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Chapter #26: First Day Back (II).
*~*~*Elaya's POV*~*~*
I saw him run. He was afraid. I redirect my gaze onto the falling sun and realize that it was past sundown. My watch told me the same thing--it was 6:13. I turned in the other direction and ran. I wrapped Kaiba's jacket around me.........oh wait.....I still have his jacket? Perfect. I was lost in my own thoughts when I slammed into something. And apparently, this something could talk.
"Hey man! Watch where you're going!" The voice said.
"Sorry!" I apologized, looking up. It was Joey! "What are you doing out here so late?"
"Just gonna ask the same thing, E." He said, helping me up. "I just got off work and--hey, isn't that Kaiba's jacket you've got on?"
Just perfect. "No."
"Well, it is, because I can see the little KC on the collar, meaning that it came from KaibaCorp. Why do you have it on anyways?"
"He........um..........gave it to me." I responded, feeling the blush creep in my cheeks.
"Kaiba? Gave you his jacket? I find that really hard to believe." He protested. He put his arms across his chest, making the little dog tags he wore jiggle around a bit.
"Well, it kinda is hard to believe......so I'm not going to tell you any more." I said. This was odd. I was usually so good at lying.
"What did he do to you? Did he threaten ya?" Joey asked, narrowing his gaze.
"No....." I stuttered. "Nothing happened. Don't worry."
"Oh, something's happened alright. You can tell me everything."
"No. Nothing happened." I repeated. Joey's mind must be buzzing with different ideas. "Come on. Let's go home." My blushing faded as the wind grew stronger. Unfortunately, that was the only thing keeping me warm.
*~*~*Joey's POV*~*~*
I know that something is up. It's not like Elaya to be so secretive. What could of happened? Could Elaya know something about him and threatened to tell everyone, and then he threatened her......and then they got into some sort of fight and she ended up with his jacket? Okay, I know that sounds a bit far-fetched, but why else would she be so, 'Nothing happened.' This is driving me nuts! Well, if I can't get it out of her, I'll get it out of Kaiba tomorrow at school when we have lunch. I'll show him not to mess around with my friends!
*~*~*Elaya's POV*~*~*
"Later Joey!" I called out, as I reached my door. I opened it to see my mom buried beneath a pile of papers.
"Mom?"
"Oh, hi honey. How are you?"
"Okay, I guess." I didn't want to go into the whole kiss thing with Kaiba. From what I heard, my mom hates him. Sigh. "And you?"
"Just a bit stressed."
"I thought that you were a news reporter, not a secretary!" I said as I examined the paper around her.
"Well, you need to have background info on the people that you'll be talking to, of course."
"Do you need that much?"
"Apparently so. My boss said--"
"Your boss nothing! That guy doesn't know diddly-squat about anything! I think that a page of info is enough. Not an entire phonebook's worth!" I left her alone and went into my room. I threw off the jacket and it landed in a heap on the floor. I went to my cabinet and took my Scales out.
\\ Elaya? You're back. Did you 'find yourself'? \\ She asked instantly.
// Yeah. You could say that. // I said back, blushing. // It's a very long story! //
*~*~*At School--Reader's POV......Lunch Time*~*~*
"Another assignment! I can't believe this!" Téa shouted furiously. "We just handed one in! And the worst part is they're all the same!" She was mad that their religion teacher had given them another paper to do, about her relationship with God. [Well, right now, it isn't that good!] She thought miserably. She'd been praying for the past week that the school in New York would accept her, and she hadn't gotten a letter yet. It was pissing her off.
"Téa, this is RELIGION we're talking about here. Just make some stuff up and you'll pass." Tristan reasoned.
"Amen to that." Elaya said as she sat down. She didn't really care for religion. She was Catholic, and she didn't need to write essays about it to become more like one. She opened her lunch and looked at it. "Anyone wanna trade? Joey?" Her lunch was a sandwich with cheddar--one type of cheese that wasn't on her all time favourite list.
