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Chapter #28: The Big Night--Surprises

*~*~*Elaya's POV*~*~*

"Talk about snazzy!" Mai cried as she popped her head into the limo. "Someone like me could DEFINITELY get used to this!" She plopped herself on the nearest leather seat and Joey sat beside her. How cute. Tristan went in next to sit beside Yugi, who, by coincidence, was sitting oh-so close to Téa....blushing. I smirked as I took the empty seat that was opposite to them.

"Mr. Motou?" A voice called over the black intercom box, which was right beside my ear. Yugi got up quickly and pressed the talk button down.

"Yes?"

"I'm happy that you have chosen Ace Chauffer for your driving needs....I'm sorry that I had to say that, it's obligatory." Everyone smirked

"It's okay."

"Anyways, just here to confirm that ya'll will be going to the Genuine Ball Room and Dining for this evening?"

"Yup. You have the directions, right?"

"Yes sir. Well then, buckle your seatbelts, we'll be off." The limo's engine started to run. "What time would you like pickup?"

"Hold on." Yugi said. Then he turned to us. "Well? What time?"

"Hate to be a party poop, but my mom said no later than midnight....Tell him to pick us up at one."

"Everyone agree?" Yugi asked the others. They all nodded at once. He pressed the button down again. "One o'clock sir."

"Alrighty! Can do!" The fuzzy static came on then it was abruptly stopped. The ride continued. And, the awkward silence came upon us like a plague of flies. I coughed loudly.

"SO.....anyone see that hockey game last night?" It was the first thing that came to mind--sue me.

"Hockey isn't even in season." Tristan smirked and everyone laughed.

"Well, YOU try to find something interesting to talk about!"

In deep thought for about five minutes, he finally said, "Hey, anyone see that hockey game last night?" We all burst into laughter. I kinda zoned out after that...I became extremely fascinated with my toenails. Mai had painted mine silver and Téa's gold. I was very colour coordinated tonight.

"Hey! E! What do you think?"

"Huh?!" I looked up to see that Joey was talking to me.

"I said, 'What do you think?' Should Yugi ask Téa to dance or not?" He smiled and Yugi blushed like crazy. Téa looked like she wanted to kill Joey.

"JOEY!" The little one cried. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!"

"I speak the truth and nothing but it." He put plainly. Mai smacked him at the back of the head.

"True or not, stop being such an insensitive jerk Joey. But, I must say that Téa should ask Yugi to dance tonight."

"MAI!" Téa blushed

"Me? Insensitive? Who do I look like, Kaiba?" Joey asked rubbing the part that Mai had just recently hit.

"Aw. You two look like an old married couple." I said. They both blushed. If any of their faces got any redder, I would of sworn that I was riding in a tomato field. "Anyways," I said, trying to pick another topic other than relationships, "What type of food do you think they will be serving?"

"Any food is fine by me!"

"While we eat to live, Joey lives to eat." Tristan put sarcastically.

"And what's that supposed to mean, string-bean?!" Oh no. Look what I have started.

I coughed again. "Anyways, before you two kill each other...." That's when the intercom came back on again.

"Sorry to interrupt and eavesdrop, but if 'Téa' and 'Yugi' really like each other then they should ask each other." Everyone in the entire car froze.

"How much have you exactly heard?" Mai asked slowly

"Enough to know that you guys are gonna have a blast tonight! Well, it isn't my fault that you guys left the intercom open!"

"Good one Yugi." Everyone said. We all laughed.

"Alrighty, the destination is upon us. Journey forth!" The man over the intercom said.

"Do you know how corny that sounds?" I said, mimicking Kaiba from the hospital.

"Well, yes. But, anyways, I'll be around in a second to open the doors." The car stopped moving. The doors opened and we all stepped out. I felt like a giant, with an EXTREMELY bad sense of balance. Once again, I almost fell on my head from stumbling on my one and a half inch heals. That just proves how pathetic I really am.

\\ Oh come now....You are not THAT pathetic. If it matters, I have never walked in 'heels' only flat-footed sandals. \\ Justi said. I smirked.

We entered the room gracefully. It was beautiful. Lights and streamers were everywhere. All the different tables were set up and Téa and I specifically asked to be seated next to the dance floor. We were SO gonna get our groove on tonight. Greg, out of nowhere, came to us.

"Names."

"Greg, what the hell is wrong with you? You know perfectly well what ALL of our names are." Tristan said.

