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Chapter Fourteen

It's been almost two months since Mary and Serenity have been in Domino and today Seto has found a really cute three bedroom, two bath house that is really close to Domino High and only ten minutes away from the Manor. Today the whole gang got together and is helping Mary and Serenity clean up the house to get it ready for them to move in all their things. They have vacuumed the whole house, cleaned the windows, painted where Mary or Serenity wanted them to paint and now they were waiting for the moving van to bring their things there.

The kitchen didn't have a stove or refrigerator and Solomon knew of a shop where Mary could get them for almost nothing because they had been gently dinged or had a dent in them but they were still good to use. She went to a small place and got a dining room table and chairs and it didn't cost her that much either. When the van arrived, Roland, Solomon, Seto, Joey, Yami, Bakura and Marik were in charge with bringing in the heavy things while the others carried in the things that weren't to heavy. When they were all done, Mary sat down and started to cry because she was so happy to be home again and to have her two children with her. That afternoon, Roland ordered Pizza and that was his treat for everyone helping move in Mary and Serenity's things. After they all ate and drank sodas they all helped up things away with Mary supervising. Tea and Mai helped Serenity put away her and Mary's things since the guys didn't feel right seeing their unmentionables.

When everything was done Mary thanked everyone and invited them over next week-end for a cookout and homemade dinner. They all accepted and then they all left, leaving Roland, Seto, Joey and Mokie there to make sure that both Mary and Serenity were going to be alright.

Mary and Roland were sitting in the kitchen when she told him "It's going to take a few days for us to get use to being in the house alone." Joey walked in then and he said "mom, I'm staying here with you and sis till you both feel safe enough for me to go back to the Manor and I won't take no for an answer." Mary got up and went over and kissed her son and said "I accept your generous offer."

As they visited for awhile Mary remembered "hey, we don't have any food in this house we need to go shopping." Roland burst out laughing and Mary threw a pillow at him and he ducked in time and then he said "lets go and get some food." So they all climbed into the Hummer and went to the local grocery store and got what they needed.

When they got home and everything was put up and Roland and the boys had to leave, Mary went over to Roland and whispered "thanks for being here for us and especially for me." Then she kissed him and the kids smiled as they watched. That's when the four of them decided that they would get back at both Mary and Roland at the cookout and they all had to try not to laugh or they'd give away their plans.

Joey and Seto walked to the door where Seto kissed Joey and Mokie told Serenity good-bye and she kissed his cheek and they both blushed and the others smiled at them. After they were gone, Mary said to her kids "let's fix dinner and then we can watch some television and then go to bed." They had a blast in the kitchen laughing and just plain goofing around. As Mary watched her kids a tear rolled down her cheek as she realized just how damn lucky she was to have her kids with her again. After they ate, Joey and Serenity did the dishes as Mary went to sit down and relax and then they all sat and watched some television and finally Serenity yawned and Mary said "looks like it's time for bed." She kissed her kids good-night and then they all went to sleep.

The next morning both Joey and Serenity woke up to the smell of breakfast cooking and they got dressed and went to the kitchen where Mary said "good morning sleepy heads breakfast is almost ready, please sit the table and I'll serve the food. As Joey sat there watching his mom tears came to his eyes and Serenity reached over and took his hand and she said "it's okay big brother we're here to stay." Then she reached out and wiped away his tears. After breakfast they went outside in the back yard and Joey asked his mom "how do you want your garden to be?" Mary smiled and said "I want lots of flowers and maybe even a small vegetable garden along side the kitchen window." Joey took out his cell phone and called the Manor and talked to Roland who told him " I'll be by with the head gardener in about an hour to talk to your mom." Joey told Mary and she smiled because she'd be seeing Roland again and both Joey and Serenity burst out laughing and Mary joined them.

Today was the cook out and everyone was there, and they were all laughing and complimenting Mary on how beautiful her yard was. As Roland and Solomon were bar-be-cueing the hamburgers and hot dogs, Mai, Tea, Serenity and Mary were in the kitchen getting the salads and condiments ready to take outside. After everyone had eaten, Joey, Serenity, Mokuba and Seto left and walked inside and when they all came out they had devious smiles on their faces and Solomon, Mai, Tea, Yami, Yugi, Bakura, Ryou, Malik and Marik got up and ran for cover and that's when the kids took the water balloons and super soakers out from behind their backs and they literally soaked both Mary and Roland while the others laughed till they had tears running down their faces.

When the balloons were gone and the water guns were empty, Joey stood there and then he said "that's for scaring the living daylights out of us the other night. We told you both that we'd get even didn't we?" Roland and Mary were laughing with the others when she rung the water out of her hair and she said "we deserved that, but now you know that this means war don't you?" Then she looked at Roland and he nodded that he agreed, and Mokie then said "we're in a lot of trouble all of you know it, don't you?" Then Mary said "I couldn't of asked for a better time then I've had today. We've had our friends and families here to celebrate with us our getting our own home, got soaked by some kids that will get theirs later and just had one heck of a good time, haven't we?" Everyone cheered and agreed with her and today was the beginning of a wonderful time for everyone.

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