Chapter 2: Seto's Decision
"I think that Serenity stays and you leave" Seto said sternly. Joey smirked as the former employee sulked out of the room.
"I'm sorry for not staying," said Serenity. Seto shrugged.
"You're one of the first babysitters Mokuba has liked so it's okay" Joey set Mokuba down and stretched.
"Man, that feels good!" Serenity laughed.
"Thanks Joey"
"Serenity, since my advisor has left...would you like a full time job here at Kaiba Corp? Mainly to watch Mokuba" Seto asked. Joey raised an eyebrow as his sister thought over the proposal.
"Well...I suppose, but I dunno how long I'll be here...I guess I will until I leave though" She concluded. Seto nodded.
"Could you come at around...5 pm tomorrow, till 8? We aren't open but I'm sure we could all find something to do, maybe a movie?"
"Sounds great. Can my brother come?"
Seto paused, "Sure..."
"Great! Well see you both tomorrow!" Serenity called as she walked with Joey to the elevator and out of the building.
"So, you really like working for Kaiba?" Joey asked on the bus.
"Well, he's not that bad. At least not as bad as you made him out to be!" Serenity joked.
"Yeah well...he was a real jerk not too long ago..." Upon arriving home Serenity went straight to bed, needing sleep for shopping the next day with Tea and Miho.
A ring of the phone awoke Serenity from her deep sleep. She looked at the clock, it read 2 a.m.
"Hello?" She asked groggily into the phone.
"Is this Serenity Wheeler?" A voice asked through the other end.
"Yes"
"It's your mother...she was injured in a car accident 15 min. ago" Serenity dropped the phone to the floor.
"My god..." She said before beginning to cry.
"What is it?" Joey came into the room in his pajamas.
"Mom...mom was hurt in an accident"
What?!"
"I dunno what to do...the buses aren't running now and it's too late to walk"
"Yeah...dad's probably off drinking somewhere too..." Joey said, "Wait...I got an idea. Wait here sis" Joey picked the phone off the floor and carried it with him to another room. Several minutes later he returned.
"Get some shoes, our ride will be here in 10 minutes" Serenity wiped her eyes and did as she was told. The doorbell soon rang, Serenity rushed to the door with Joey. Standing at the doorway was a very tired looking Seto Kaiba.
"Come on..." He led them to his company limo. Within 20 minutes they had arrived at the hospital.
"Where is Ms. Wheeler?" Seto asked the receptionist.
"In surgery"
"Can we see her?" Joey stepped forward.
"You are...?"
"Joey and Serenity Wheeler, her children"
"Go right ahead" Seto sat down as the two walked towards the emergency room. They watched through glass windows as doctors worked on their mother. A doctor exited the room and told them their mother's condition.
"Your mother was hurt when she fell asleep at the wheel and swerved into a tree...she will live though most likely will be stuck in the state of a coma" The doctor said. Serenity chocked and began to cry again. She wiped her eyes and dashed down the hallway.
"Serenity, wait!" Joey chased after her.
"You should stay with your mom" Seto stopped Joey once he reached the waiting room.
"But..."
"I'll get Serenity, don't worry" Joey walked back to the operating room mumbling something about how Kaiba has changed. Seto ran out the door and raced up the street to catch up with Serenity. She was crying and held her arms tight against her due to the cold. Seto watched as she shivered in her light weight t-shirt and skirt.
"Here" Seto took off his long trench coat and wrapped it over her shoulders.
"Thanks" She sniffed and wiped her eyes again.
"You know..." Seto started, "My mom is dead too"
Serenity looked up and managed to reply, "I'm really sorry" Seto shook his head.
"It's okay. She had cancer and well...she's in a better place now"
"Still...don't you miss her?"
"Yes...a lot. My dad died before Mokuba was born. Freak accident. We were both went to an orphanage after they were both gone..."
"So, you grew up alone?"
"No...I had Mokuba" Serenity was silent as they continued down the street.
"We should really get back. It's not safe out here at this hour" Seto took her hand and began to lead her back. Her sudden scream of terror sent him whirling around. A tall man had her other hand in his grasp and was trying to pull her away.
"Seto!" She cried. Instinct took over and Seto hit the guy squarely in the jaw, causing him to let go of Serenity. The guy countered Seto's attack by punching him in the face and kicking him in the gut. Serenity watched in shock as the fight continued. She felt so helpless.
When the fight had ended the attacker lay face down on the pavement, knocked out. Seto sported a bloody lip and an almost black eye but he won. Serenity helped him back to the hospital.
"I owe you my life" she told him softly.
"Well...seeing as you'll be busy all of the rest of today...you owe Mokuba and I a date" he said before following a doctor away.
Smiling she sat down on a sofa, "I guess so"
~-~ Woo...another chapter typed. Sorry for the delay people ^^;; ~-~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~* SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I have a request to ask anyone who write Yu-Gi-Oh fics and who has the time to please write a Yugi/Serenity fan fiction. If you do so please send the link or the story to wellsibclc@earthlink.net
Thanks so much.