"What? Sorry, I wasn't listening." Joey answered. He was too preoccupied on looking for Kaiba. Joey knew that he had this lunch. He had seen him a couple of times when his friends had stayed inside the cafeteria.
"I said, do you want to trade lunches? I got cheddar." Elaya said, waving the wrapped sandwich in his face.
"I got peanut butter and jelly."
"Deal." She said, swiping the sandwich away. She noticed that Joey was in another world. [I hope he forgot about yesterday night with the whole jacket thing.] She had dropped it off in Kaiba's mailbox and rang the doorbell. She took off, leaving Kaiba, or whoever opened the door to notice the purple jacket sticking out of the mailbox.
"So, Yug, did your grandpa get those new cards in yet?" Tristan asked taking a bite out of his sandwich.
"Yeah. I have to set them up when I get back from school......." Joey wasn't listening. That's when he saw Kaiba. He was walking towards them, going towards his usual place at the back of the cafeteria.
"Hey! Kaiba! What did you do last nigh--" Joey began to say before Elaya kicked his shin--hard.
"None of your business." Kaiba stopped but didn't turn around.
"Damn straight if it is my business! Elaya's my friend and I want to know what happened last night!"
"Joey, what are you talking about?" Téa and Yugi said.
Joey stood up. "Elaya was walking home last night with HIS jacket, and I want to know EXACTLY what went on!"
Tristan also stood. "Joey, I told you already! NOTHING HAPPENED!" Elaya said looking right at him.
"Why are you covering up for him? He's nothing more than a conniving, selfish bastard, who thinks he's a big-shot, a good for nothing---" Joey couldn't finish, because Kaiba whirled around and pulled him up by his collar.
"Kaiba! Let him go!" Téa said, standing up and walking towards her friends.
"Yeah!" Yugi and Tristan said together.
Kaiba, not listening to their pleas, pulled Joey at least an inch off the ground so that he was face to face. "Now, you listen closely, you mutt, I won't stand here and be offended by someone of the likes of you!"
"Someone of the likes of me?! That's it!" Joey shouted, managing to kick Kaiba in the leg. His grip loosened and Joey was on solid ground again. They were then both at each others throats. Dodging each other's punches and kicks with skill. Tristan, Téa and Yugi tried to hold Joey back and Elaya was doing the same to Kaiba--both to no avail. Kaiba got one good punch on Joey's face and Joey got a few body kicks on him. Soon, the entire student body that was in the cafeteria at the time crowded around them, trying to get in on the action.
"All of you! STOP THIS INSTANT!" Coach Morty called from behind him, blowing his whistle. Mr. Hogan separated the two boys. Joey had a bleeding nose and Kaiba got off with a few bruises. "All of you! To the office! NOW!"
*~*~*After School Hours--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Joey? What the fuck is wrong with you!" Elaya cried angrily, turning around and facing him. They had recently gotten out of the office for the little incident in the cafeteria. All of them were assigned to help set up the Parent/Teacher conference in the gym tomorrow.
"Hey! I was just trying to figure out what happened!"
"Yeah? I told you nothing did happen! And now, your curiosity got us all in trouble!" Elaya then turned around.
"Come on E, it's not that bad. At least we didn't get suspended." Yugi reasoned.
"Yeah yeah.....I know." She responded walking forward.
"Did you at least return the jacket?" Téa asked coming up beside her.
"Yeah. Why would I want to keep it anyways? He just gave it to me because I was cold. And that's it!"
"Right. The last time Kaiba gave anything to anyone was when he had to give Yugi his Egyptian God Card........and he didn't do it out of his free will." Tristan said walking behind the two girls.
"Well, he did it then." Elaya said, hoping that that would silence the whole topic.
"Man, we have to help set up that stupid conference. My dad doesn't even come." Joey said looking at his oh-so-interesting shoes.
"That thing is just for parents who actually want to know about what's going on. My parents really don't care......as long as I'm not failing anyways." Téa said thoughtfully.
