I'm sorry. This chapter is a long time coming. School started and my mom's work schedule got less, uh, even? And the last one went kind of fast. Well, I'm typin now, Chapter 7- The Diagnosis and Some Kiss-Happy People
Yugi and Tea were really getting into their kiss. Yugi could feel his surroundings melting away at his happiest moment thus far in his life. Tea was so pleased that she had finally kissed Yugi, that she lost herself completely in their kiss. She felt his right hand in her hair, and his left hand on her back. He slid it down an inch or two, then back up, pulling Tea in closer. She felt her hair getting messed up, but didn't care, as her own hands were intwined in his. Serenity and Joey were still watching from the corner, happy that the two had finally gotten it together. The Dr. walked into the room and coughed to catch their attention. Yugi tried to ignore the pesky noise. It persisted a few more times, so they pulled away from each other slowly and giggled nervously. Then Yugi noticed the doctor.
"Uh," Yugi stammered, "We can finish this conversation later." Tea fixed her hair as best as she could, and straightened her shirt.
(A.N.: Yugi got feisty!)
"Sorry to interupt, but your friend is out of surgery, and all stitched up, but he isn't conscious yet. One person can go in." Serenity looked at Joey, her eyes full of pleading.
"Awww, sis! Don't do the sad, puppy-eyed look." He caved. "Alright." She lit up like a chinese firecracker, only she stayed lit up. "I was going to say you should anyway. Before you got all pathetic looking."
A nurse poked her head in. "Doctor Georgian, a Miss. Uhh, "She looked at her clipvoard, "Valentine came in. She was in a car accident. Potential emergency."
"Wait! Mai Valentine?" Joey chased them out. "Where?"
"Did they say Valentine?" Tea looked worried. "Do you think it's her?"
"I'm thinking Joey will tell us," Yugi said. "But I want to talk with you for a little while longer."
"Do you mean talk or the talking we were doing?" She looked at him flirtatiously.
"Talk." He said firmly. "About us."
"Oh." Tea looked kind of sad. "Well, I love you. I want to go on dates with you. What else is there? Except, right now, we are alone. No doctor is expected, and unless there is another freak accident tonight. On top of Tristan's, and the one that might be Mai. I think we're due for another kiss."
"Okay." Yugi dove onto the loveseat Tea was sitting on and nuzzled at her neck before kissing her fully on the mouth. Before they knew it, Tea was on her back, holding Yugi's head close to hers, so even when she had to take a breath, he was right there. Not that he would've pulled away anyway. His hand slid down her side, and started to slide her shirt up, but he stopped and started tangling her hair again.
Joey chased the doctor down the hall and saw Mai rolled through on a stretcher, just barely conscious. "Mai!" He leaned over her and held her hand.
"Joey?" Mai's eyes fluttered open. "Is that you, Joey?"
"Shhh." Joey felt a tear slide down his cheek as she lost consciousness and fell back on the pillow. He let go of her hand and watched her as she was pulled into the emergency room that Tristan had been in. "I'm here Mai," he whispered.
Joey had been pacing back and forth in the small hallway, declining every offer the nurse made for him to go into a waiting room. He was replaying in his mind the time Mai was dueling that actor Jean-Claude, and he had lost, but tried to take her anyway. The moment he realized that Mai trusted him enough to let him catch her from two or three stories up, that gave him the best feeling, even though he wouldn't let her know. But he swore that if she would be okay, he would tell her. He would tell her everything. Just then, the doors at the end of the hall flew open, and Mai was rolled out slower than before. Joey ran up to her side. "Mai?"
"She'll be fine, son." The doctor reassured him. "Would you like to sit with her?"
"Yes!" Joey blurted. They were rolled into a room right next to Tristan's. [Convenient, huh?] As soon as the doctor and his nurse were out of the way, he pulled a chair up to her bedside. For the second time since the divorce, Joey prayed.
Around five minutes later, Serenity walked back into the waiting room. Tristan had woken up, and he wanted to see Joey. "EEP!" Yugi's and Tea's heads whipped towards the door, and Tea shoved Yugi up so she could sit up and fix her hair again. Her shirt had come unzipped an inch or two, and she quickly zipped it back up. Yugi grabbed his jacket up off the floor and slid in and zipped it up. They were both blushing bright red.
"What's up, Serenity?"
"Tristan wants Joey."
"He's with Mai." Tea joined in. "Uh, we think."
"Oh. Well, if you two want to see Tristan, I can lead you to his room."