Greg all smug in his tux looked up. "It's for the table you dingus."

"Take that back you little shrimp!"

"GUYS! This is prom! Behave yourselves!" Téa said coming between the two. For some reason, Greg looked a lot shorter. He was just about Yugi's height- -only a little taller. It must be the shoes.

"We" I said, referring to me and Téa, "made the table under 'W.G.Wx2.T.M.V.'" If you haven't already guessed, those where just our last names.

"What gives with all the abbreviations?!" Joey asked.

Mai sighed. "The first W stands for White, the G. stands for Gardner, the Wx2 stands for Wheelers, the T stands for Taylor, the M. stands for Motou and the V stands for Valentine. Get it?"

"Oh..wait...why did you say, 'WheelerS?'" Joey asked suspiciously.

"Jeeze Joey." Mai said quickly. "It was just the slip of the tongue." Of course, Joey was still on to us. And so was Tristan.

"Right this way." Greg said leading us deeper into the room. We got a pretty decent table. It had this corny white tablecloth with graduation hats all over it. Well, actually, it was reversed, but you could still see them. This was prom! Graduation comes later! We all sat down, Joey beside Mai who was beside Tristan, who was beside an empty chair. Yugi and Téa sat together as well and I sat beside Téa and another empty chair.

Greg left us alone, after looking at Mai suspiciously. What is this? Some kind of mystery flick? Where everyone is a suspect? I hope Serenity comes soon. Tristan looks so lonely.

"Ugh, what kind of music is this?" Téa asked.

"They are called 'gino beats' and they are extremely annoying." I responded acting like one of those narrators on those documentaries you see on TV. "I know, it does suck, doesn't it?"

"If they could play some decent music...." Téa started to say

"You could actually ask Yugi to dance." Joey interrupted. Then the blushing started.

Yugi took action. He threw a bread roll at Joey, hitting him in the head. It plopped harmlessly in his lap and he took a bit of it. "Thanks Yug, I was getting pretty hungry anyways." I rolled my eyes.

I redirected my gaze to the door. A petite girl in a blue dress appeared looking around. From the pictures, I saw I knew that it was Serenity. I waved and she began to walk towards us. She went behind Tristan and put her hands over his eyes.

"Guess who, Tristan?" She asked.

"Serenity! What are you doing here?!" Tristan asked standing up and almost knocking his chair down. Joey was as surprised as he was.

"Surprise!" She smiled. "I've come to spend the night with you guys.....you especially, Tristan."

That was a Kodiak moment. As corny and obvious as that sounded, it was still really cute. Joey hugged his sister afterwards, swore to kill Tristan if he did any 'funny business' and then they all sat down. She filled up the empty seat next to Tristan, leaving me beside the only empty seat. Yea!

Our meal came after. It was the standard chicken, potato, and veggie plate. Our waiter spoke French, so when Joey asked him what exactly they were serving him, he answered,

"Poulet, monsieur, avec les pommes de terre et les légumes."

"Uh...English please?" Joey asked, looking at the fold out table that had our plates on them.

"It means frog legs with a mushroom cream sauce." I put bluntly.

"WOAH! THERE IS NO WAY I'M EATING FROG---"

"Joey, she was just kidding. What he said was that we were having chicken with potatoes and vegetables. That's all." Serenity put in calmly as Joey almost fell over his chair.

"I knew that...." He said silently as he began to eat. Mai shook her head.

"No wonder you almost failed French" Tristan muttered.

I kinda didn't pay attention after that. I looked around the room. I spotted Melissa and her gang of friends with their dates. Melissa had on this swoop neck dress that looked like a ballroom gown and her date, I think, was the captain of the soccer team. He was a nice guy. I have him in my physics class....but I must say, he can do A LOT better than..that thing.

I look behind me and see someone else enter the room. Load and behold, Mr. Arrogance himself, Kaiba. He was wearing an all black suit with a black tie as well. Must be his favourite colour. It suits him though, makes his personality really shine. He still had that silver briefcase. Is it attached to his hand or something? Oh well. He pushes past Greg and finds himself in a small table in the farthest corner of the room. Can anyone spell loner?

"Yea, sure, L-O-N-E-R. Why did you ask Elaya?" Tristan asked. I can't believe I said that out loud.

