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Chapter 10
"I haven't seen you in weeks, where you been?" Asked Joey as he flopped down on my sofa. "I know, been working weekends so I haven't really had a chance to give you a call." I took the baggie from him and started breaking it up on a sheet of paper. "You don't work weekends..." I sighed. "There was this whole thing with a vase-" I looked up to see Mokuba walk in, grin in place. "Hey guys." "You like how he doesn't even knock anymore?" I asked the blond with a laugh. "Is that not okay? Do I-" "Stop I was kidding." I said with a snort, pulling out a cigar wrap and starting to sprinkle in the crumbled herb. "Anyway, yea, I haven't gotten a lot of time to myself, it's hard enough finding time to fit Jack in." "How is Jack? I haven't seen him." Asked Mokuba, sitting on my table. "Wait, you've met her son?" Asked Joey. "Him and Kaiba both have." I said, licking the papers to seal them. "You let your kid around Captain Icicle?" I laughed a bit. "I keep telling you, he's really not that bad. Unless you piss him off, then..." "Damn." Muttered the teen. I laughed a bit and lit the end. "But yea, I talked him into going over to Randy's with me for lunch." I said as I passed the blunt to the teen. "Wait, wait, wait! You got Kaiba to fake it for you?" Asked Joey. I gave a wolfish grin, confirming his statement. "We came to an agreement." "Gross." "Watch it." Said Mokuba, passing the cigarillo to the blond. "Seto told me about that..." "The agreement or lunch?" I asked, unclasping my coveralls and sighing as I leaned back. "Lunch." I winced. "That really didn't go as well as I was hoping it would." I looked to Joey. "I thought it was just to show me he was bangin' a hottie, turns out he would like to integrate her into a mother figure." I said to Joey who curled his lip. "Seto said it was really depressing." Said Mokuba. "Not to mention embarrassing." I muttered, taking the joint. "On top of that, Jack came home, started a massive fit. I thought I was 'bout to die." "He said it sounded like hell was pouring from your kid's throat." Said Mokuba, wide grin in place. "Yea, that sounds right." I said as I passed the joint. "What um... what else did he say?" Mokuba grinned, he knew I was fishing. "You like my brother, don't you?" "Oh yea." My blunt answer would draw a laugh from the blond and teen. "Oh honey, I'd tap that again in a heartbeat. No questions asked." "Wait, again?" I gave another grin at the black-haired teen. "You see Mokuba, when two drunk people are very lonely-" "Eww." I had to chuckle as I passed the rolling herb. "Doesn't matter, I don't think we'll be having a repeat performance after Randy's little show." I grunted, blowing smoke out. "He didn't say anything bad about you. A lot of it was Randy. He said you looked like you were going to take them both out for a second." Said Mokuba. "Oh, no shit. I was about to lose it. I wanted to dive across that table like a spider monkey." A sharp knock would have a flash of fear cross my face. "I'll get it... maybe I can get them to go away..." Said Mokuba softly, getting up. Joey passed the joint to me and I tucked it into my palm. "S-Seto?" I looked over and saw the blue eyed man in my doorway, arms crossed and stare cold as he looked at his little brother. "Shit I'm so fired." I muttered.
"Go inside. I want you in your room, we'll talk about this in the morning." Said Kaiba to his brother. "Wait, Seto please, I found them, it's not their fault-" One sharp look from the blue eyed man had the teen flinching, but regaining his ground. "I mean it. I made them let me in." The elder brother paused and looked to the teen, brows pinning. "You made them." "I found out Joey was here... I came back to see him and I caught them well y'know... I told them I'd say something unless they shared." I swallowed thickly and watched the scene unfold. "Be honest Seto, would you rather have me here or out there doing the exact same thing?" I saw a calculating look come over the blue eyed man's face before he bypassed the teen to come to the side of the couch, stare on me. "Would you like some?" I offered. "It's really good- Ow." I elbowed the blond, who grinned. Taking the blunt from my fingers, I watched in awe as the brunet brought it to his lips and took a deep drag off the end. "Holy shit." I elbowed the blond once more to shut his mouth. Exhaling, Kaiba looked over the rolled cigarillo, his brows lifting. "This is good..." He nodded to the couch. "Move over." I flashed a grin and looked to Joey. "To the floor with you." I giggled as I scoot over. "No dogs on the furniture..." I finished, holding up my hands as the blond swatted at me.
