish?"

"No..." he said, removing his arm from her shoulders and trying to keep her away.

"Yeah, right," she said, grinning. But, she stopped and leaned her arms on the table. "I'll get you tomorrow," she said, looking at him out of the corner of her eye.

"I can't wait," Bakura said dryly, a pink tint in his cheeks.

"So you're doing something for Valentine's Day then?" Tea asked.

"Yeah, I'm going over to his place for dinner. God help me," she said, looking up to the ceiling briefly.

"Hey! You've never eaten anything I've made. I could be a gourmet chef for all you know," Bakura said indignantly. He frowned when the table burst into laughter.

"You?" Joey wheezed.

"All right, it wasn't that funny," Bakura said, poking Alex in the arm.

"Wanna' bet?" she asked, grinning at him. Her face was red from laughing so hard, but she didn't seem to notice.

He gave her a look before turning to the rest of the gang. "So are any of you going to do anything?"

"With who?" Tea asked. "I don't have a boyfriend and none of them have girlfriends."

"That doesn't matter. Hey Joey, you should give that girl you like... uh... Mya... a call," Alex said, making the table burst into laughter again.

"What? I don't like Mai! Where did you get that idea?" Joey cried.

"Uh... yeah..." Alex said, raising her eyebrow at him. "Or you and Serenity," she offered to Tristan.

"What?" Joey exclaimed, turning in his seat and grabbing Tristan's shirt. "You keep away from my sister!"

"Okay, we have issues to work out," Alex said, both of her eyebrows running into her bangs now. Bakura didn't say anything; he was too busy trying not to laugh. Alex caught sight of Tea and Yugi nearly falling over in silent laughter and she grinned. "And Tea and Yugi could do something."

Both of them instantly shut up, a blush flooding into Yugi's face. Bakura couldn't hold it in any longer and he cracked up, leaning his forehead against the table.

"So, I've just set you all up. I didn't know I was a matchmaker," Alex said, grinning as she rested her chin in her hand.

"No! I'm not goin' anywhere with Mai and he's not laying a hand on my sister!" Joey cried, pointing at Tristan, who was straightening his shirt.

"And Tea and I are just friends, we couldn't go out..." Yugi said, fighting the blush unsuccessfully.

"Okay, suit yourselves. Hey Bakura, you better stop laughing before you die from lack of oxygen," Alex said, prodding him in the shoulder.

He sat up, his face red from laughing so hard and put a hand over his mouth. He took a deep breath and managed to calm down. "Um... we'd better get to class..." he said to Alex, who nodded.

"Yeah before you make fools of all of us," she said, standing.

"See you later," Bakura said, waving slightly to the gang, still fighting laughter.

Alex waved at them as well before grabbing her boyfriend's shirt and pulling him with her.

a/n: lol The next chapter will be Valentine's Day. Review!