"Alright." They got up and walked behind Serenity, holding hands.
Mai opened her eyes just enough to realize that she wasn't home, and groaned in pain when she tried to sit up.
"Whoa, Mai!" Joey pushed her shoulders back down to the bed. "Don't move."
"Joey?" Mai looked at him in obvious relief. "I thought I was dreaming before."
He smiled. "Good dream, or bad?"
"Very good." She looked around. Where..?"
"The hospital. You were in some kind of car accident."
"Why are you here?"
"Tristan was pushed out a second floor window and landed on a metal rod. He just got out of E.R. a little while ago."
"I meant, why are you here, by my bed?"
"Oh. Well, I heard the nurse say Valentine, and chased her and the doctor down the hall. I waited in the hall for you to come back out, and I wanted to be here when you woke up."
"Why? I mean, not that I'm objecting, but," she tried to sit up again, and groaned.
"Don't try to move anymore. I don't want you to hurt more than you already do."
"Tell me why."
"Aww, you know why, Mai." He blushed and hung his head.
She reached out and touched the side of his chin. "Please?"
He looked up and looked her straight in the eye. "I love you, Mai."
"She smiled and relaxed on her pillow, still touching his face. "I know. I love you, too, Joey Wheeler."
"If you knew, then why did you make me... what?"
"I love you."
Joey laughed nervously. "So, what now?"
"Well, if you would let me sit up, I'd kiss you right about now." Joey smiled and leaned down to kiss her, but changed his mind and pressed his lips against her forehead. "Very gentleman like. I wouldn't have expected that from you, Joey."
Then, surprising Mai again, Joey didn't fight her over the insult. "Get some rest, I'll be next door with Tristan. Okay?"
"Tell him to get better."
"Okay. Sleep tight." She smiled, and fell asleep almost immediately as he kissed her hand. He stepped into the hall and leaned against the dorr, his eyes closed. "She love me." He could barely believe what a day this had been. Talking with Tea, her being kidnapped, the search, the fight, Serenity and Tristan, Tea and Yugi, and now, Mai and himself. "I can't believe Mai loves me, too." He grinned.
"What?!?" Serenity, Tea and Yugi, coming down the hall, stopped and stared and Joey.
What do you think? I think the next installment will be all the important conversations. I'll have trouble with Tea and Yugi, though. Help? Good night!
Yugi and Tea were really getting into their kiss. Yugi could feel his surroundings melting away at his happiest moment thus far in his life. Tea was so pleased that she had finally kissed Yugi, that she lost herself completely in their kiss. She felt his right hand in her hair, and his left hand on her back. He slid it down an inch or two, then back up, pulling Tea in closer. She felt her hair getting messed up, but didn't care, as her own hands were intwined in his. Serenity and Joey were still watching from the corner, happy that the two had finally gotten it together. The Dr. walked into the room and coughed to catch their attention. Yugi tried to ignore the pesky noise. It persisted a few more times, so they pulled away from each other slowly and giggled nervously. Then Yugi noticed the doctor.
"Uh," Yugi stammered, "We can finish this conversation later." Tea fixed her hair as best as she could, and straightened her shirt.
(A.N.: Yugi got feisty!)
"Sorry to interupt, but your friend is out of surgery, and all stitched up, but he isn't conscious yet. One person can go in." Serenity looked at Joey, her eyes full of pleading.
"Awww, sis! Don't do the sad, puppy-eyed look." He caved. "Alright." She lit up like a chinese firecracker, only she stayed lit up. "I was going to say you should anyway. Before you got all pathetic looking."
A nurse poked her head in. "Doctor Georgian, a Miss. Uhh, "She looked at her clipvoard, "Valentine came in. She was in a car accident. Potential emergency."
"Wait! Mai Valentine?" Joey chased them out. "Where?"
"Did they say Valentine?" Tea looked worried. "Do you think it's her?"
"I'm thinking Joey will tell us," Yugi said. "But I want to talk with you for a little while longer."
"Do you mean talk or the talking we were doing?" She looked at him flirtatiously.
"Talk." He said firmly. "About us."
"Oh." Tea looked kind of sad. "Well, I love you. I want to go on dates with you. What else is there? Except, right now, we are alone. No doctor is expected, and unless there is another freak accident tonight. On top of Tristan's, and the one that might be Mai. I think we're due for another kiss."