"Whether or not our parents go, we'll still have to set up that gym........it's our punishment." Yugi said, walking between Joey and Tristan.
[And the worst part is Kaiba'll be there.] Joey thought bitterly
"That kinda sucks. If our parents don't go, then we can't show them what a terrific job we did!" Elaya joked clasping her hands in front of her chest. The others smiled. "Well, I'll see you all tomorrow. At AND after school. Later!"
"Bye!" Yugi, Téa, Tristan, and Joey said together. They soon all went their separate paths to get home as quick as possible--to mention what happened to their parents.
*~*~*After school--Reader's POV *~*~*
"So, what you'll be doing is unfolding and putting the chairs in the pattern that we've already explained to you. All right? And NO funny business! Is that understood!?!" called Coach Morty.
"Yes, sir" the teenagers said all together.
"Then get to work!" He blew his whistle and left them to start unpacking the chairs from underneath the stage. Instead of helping the others, Kaiba sat in a nearby chair and turned on his laptop.
"Lazy bum!" Joey cried to him.
"Come on Joey, don't start now. We're in as much trouble as it is." Yugi said, pulling Joey away from where the CEO was sitting. Joey narrowed his eyes and reluctantly went to where his friends were already starting to put away the chairs.
"What are we, on a chain gang or something?" Elaya muttered allowed. She felt like those prisoners on the side of the road doing stuff for no apparent reason. They were only a couple minutes into the chair unstacking process and placement and most of them were exhausted. She had brought her guitar with her because she had lessons at 5:00 that afternoon. [Maybe I'll play...] She considered as Joey handed her another chair.
[What morons. Why do they even bother?] Kaiba asked as he continued to type on his computer...oblivious to the fact that Elaya was walking towards him. She snapped the laptop shut, almost cutting his fingers.
"What was that for?" He asked angrily.
"Listen, this punishment is yours too okay? I'd think we'd all appreciate if you got off your sorry ass and did something!" She snapped and shoved a chair in his direction. He held it and then threw it to the ground.
"Pick it up."
"No." He responded calmly. [There is no way I'm doing this type of degrading labour.]
"Fine. You choose. Either, you set up the tables with the table cloths for the coffee machine or you help us set up the chairs."
"Are there any other choices?"
"No." She said and crossed her arms. "Well? Get your ass in gear!" She waited for him to move. He did so, walking towards the tables. [Stupid jerk...just when I thought he came back to the good side.] She thought.
Elaya returned to her friends. "Good job." Téa congratulated. "At least he's doing something."
"Yeah. And it is kinda funny watching him do manual labour." Joey smiled as he watched Kaiba struggle with the table legs for a bit.
Coach Morty returned. "All right you maggots! This is a punishment with zero tolerance and zero socializing!" He blew that whistle again.
[Does that guy think he's actually motivating us with that whistle? It's so annoying!] Yugi thought, unaware that Yami was listening.
\ Well, usually, loud noises cause people to move faster. \
/ Yeah? Well, maybe in your day..but now, it's usually drowned out from the other day-to-day noises. /
\ Need some help? \ Yami asked Yugi as he struggled with a chair underneath a pile. He appeared in spirit form and lent him his strength. He managed to pull it out within seconds.
/ Thanks! /
The day was long and when they were half done, the gang all took a breather. Elaya took out her guitar and began to tune it. She slowly began to play AC/DC's 'You Shook Me All Night Long' She only play the instrumental part of it, but Joey and Tristan gave her the vocal.
"...'Cause the walls start shaking
The earth was quaking
My mind was aching
And we were making it and you--
Shook me all night long" The two of them began to sing--totally off tune. Téa began to dance on whatever dancing space was left with Yugi, and Elaya had to contain herself from going into hysterics as Tristan and Joey did air guitar.
[What a bunch of idiots.] Kaiba thought to himself as he stacked another table up. Although, part of him wanted to join in.
