A Moment Like This – Chapter 49 – Believing A Lie - By Serenity Rose Wheeler

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(On With The Story!)

(Serenity's POV)

We drove and drove and drove. Kaiba was getting angrier by the second as I kept my eyes peeled for any sign of civilization or normal road for that matter. I had no idea where that man took me and where the hell we even were, but I was really starting to get worried. My leg was killing me.

All I could wrap around it was a towel and it was throbbing. I only got a broken arm once as a kid and I didn't even remember it being half this painful. I looked over at the navigation system that Kaiba had and it just had a question mark on it. Even that complicated super computer navigation that Kaiba built didn't even know where we were.

"Do you need to see a doctor to get a cast?" I heard Kaiba asked out of nowhere. He hadn't spoken for hours. Well, except for the cussing to himself, but I got kind of used to that.

"I think it's okay for now. We just have to hurry and get back to Japan before Joey finds out." I replied.

"Alright, whatever. It's your call." He replied in a bored tone before he made a left to another dirt road.

(Kaiba Mansion)

(Normal POV)

Mokuba paced around the living room waiting by the phone. He knew he had to come up with some distraction, but nothing came to his mind. After he gave a long sigh, he picked up the phone and dialed Mai's number. "Hello?" Mai's voice asked happily.

"Hey. What are you so happy about?" Mokuba asked.

"Oh. I thought you'd be Kaiba." Mai's replied.

After another sigh, Mokuba continued. "I don't think Seto will be home until tonight or tomorrow."

"Tonight or tomorrow? Joey will surely find out if they take that long!" Mai shouted.

"I know, I know! I contacted Seto a few hours ago and he said that they were lost and still in France! It takes a awhile for the plane to take off and they already missed their other one and I surely doubt that they have a lot planes too and from Japan over there!" Mokuba explained.

"Mokuba, I need to come up with some excuse, can you think of anything?" Mai asked in a panicked voice as she held the phone desperately to her ear.

"I've been trying to for the past 4 hours! I can't think of anything!" Mokuba said agitatedly as he plopped down on the couch. After Mai took a deep breath and let it out slowly, she tried to think of anything that would be a distraction to Joey. "How about just telling him that Serenity wants to stay another night at your house?" Mokuba continued after a few moments.

"I'll need a reason and Serenity would need an extra pair of clothes from her house." Mai replied.

"I got it! Why don't you have him drop them off and when he does, you just tell him that Serenity is in the bathroom or taking a shower or something!" Mokuba suggested.

After thinking about Mokuba's plan for a few seconds, she smiled. "Yeah, that may just work! Alright, thanks a lot Mokuba, you're smarter then I ever would have thought." Mai said happily.

"I get it from my brother. Well, I'll talk to you later!" Mokuba said before hanging up the phone and running off to play video games.

(Mai's House)

Mai sighed happily as she placed the phone back on the receiver. "Who was that, dear?" Mai's mother asked as she walked into the room.

"Just a friend, mom. Well, I'll talk to you later!" Mai said as she got off the chair and ran to her room to call Joey.

"Serenity?" Joey asked on the other line after Mai dialed.

"No, it's me, Mai." Mai replied.

"Oh. Y-You need something?" Joey asked after stuttering slightly.

"Nah, I just wanted to tell you that Serenity wants to spend another night. She was too embarrassed to ask you so she asked me to call you." Mai explained.

"Really? But Why? Me and Serenity had plans tonight." Joey replied in a solemn voice.

"Well, she just needs some time to talk and let out her feelings." Mai said.

"Feelings about what?" Joey asked as he furrowed his brows.

"Girl stuff!" Mai replied.

"Oh." Joey said as he played with the telephone cord. "Well, okay. Just tell her I said hi."

"Okay!" Mai replied happily thanking God that Joey forgot completely about the deal with clothes.

"Bye." Joey said before hanging up. After she heard the dial tone she put the phone down gently. She let out a long sigh of relief and got up to go get some lunch.

(Back To Nowhere)

Serenity sat there playing with her fingernails as she waited for Kaiba to say that he knew where they were or something. It had been 6 hours since he got her out of the building and they were not anywhere near finding their way back. Serenity was worried that they would die out there. "Stop looking so worried." Kaiba said. Serenity looked over at the CEO and wondered why he wasn't panicking.

Kaiba actually looked very calm, cool, and collected. Just like he normally did. No emotion whatsoever. "Aren't you the least bit worried?" Serenity asked.

"No." Kaiba replied truthfully as he made a right to another dirt road.

"We're in the middle of nowhere, I'm starving, my leg is broken, Joey is going to find out, I'm going to be yelled at, and we could die out here!" Serenity shouted in panic. "And here you're saying that you're not worried whatsoever?"

"Nope." Kaiba replied as Serenity's mouth fell open in shock.

"You're not?" Serenity asked.

"Nope." Kaiba replied coolly. Serenity had no idea why Kaiba couldn't be scared about something like this. She wanted to get back home so bad. She hated this trip. Kaiba almost died, she almost got raped, she broke her leg, and they could die. She was just glad that Kaiba was all right. She smiled at that.

Serenity was happy that everything was okay. Her leg would heal. She felt like this actually was a pretty good trip aside form all the turmoil. She saw a large skyscraper in the distance and knew that now; everything was going to be all right.

(To Be Continued…)