"Okay." Yugi dove onto the loveseat Tea was sitting on and nuzzled at her neck before kissing her fully on the mouth. Before they knew it, Tea was on her back, holding Yugi's head close to hers, so even when she had to take a breath, he was right there. Not that he would've pulled away anyway. His hand slid down her side, and started to slide her shirt up, but he stopped and started tangling her hair again.
Joey chased the doctor down the hall and saw Mai rolled through on a stretcher, just barely conscious. "Mai!" He leaned over her and held her hand.
"Joey?" Mai's eyes fluttered open. "Is that you, Joey?"
"Shhh." Joey felt a tear slide down his cheek as she lost consciousness and fell back on the pillow. He let go of her hand and watched her as she was pulled into the emergency room that Tristan had been in. "I'm here Mai," he whispered.
Joey had been pacing back and forth in the small hallway, declining every offer the nurse made for him to go into a waiting room. He was replaying in his mind the time Mai was dueling that actor Jean-Claude, and he had lost, but tried to take her anyway. The moment he realized that Mai trusted him enough to let him catch her from two or three stories up, that gave him the best feeling, even though he wouldn't let her know. But he swore that if she would be okay, he would tell her. He would tell her everything. Just then, the doors at the end of the hall flew open, and Mai was rolled out slower than before. Joey ran up to her side. "Mai?"
"She'll be fine, son." The doctor reassured him. "Would you like to sit with her?"
"Yes!" Joey blurted. They were rolled into a room right next to Tristan's. [Convenient, huh?] As soon as the doctor and his nurse were out of the way, he pulled a chair up to her bedside. For the second time since the divorce, Joey prayed.
Around five minutes later, Serenity walked back into the waiting room. Tristan had woken up, and he wanted to see Joey. "EEP!" Yugi's and Tea's heads whipped towards the door, and Tea shoved Yugi up so she could sit up and fix her hair again. Her shirt had come unzipped an inch or two, and she quickly zipped it back up. Yugi grabbed his jacket up off the floor and slid in and zipped it up. They were both blushing bright red.
"What's up, Serenity?"
"Tristan wants Joey."
"He's with Mai." Tea joined in. "Uh, we think."
"Oh. Well, if you two want to see Tristan, I can lead you to his room."
"Alright." They got up and walked behind Serenity, holding hands.
Mai opened her eyes just enough to realize that she wasn't home, and groaned in pain when she tried to sit up.
"Whoa, Mai!" Joey pushed her shoulders back down to the bed. "Don't move."
"Joey?" Mai looked at him in obvious relief. "I thought I was dreaming before."
He smiled. "Good dream, or bad?"
"Very good." She looked around. Where..?"
"The hospital. You were in some kind of car accident."
"Why are you here?"
"Tristan was pushed out a second floor window and landed on a metal rod. He just got out of E.R. a little while ago."
"I meant, why are you here, by my bed?"
"Oh. Well, I heard the nurse say Valentine, and chased her and the doctor down the hall. I waited in the hall for you to come back out, and I wanted to be here when you woke up."
"Why? I mean, not that I'm objecting, but," she tried to sit up again, and groaned.
"Don't try to move anymore. I don't want you to hurt more than you already do."
"Tell me why."
"Aww, you know why, Mai." He blushed and hung his head.
She reached out and touched the side of his chin. "Please?"
He looked up and looked her straight in the eye. "I love you, Mai."
"She smiled and relaxed on her pillow, still touching his face. "I know. I love you, too, Joey Wheeler."
"If you knew, then why did you make me... what?"
"I love you."
Joey laughed nervously. "So, what now?"
"Well, if you would let me sit up, I'd kiss you right about now." Joey smiled and leaned down to kiss her, but changed his mind and pressed his lips against her forehead. "Very gentleman like. I wouldn't have expected that from you, Joey."
Then, surprising Mai again, Joey didn't fight her over the insult. "Get some rest, I'll be next door with Tristan. Okay?"
"Tell him to get better."
"Okay. Sleep tight." She smiled, and fell asleep almost immediately as he kissed her hand. He stepped into the hall and leaned against the dorr, his eyes closed. "She love me." He could barely believe what a day this had been. Talking with Tea, her being kidnapped, the search, the fight, Serenity and Tristan, Tea and Yugi, and now, Mai and himself. "I can't believe Mai loves me, too." He grinned.
"What?!?" Serenity, Tea and Yugi, coming down the hall, stopped and stared and Joey.
What do you think? I think the next installment will be all the important conversations. I'll have trouble with Tea and Yugi, though. Help? Good night!