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Chapter #26: First Day Back (II).
*~*~*Elaya's POV*~*~*
I saw him run. He was afraid. I redirect my gaze onto the falling sun and realize that it was past sundown. My watch told me the same thing--it was 6:13. I turned in the other direction and ran. I wrapped Kaiba's jacket around me.........oh wait.....I still have his jacket? Perfect. I was lost in my own thoughts when I slammed into something. And apparently, this something could talk.
"Hey man! Watch where you're going!" The voice said.
"Sorry!" I apologized, looking up. It was Joey! "What are you doing out here so late?"
"Just gonna ask the same thing, E." He said, helping me up. "I just got off work and--hey, isn't that Kaiba's jacket you've got on?"
Just perfect. "No."
"Well, it is, because I can see the little KC on the collar, meaning that it came from KaibaCorp. Why do you have it on anyways?"
"He........um..........gave it to me." I responded, feeling the blush creep in my cheeks.
"Kaiba? Gave you his jacket? I find that really hard to believe." He protested. He put his arms across his chest, making the little dog tags he wore jiggle around a bit.
"Well, it kinda is hard to believe......so I'm not going to tell you any more." I said. This was odd. I was usually so good at lying.
"What did he do to you? Did he threaten ya?" Joey asked, narrowing his gaze.
"No....." I stuttered. "Nothing happened. Don't worry."
"Oh, something's happened alright. You can tell me everything."
"No. Nothing happened." I repeated. Joey's mind must be buzzing with different ideas. "Come on. Let's go home." My blushing faded as the wind grew stronger. Unfortunately, that was the only thing keeping me warm.
*~*~*Joey's POV*~*~*
I know that something is up. It's not like Elaya to be so secretive. What could of happened? Could Elaya know something about him and threatened to tell everyone, and then he threatened her......and then they got into some sort of fight and she ended up with his jacket? Okay, I know that sounds a bit far-fetched, but why else would she be so, 'Nothing happened.' This is driving me nuts! Well, if I can't get it out of her, I'll get it out of Kaiba tomorrow at school when we have lunch. I'll show him not to mess around with my friends!
*~*~*Elaya's POV*~*~*
"Later Joey!" I called out, as I reached my door. I opened it to see my mom buried beneath a pile of papers.
"Mom?"
"Oh, hi honey. How are you?"
"Okay, I guess." I didn't want to go into the whole kiss thing with Kaiba. From what I heard, my mom hates him. Sigh. "And you?"
"Just a bit stressed."
"I thought that you were a news reporter, not a secretary!" I said as I examined the paper around her.
"Well, you need to have background info on the people that you'll be talking to, of course."
"Do you need that much?"
"Apparently so. My boss said--"
"Your boss nothing! That guy doesn't know diddly-squat about anything! I think that a page of info is enough. Not an entire phonebook's worth!" I left her alone and went into my room. I threw off the jacket and it landed in a heap on the floor. I went to my cabinet and took my Scales out.
\\ Elaya? You're back. Did you 'find yourself'? \\ She asked instantly.
// Yeah. You could say that. // I said back, blushing. // It's a very long story! //
*~*~*At School--Reader's POV......Lunch Time*~*~*
"Another assignment! I can't believe this!" Téa shouted furiously. "We just handed one in! And the worst part is they're all the same!" She was mad that their religion teacher had given them another paper to do, about her relationship with God. [Well, right now, it isn't that good!] She thought miserably. She'd been praying for the past week that the school in New York would accept her, and she hadn't gotten a letter yet. It was pissing her off.
"Téa, this is RELIGION we're talking about here. Just make some stuff up and you'll pass." Tristan reasoned.
"Amen to that." Elaya said as she sat down. She didn't really care for religion. She was Catholic, and she didn't need to write essays about it to become more like one. She opened her lunch and looked at it. "Anyone wanna trade? Joey?" Her lunch was a sandwich with cheddar--one type of cheese that wasn't on her all time favourite list.