"I think that Serenity stays and you leave" Seto said sternly. Joey smirked as the former employee sulked out of the room.
"I'm sorry for not staying," said Serenity. Seto shrugged.
"You're one of the first babysitters Mokuba has liked so it's okay" Joey set Mokuba down and stretched.
"Man, that feels good!" Serenity laughed.
"Thanks Joey"
"Serenity, since my advisor has left...would you like a full time job here at Kaiba Corp? Mainly to watch Mokuba" Seto asked. Joey raised an eyebrow as his sister thought over the proposal.
"Well...I suppose, but I dunno how long I'll be here...I guess I will until I leave though" She concluded. Seto nodded.
"Could you come at around...5 pm tomorrow, till 8? We aren't open but I'm sure we could all find something to do, maybe a movie?"
"Sounds great. Can my brother come?"
Seto paused, "Sure..."
"Great! Well see you both tomorrow!" Serenity called as she walked with Joey to the elevator and out of the building.
"So, you really like working for Kaiba?" Joey asked on the bus.
"Well, he's not that bad. At least not as bad as you made him out to be!" Serenity joked.
"Yeah well...he was a real jerk not too long ago..." Upon arriving home Serenity went straight to bed, needing sleep for shopping the next day with Tea and Miho.
A ring of the phone awoke Serenity from her deep sleep. She looked at the clock, it read 2 a.m.
"Hello?" She asked groggily into the phone.
"Is this Serenity Wheeler?" A voice asked through the other end.
"Yes"
"It's your mother...she was injured in a car accident 15 min. ago" Serenity dropped the phone to the floor.
"My god..." She said before beginning to cry.
"What is it?" Joey came into the room in his pajamas.
"Mom...mom was hurt in an accident"
What?!"
"I dunno what to do...the buses aren't running now and it's too late to walk"
"Yeah...dad's probably off drinking somewhere too..." Joey said, "Wait...I got an idea. Wait here sis" Joey picked the phone off the floor and carried it with him to another room. Several minutes later he returned.
"Get some shoes, our ride will be here in 10 minutes" Serenity wiped her eyes and did as she was told. The doorbell soon rang, Serenity rushed to the door with Joey. Standing at the doorway was a very tired looking Seto Kaiba.
"Come on..." He led them to his company limo. Within 20 minutes they had arrived at the hospital.
"Where is Ms. Wheeler?" Seto asked the receptionist.
"In surgery"
"Can we see her?" Joey stepped forward.
"You are...?"
"Joey and Serenity Wheeler, her children"
"Go right ahead" Seto sat down as the two walked towards the emergency room. They watched through glass windows as doctors worked on their mother. A doctor exited the room and told them their mother's condition.
"Your mother was hurt when she fell asleep at the wheel and swerved into a tree...she will live though most likely will be stuck in the state of a coma" The doctor said. Serenity chocked and began to cry again. She wiped her eyes and dashed down the hallway.
"Serenity, wait!" Joey chased after her.
"You should stay with your mom" Seto stopped Joey once he reached the waiting room.
"But..."
"I'll get Serenity, don't worry" Joey walked back to the operating room mumbling something about how Kaiba has changed. Seto ran out the door and raced up the street to catch up with Serenity. She was crying and held her arms tight against her due to the cold. Seto watched as she shivered in her light weight t-shirt and skirt.
"Here" Seto took off his long trench coat and wrapped it over her shoulders.
"Thanks" She sniffed and wiped her eyes again.
"You know..." Seto started, "My mom is dead too"
Serenity looked up and managed to reply, "I'm really sorry" Seto shook his head.
"It's okay. She had cancer and well...she's in a better place now"
"Still...don't you miss her?"
"Yes...a lot. My dad died before Mokuba was born. Freak accident. We were both went to an orphanage after they were both gone..."
"So, you grew up alone?"
"No...I had Mokuba" Serenity was silent as they continued down the street.
"We should really get back. It's not safe out here at this hour" Seto took her hand and began to lead her back. Her sudden scream of terror sent him whirling around. A tall man had her other hand in his grasp and was trying to pull her away.
"Seto!" She cried. Instinct took over and Seto hit the guy squarely in the jaw, causing him to let go of Serenity. The guy countered Seto's attack by punching him in the face and kicking him in the gut. Serenity watched in shock as the fight continued. She felt so helpless.
When the fight had ended the attacker lay face down on the pavement, knocked out. Seto sported a bloody lip and an almost black eye but he won. Serenity helped him back to the hospital.
"I owe you my life" she told him softly.
"Well...seeing as you'll be busy all of the rest of today...you owe Mokuba and I a date" he said before following a doctor away.
Smiling she sat down on a sofa, "I guess so"
~-~ Woo...another chapter typed. Sorry for the delay people ^^;; ~-~
~*~*~*~*~*~*~* SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I have a request to ask anyone who write Yu-Gi-Oh fics and who has the time to please write a Yugi/Serenity fan fiction. If you do so please send the link or the story to wellsibclc@earthlink.net
Thanks so much.