"Nothing. I thought it would be...um....with an 'a'." I answered stupidly and returned to my meal. I looked back to him.....sigh. Why did he have to be like that?! Unless he doesn't do anything soon, he'll be a loner for the rest of his life. It is pretty sad if you think about it. Almost depressing. I guess that it isn't his fault entirely. He had a warped childhood---no wait, rephrase that--He DIDN'T have a childhood.

"Hey, hun, are you alright?" Mai asked concerned.

"Uh, yeah. Right as rain!" I responded cheerfully.

"Then why are you cutting your chicken with a spoon?" Tristan asked. I looked at my plate and noticed a horribly mangled piece of chicken with my knife untouched at the sides.

I laughed nervously. "The teeth on the knife were no better than the spoon's!" Joey recognized this.

"Yeah, this knife is like a butter knife." He said inspecting the knife at all sides, trying to look like Sherlock Holmes. The conversation drifted off from there. I looked over my shoulder and noticed that he wasn't eating anything. He was a fucking string bean and he--out of all people--wouldn't eat. He had that stupid laptop opened and was typing away. Why did he even bother coming if he was going to do what he would do at home?

\\ Maybe young Mokuba told him to come. \\ Justi answered

// And why would he do that? //

\\ Because he cares for his older brother. He wants him to become more social. Like you do. \\

The truth of those words struck me. She was right.

The night continued to be uneventful--except to the fact that Joey almost choked on a piece of salad and that Melissa spilled juice on her dress-- until the last part of our meal was served. Still, Kaiba wasn't eating anything, but I could have easily taken on his plate as well as my own. I was so hungry.....I was finished eating when Téa and Yugi stood up.

"Hey E? Wanna come dance with us?" Téa asked.

"With that music playing? You've got to be kidding me." I grabbed my matching purse and opened it. Inside were a pack of breath mints, a mirror, an old sheet of paper with some number on it, and my CD packet. I took it out and began to walk on the empty dance floor towards the disc jockey. I climbed on stage, wobbling in my heels and whispered in his ear,

"Do you mind if you could play these songs?" I showed him the CD's and he nodded. That's when I walked up the front of the stage and went right in front of the mike. I could see that almost everyone was done eating.

"Hello Domino Public High School!!" I shouted loudly into the mike. Everyone looked up, including Kaiba. "Hey! You guys in the back, I'm talking to you too!" In a corner, there was this table full of the class clowns. "I can see that finger! Just pay attention for a sec, alright?" How rude. Who flips the bird to a girl on stage?

"Anyways, the meal is over and I can see that this dance floor is packed!" A few giggles. "Listen, I didn't pay $1000 plus $500 for my hair just to stand around all night...so, I would like everyone to stand up. Come on, just do it! Now, pick a partner, your girlfriend, boyfriend, best bud or gal, and take eight GIANT steps towards the dance floor." Everyone complied with my instructions. Luckily, the DJ caught on to what I was doing and began playing the first song on my CD, 'Come on Over Baby' by Christina Aguilera. That's when I grabbed the mike and began to sing and dance along.

"Come on over, come on over baby,

*~*

Hey boy don't you know

I got something going on

I've got an invitation

Don't you keep me waiting all night long

*~*

I know, you know, so baby don't

Pretend you won't, keep me guessing if you

You will or you won't

Don't wanna play that game with you baby

Said listen to me...

*~*

All I want is you, come over here baby

All I want is you, you know you make me go crazy

All I want is you, now baby don't be shy

You better cross the line

I'm gonna love you right

'Cause all I want is you

*~*

Come on over, come on over baby

*~*

I'm not just talking

About your sexuality

But I can't help myself

When you put your hands on me

*~*

It's paradise, when you and I

Get close, get tight

One on one I wanna, go all, all night

I wanna play that game with you baby

Listen to me...

*~*

All I want is you, come over here baby

All I want is you, you know you make me go crazy

All I want is you now baby don't be shy

You better cross the line

I'm gonna love you right

'Cause all I want is you

*~*

Come on over, come on over baby

*~*

All...I...

All I want is you

Ohh, ohh baby

All I want is you, oh you make me go crazy,

*~*

All I want is you, now baby don't be shy

You better cross the line

I'm gonna love you right

'Cause all I want is you

*~*

All I want is you, you make me go crazy, you

All I want is you, now baby don't be shy

You better cross the line

I'm gonna love you right

'Cause all I want is you..." I looked directly at Seto. And he was
looking back.

*~*

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