"What? Sorry, I wasn't listening." Joey answered. He was too preoccupied on looking for Kaiba. Joey knew that he had this lunch. He had seen him a couple of times when his friends had stayed inside the cafeteria.
"I said, do you want to trade lunches? I got cheddar." Elaya said, waving the wrapped sandwich in his face.
"I got peanut butter and jelly."
"Deal." She said, swiping the sandwich away. She noticed that Joey was in another world. [I hope he forgot about yesterday night with the whole jacket thing.] She had dropped it off in Kaiba's mailbox and rang the doorbell. She took off, leaving Kaiba, or whoever opened the door to notice the purple jacket sticking out of the mailbox.
"So, Yug, did your grandpa get those new cards in yet?" Tristan asked taking a bite out of his sandwich.
"Yeah. I have to set them up when I get back from school......." Joey wasn't listening. That's when he saw Kaiba. He was walking towards them, going towards his usual place at the back of the cafeteria.
"Hey! Kaiba! What did you do last nigh--" Joey began to say before Elaya kicked his shin--hard.
"None of your business." Kaiba stopped but didn't turn around.
"Damn straight if it is my business! Elaya's my friend and I want to know what happened last night!"
"Joey, what are you talking about?" Téa and Yugi said.
Joey stood up. "Elaya was walking home last night with HIS jacket, and I want to know EXACTLY what went on!"
Tristan also stood. "Joey, I told you already! NOTHING HAPPENED!" Elaya said looking right at him.
"Why are you covering up for him? He's nothing more than a conniving, selfish bastard, who thinks he's a big-shot, a good for nothing---" Joey couldn't finish, because Kaiba whirled around and pulled him up by his collar.
"Kaiba! Let him go!" Téa said, standing up and walking towards her friends.
"Yeah!" Yugi and Tristan said together.
Kaiba, not listening to their pleas, pulled Joey at least an inch off the ground so that he was face to face. "Now, you listen closely, you mutt, I won't stand here and be offended by someone of the likes of you!"
"Someone of the likes of me?! That's it!" Joey shouted, managing to kick Kaiba in the leg. His grip loosened and Joey was on solid ground again. They were then both at each others throats. Dodging each other's punches and kicks with skill. Tristan, Téa and Yugi tried to hold Joey back and Elaya was doing the same to Kaiba--both to no avail. Kaiba got one good punch on Joey's face and Joey got a few body kicks on him. Soon, the entire student body that was in the cafeteria at the time crowded around them, trying to get in on the action.
"All of you! STOP THIS INSTANT!" Coach Morty called from behind him, blowing his whistle. Mr. Hogan separated the two boys. Joey had a bleeding nose and Kaiba got off with a few bruises. "All of you! To the office! NOW!"
*~*~*After School Hours--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Joey? What the fuck is wrong with you!" Elaya cried angrily, turning around and facing him. They had recently gotten out of the office for the little incident in the cafeteria. All of them were assigned to help set up the Parent/Teacher conference in the gym tomorrow.
"Hey! I was just trying to figure out what happened!"
"Yeah? I told you nothing did happen! And now, your curiosity got us all in trouble!" Elaya then turned around.
"Come on E, it's not that bad. At least we didn't get suspended." Yugi reasoned.
"Yeah yeah.....I know." She responded walking forward.
"Did you at least return the jacket?" Téa asked coming up beside her.
"Yeah. Why would I want to keep it anyways? He just gave it to me because I was cold. And that's it!"
"Right. The last time Kaiba gave anything to anyone was when he had to give Yugi his Egyptian God Card........and he didn't do it out of his free will." Tristan said walking behind the two girls.
"Well, he did it then." Elaya said, hoping that that would silence the whole topic.
"Man, we have to help set up that stupid conference. My dad doesn't even come." Joey said looking at his oh-so-interesting shoes.
"That thing is just for parents who actually want to know about what's going on. My parents really don't care......as long as I'm not failing anyways." Téa said thoughtfully.