"So you never told me, why you ended up working weekends." Said Joey as he dealt out a hand of five to the rest of us, a small pile of coins in the center of my coffee table. "Well last weekend was because I had to go over and fix Randy's fucking ceiling." I muttered around a cigarette in my mouth. "You actually fixed that?" Asked Kaiba, looking over with a frown. "Yea, I fixed it." I muttered. "I was worried about mold... I have to go back and put the plaster back up, at least now it's not dripping." "Why?" "Because I'm a fucking sucker, what do you want?" I asked, putting my cigarette in the tray while I took a fresh blunt from Joey. "He said something about his car too..." "Don't do it." "Thanks, I'll just tell Randy I can't because my whatever said not too." I placed my bet and in my altered state held my cards out instead of the joint. "Wait." I switched hands, but the damage was done. "Fold." Said Kaiba firmly, the others following his lead. "Fuck you guys." I put the hand down to show a card short of a flush. "Why do you do all this stuff for him Jordan? Didn't he cheat on you?" Asked Joey as he collected the cards. "Among other things." I said as I took a hit off my cigarette. "Stole my money, he and I duked it out a few times too." "What, he hit you?" Asked the blond, a frown on his face. "I hit him too, don't worry." I said with a snort as I took the cards and shuffled them. "He's so toxic." "So why let him have Jack?" "It was the judge's decision. Since he had a job, he was to have majority visitation." I curled my lip a bit. "Doesn't matter that I'd been a stay at home mom for five years. I wasn't even allowed visitation until I could prove an income." "Go home, the states will help you." I smirked. Joey wasn't nearly as dumb as some thought he was. "Well yea, but that's... dirty." I sighed and put my cigarette back into the tray as I dealt. "I don't want to move him stateside just to break out in a court fight. It's too much. He's happy here, in that house, with his dog." "You don't need to do him any favors though." Spoke Kaiba, taking up his hand. "Rich boy's right. Don't play his game." Said the blond, causing me to look over to the blue eyed man, who had smirk on his face.
"Looks like you're just about out of bargaining material there, hotshot." I said to the blond man with a grin. "You're not doing to hot yourself there, Yankee." Replied Joey, reaching behind him and pulling off his shirt to throw on the table, showing a lean form with a tattoo of his own tucked into the hem of his jeans. I tucked my cards and leaned my head back laughing. "How do I raise a shirt?" I asked as he got up. "You don't have enough." Said Joey with a grin as he passed for the bathroom. "Hey! Don't use the sink, it's broken." "Still?" Asked Mokuba, raising an eyebrow. "I spend all day fixing stuff, I don't want to come home and do it." "Complain to the landlord." Said Joey as he stepped through to the kitchen to wash his hands. "Sir, I must report a complaint with your property." I said to the elder brother who snorted. "Let me just call maintenance." He nodded to the pool in the center of the table. "It's your bet." "I know I just need to figure out how to raise a shirt." "Fork over something." Said Joey as he flopped back down. "Fine, here." I stood and pulled off the coveralls, only to show a pair of yoga pants below. "I forget you're a girl sometimes." Said Joey with a smirk. "Ha! You're cute." I muttered. "Wait, is that new?" Asked Joey, tugging on the leg of the capris. "Yea. I got it a few weeks ago. Ain't it cool?" I tugged up the leg of the pants to allow him a full view. "I saw it in their house and thought it was sweet lookin'." "You um... You know that's a duel monster right?" Said the blond with a giggle. "Yea, that's what the guy said. I don't care." "Yea... 'bout that..." "What?" Giggles turned to laughter as Joey threw his head back. "That's Kaiba's dragon!" I blinked and looked up to see the younger brother lean to get a look, a grin spreading on his face. "Nice! Look Seto." A strong arm wrapped around my waist and tugged me back to the couch, the hand coming to bring the leg up to his lap. A grin I could only classify as smug came over his features. "You can't own a duel monster." I said with a clear look of disbelief. "Well..." Said Joey, a grin still very clear. "There's only three in existence, and Seto owns all of them." Said Mokuba, snickering at my expense. "Well shit. Guess you can't have this one." The blue eyed man smirked and raised a brow. "Wanna bet?"