That's My Fiancé
Chapter 34
"I see you remember me, my little Obelisk pixie." Harrington replied with a smirk. "Then again with a face like mine, who wouldn't remember?" he added with a charming smile.
All the women in the restaurant but Alexis swooned over him; adding to his already inflated ego. However Harrington had no interest in those girls; he liked a "challenge" per say, and that's what Alexis was to him.
"What are you doing here?!" Alexis asked.
Harrington sat on the opposite end of the table. "I'm here for our date." he replied.
Alexis's eyes widened. "Whoa, a date?! But I never agreed….hold on...was it you who sent that fake letter?!"
Harrington shook his head. "Actually it was your old man who set this whole thing up. How nice...even your own dad believes that I'm better for you than "him"."
Alexis growled, not only at Harrington but the fact that her own father set this up. "I should've known this was all a fake, it was too good to be true!" she thought.
Just when Alexis was about to get up; Harrington crossed his arms. "By the way...you're not going to be able to escape until after the date is done." He informed, pointing towards a few tall men in suits, guarding the exits.
Alexis sighed and sat down, those guys were bigger and much stronger than her so there was no way in getting passed them.
The handsome tennis star smirked. "I'm glad you see it my way.." he teased, looking over the menu.
Meanwhile Jaden saw the whole thing; his body felt tense and his teeth were grinding together in a fit of rage. Seeing her and Harrington together bothered him; maybe even more than the fact that she was tricked.
Winged Kuriboh chirped playfully in front of him. "Kuri! Kuri! Kurrriiii!"
"What? No I'm not jealous!" Jaden protested. "She's just a friend..I just you know...can't stand that Harrington that's all...I guess."
"Kuri?"
"Yeah, I'm not lying!" Jaden replied, as he glared at Harrington from outside. "I've honestly….never been more truthful…." he lied.
A sweat drop appeared on the Kuriboh before he disappeared into nothing. Jaden continued to keep an eye on Alexis to see what was going to happen.
The older waiter came to Harrington's table with a pen and pad. "Greetings, my name is Raphael, I'll be your waiter."
"Bout time, I want you to serve two glasses of your most expensive wine for me and my hot date!" Harrington demanded. "Get it? Serve as in tennis, but serve as in serve me?! Get it? Get it?"
"Uh, I'll have water instead, thanks." Alexis replied, clearly annoyed within the first minute of this "date".
"Hehe...guess wine for one then." Harrington replied. The waiter growled in annoyance, writing the drink orders down.
"Oh yeah, and I'm ready to order!" Harrington added. "Give me the 16oz steak medium rare! I exercise all day so I need that extra meat. Like they say, "work hard, play hard." Am I right? Right? Right?"
"Very good, sir." The waiter replied dryly. "And what about you, Miss?"
"Suddenly I don't feel so hungry…" Alexis thought.
"I'm not hungry thanks." Alexis replied politely. Since Harrington was also giving that poor waiter a hard time; Alexis decided that a friendly face may brighten that man's mood.
"I'll have your drinks ready." The waiter bowed before taking their menus and leaving.
"Finally, I thought he'd never leave!" Harrington exclaimed. "So Alexis, wanna know how I became the tennis champ I became today?" Harrington asked eagerly.
"Not rea-"
"Oh you're gonna love it! So when I was six, my dad gave me this-" Harrington started to share his lengthy story about his past while Alexis could only think about Jaden and that night at the Chinese restaurant. Being with him, compared to Harrington was like heaven; that smile of his made her at ease and lid up her mood. She could also recall how much he's changed; now he was more mature, but still himself which she admired. Jaden occupied her thoughts ever since she started crushing hard on him at Duel Academy, and now those feelings returned somehow.
However now she was stuck with Harrington; crash, arrogant, superficial, demanding...all the traits she despised. She could see he hasn't matured at all; in fact he'd actually gotten a lot worst. She could never understand why the girls fell for someone like him.
Meanwhile Jaden continued to spy on the two on their "date"; he felt himself getting irritated by the second.
"Great, he's probably boring the poor girl to death.." Jaden thought, annoyed by Harrington's constant talking, even Alexis looked clearly bored.
The waiter brought the wine and glass of water. "Here are your drinks." he presented.
"Took you long enough, if you were on my team, I'd make you run twenty laps and maybe make you play a bunch of matches with yours truly." Harrington complained.
"I'm sorry, sir." The waiter replied, bowing respectfully before leaving.
Alexis shook her head, embarrassed for them both. "So obnoxious…" she thought.
"Now where was I? Oh yeah!" Harrington continued to talk after drinking half of his wine.
"That's it, I'm going in!" Jaden declared, running inside the restaurant.
"She'll see you!" Yubel warned in his mind.
"I don't care." Jaden replied, running past the hostess table and to Harrington's table. "Hey Harrington! Remember me?"
Both Harrington and Alexis turned and saw Jaden at the table. The other women in the restaurant shifted their attention from Harrington to Jaden; they were wondering if he was single and how handsome he looked. Even a bunch of girls started to think Jaden looked sexier than Harrington.
"Jaden..?" Alexis asked, wondering how he got here.
Harrington was immediately furious just by looking at him. Jaden, the "Slifer slacker", who beat him and supposedly became Alexis's fiancé.
"Jaden…" He growled. "Well well, what are you doing here, Slacker? Came to get your ass whooped again in tennis? Well wait in line cause I'm in the middle of a date!" he replied with a smirk.
"Not anymore, I'm here to take Alexis back with me!" Jaden replied, grabbing her hand. Alexis sighed in relief at the gesture.
Harrington stood up from his chair, refusing to back down. "Not gonna happen, punk. It amazes me that you're not married a dime like Alexis, but no matter...I have her now and I'm not gonna make the same mistake."
The former Slifer felt even more jealousy rush through his veins.
"The only mistake is thinking she'd be interested in a selfish bastard like you!" Jaden replied; the guests surrounding them were surprised at that comeback while Harrington growled.
"You won't make a fool out of me again, Jaden! Cause me and you are gonna duel! Winner gets the right to marry Alexis and the loser has to stay away from her forever!" Harrington declared.
Jaden smirked; it was a good thing he brought his dueling gear at all times. He just wanted Harrington far from her. "Alright bring-"
"That won't be necessary." Alexis interrupted, having about enough of this marriage idea.
The two men blinked in confusion, looking at the woman. "Alexis?" they asked in unison.
Alexis glared at Harrington. "Harrington, Jaden already beat you fair and square at Duel Academy...but now I'm going to duel you!" she declared.
Jaden's eyes widened while Harrington smirked. "Hm, I admire your determination, but you sure you wanna do this?" he asked. "Why don't we get back to our date and have this slacker thrown out?"
"No way, me and you are going to duel." Alexis replied. "Unless you're scared of getting beaten by a girl…" she added smugly. Alexis knew exactly how to get guys like him to change their minds just like that.
Harrington felt his masculinity being challenged here and there, now he had to accept this. "Fine, we'll duel, but if I win I'll get the right to marry you!" he replied, being handed his personal duel disk by one of the men in tuxedos.
Alexis took out her dueling disk and deck from her bag. "Fine by me, but it's not going to happen, and if I win you'll never bother me again."
"Such big stakes...alright, I accept." Harrington agreed as they both activated their duel disks.
Jaden was concerned for his friend; those were high stakes indeed. However, he had confidence in her and knew she needed some encouragement.
"You got this, Alexis!" Jaden cheered from the sidelines. Alexis nodded with a determined smile before the duel started.
"DUEL!" Both Alexis and Harrington declared in unison.