"Whether or not our parents go, we'll still have to set up that gym........it's our punishment." Yugi said, walking between Joey and Tristan.
[And the worst part is Kaiba'll be there.] Joey thought bitterly
"That kinda sucks. If our parents don't go, then we can't show them what a terrific job we did!" Elaya joked clasping her hands in front of her chest. The others smiled. "Well, I'll see you all tomorrow. At AND after school. Later!"
"Bye!" Yugi, Téa, Tristan, and Joey said together. They soon all went their separate paths to get home as quick as possible--to mention what happened to their parents.
*~*~*After school--Reader's POV *~*~*
"So, what you'll be doing is unfolding and putting the chairs in the pattern that we've already explained to you. All right? And NO funny business! Is that understood!?!" called Coach Morty.
"Yes, sir" the teenagers said all together.
"Then get to work!" He blew his whistle and left them to start unpacking the chairs from underneath the stage. Instead of helping the others, Kaiba sat in a nearby chair and turned on his laptop.
"Lazy bum!" Joey cried to him.
"Come on Joey, don't start now. We're in as much trouble as it is." Yugi said, pulling Joey away from where the CEO was sitting. Joey narrowed his eyes and reluctantly went to where his friends were already starting to put away the chairs.
"What are we, on a chain gang or something?" Elaya muttered allowed. She felt like those prisoners on the side of the road doing stuff for no apparent reason. They were only a couple minutes into the chair unstacking process and placement and most of them were exhausted. She had brought her guitar with her because she had lessons at 5:00 that afternoon. [Maybe I'll play...] She considered as Joey handed her another chair.
[What morons. Why do they even bother?] Kaiba asked as he continued to type on his computer...oblivious to the fact that Elaya was walking towards him. She snapped the laptop shut, almost cutting his fingers.
"What was that for?" He asked angrily.
"Listen, this punishment is yours too okay? I'd think we'd all appreciate if you got off your sorry ass and did something!" She snapped and shoved a chair in his direction. He held it and then threw it to the ground.
"Pick it up."
"No." He responded calmly. [There is no way I'm doing this type of degrading labour.]
"Fine. You choose. Either, you set up the tables with the table cloths for the coffee machine or you help us set up the chairs."
"Are there any other choices?"
"No." She said and crossed her arms. "Well? Get your ass in gear!" She waited for him to move. He did so, walking towards the tables. [Stupid jerk...just when I thought he came back to the good side.] She thought.
Elaya returned to her friends. "Good job." Téa congratulated. "At least he's doing something."
"Yeah. And it is kinda funny watching him do manual labour." Joey smiled as he watched Kaiba struggle with the table legs for a bit.
Coach Morty returned. "All right you maggots! This is a punishment with zero tolerance and zero socializing!" He blew that whistle again.
[Does that guy think he's actually motivating us with that whistle? It's so annoying!] Yugi thought, unaware that Yami was listening.
\ Well, usually, loud noises cause people to move faster. \
/ Yeah? Well, maybe in your day..but now, it's usually drowned out from the other day-to-day noises. /
\ Need some help? \ Yami asked Yugi as he struggled with a chair underneath a pile. He appeared in spirit form and lent him his strength. He managed to pull it out within seconds.
/ Thanks! /
The day was long and when they were half done, the gang all took a breather. Elaya took out her guitar and began to tune it. She slowly began to play AC/DC's 'You Shook Me All Night Long' She only play the instrumental part of it, but Joey and Tristan gave her the vocal.
"...'Cause the walls start shaking
The earth was quaking
My mind was aching
And we were making it and you--
Shook me all night long" The two of them began to sing--totally off tune. Téa began to dance on whatever dancing space was left with Yugi, and Elaya had to contain herself from going into hysterics as Tristan and Joey did air guitar.
[What a bunch of idiots.] Kaiba thought to himself as he stacked another table up. Although, part of him wanted to join in.