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"Looks like you've got the hang of the door."
Alex sighed. She didn't have to look up to know who it was standing next to her. "Yeah, whatever."
"Walk with me to class?" Bakura asked.
"Do I have a choice?" she asked dryly.
"Of course you have a choice. I was just wondering if you'd willingly walk with me or not."
"And why were you wondering?" she sneered, looking directly into his eyes.
"I feel like I owe you for yesterday," Bakura replied.
"Well, you don't. Now just go away." She closed the door and began to walk to history class. Bakura sighed and leaned against his locker. Why was he bothering?
"Bakura?" He looked up to see Yugi, Tristan, Joey and Tea standing there with queer looks on their faces. "Are you okay? You haven't been hanging out with us lately."
"I'm okay. It's Alex. She's being very distant," he said.
"Why do you care?" Joey asked. "If she doesn't want to hang out, it doesn't matter."
"I guess so. Just, yesterday she helped me out with John. I kind of feel like I owe her one," he replied.
"Forget about her Bakura. You're just going to annoy her if you keep bugging her," Tristan said. Bakura knew his friend was right.
"Yeah. Well, I have to get to class. I'll see you at lunch, okay?" Bakura and his friends said good bye and headed to their classes.
Alex sat at her table alone and watched as Bakura sat down with four other teens. She waited for him to come over and bug her some more, but he didn't. He sat with his back to her, laughing with his friends.
She speared a macaroni from her plate and glared at it.
"They call this food," she muttered, dropping the fork. She sighed, looking across the cafeteria at Bakura's table.
Wait. Did she actually want him to come over? She supposed it was possible. No one had ever come over to her on her first day before. No one had ever followed her around, dealing with her attitude. The more she thought about it, the more she began to feel a sort of respect for Bakura. He was very patient, unlike her.
Well, it didn't matter anyway. Not hungry, she tossed her lunch into the trash, putting her tray on top with the others. She started to the doors, but before she opened them, she glanced over her shoulder. Bakura was looking at her and when he saw her turn around, he waved for her to come over.
Alex hesitated for a minute. Then shaking her head at what she was about to do, she started to his table.
"Hi," Bakura said as Alex plopped into the seat next to him. She dropped her backpack to the floor and nodded a hello.
"Guys, this is Alex. Alex, this is Yugi, Tristan, Joey and Tea," Bakura said to her.
"Yo," she said in a monotone voice. She didn't even know why she was here.
"Hi," Tea said, looking at Bakura like he was nuts. He just shrugged, surprised himself that Alex had come over.
"So, um..." Yugi started, not knowing what to say to her.
She looked around the table, all eyes on her and internally grinned. The uneasy looks they were giving her was boosting her ego.
"Don't let me bug you. You can go on with your conversation," she said, a sly grin on her face.
"R-right," Yugi said, turning his head back to Joey, but watching her out of the corner of his eye.
"So, you're coming to the arcade later, right?" Joey asked his friend.
"Um... yeah, yeah I'm coming," Yugi replied, uncomfortable with having a conversation around Alex.
"Do you want to come to?" Bakura asked Alex, making the other four look at him in surprise.
"Nah, I'm gonna' chill in the park. I got something I'm working on," she said, leaning on the table.
"Oh, what are you working on?" Bakura asked, being careful not to aggravate her.
"Project," she said simply. "You gonna' eat that?" She realized she was getting hungry and Bakura's apple was starting to look really good.
He shook his head and handed it to her. She nodded in gratitude and bit into it with a loud crunch. Bakura didn't press the subject of her project, not wanting to get on her bad side. He was very shocked she was being so easy going as it was.
"So you guys always chill together?" she asked.
"Most of the time," Yugi replied, rather stunned.
"And you always go to the arcade?"
Bakura stared at her. This was the most she had ever said to anyone ever since she had gotten there.
"Well, no. We go over to each other's houses too," Tea said and Alex nodded.
She crunched on her apple and grinned at them. "Do you ever do anything interesting? I mean, the arcade's cool, but anything else?"
"We play Duel Monsters!" Joey said. "And enter competitions. In the Duelist Kingdom Tournament I came in second place," he said proudly. "And Yugi here's the best duelist in the world!"
At this Alex seemed mildly interested. But she simply nodded and crunched on her apple. "That's pretty cool."
"You're not very talkative," Tea said and Alex looked at her. Tea thought for a moment she had said the wrong thing, but then the punk began to laugh.
"You haven't seen me when I get started. No one can usually shut me up. Take my silence when you can get it," she said.
At this Bakura grinned. She had a sense of humor! "Looks like you have something in common with Joey," he said. Everyone laughed except for Joey, who glared at his friend.
"Good one," Alex said, mildly surprised at Bakura's comment. She hadn't expected something like that to come out of his mouth.
Bakura stared at her for a second, shocked. Did she really just... compliment him?
"Hey, I gotta' go to class. I'll catch you later," Alex said, bending down to get her backpack and slinging it over one shoulder as she stood.
"Yeah, I'll walk with you. Did you know we have all the same classes?" Bakura asked his friends, trying not to sound to excited about it.
"Are you serious?" Tristan asked, surprised. Bakura nodded.
"Hey, are you coming or not?" Alex asked, hitting Bakura in the shoulder lightly.
"Uh, yeah," he replied, grabbing his own backpack and swinging it over one shoulder. Yugi raised an eyebrow at this but said nothing. Bakura usually wore it on both shoulders. "I'll see you later," Bakura said, leaving with Alex.
Suddenly, Alex stopped and looked over her shoulder. "By the way," she said to Yugi. "Cool do."
Yugi stared at her. "Uh, thanks." Bakura raised his eyebrows, surprised. He gave his friend a thumbs up and left with the punk.
"Wow," was all Tea could manage to say.
"Why is Bakura trying so hard to be her friend?" Tristan asked, confused.
"I don't know, but what ever he's doing is working!" Yugi replied.
"Well, she doesn't think he's a punk... Bakura could /never/ pull that off!" Joey said, earning laughs.
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"You seem to get along with your friends real well," Alex said as she and Bakura made their way to science class.
"Uh, yeah... we do," Bakura replied. /She/ had instigated a conversation? Just yesterday she had been cold as ice... what had changed?
The backpack on his shoulder was becoming very uncomfortable and he had to keep hitching it up.
Alex looked out of the corner of her eye and laughed at him. Without warning she reached around and slid the other strap onto his shoulder, evening out the weight. Bakura stared at her, feeling his face begin to grow warm.
"If you can't handle it, don't do it. And don't try to be cool for me. That's pathetic," Alex said. Her face was cold, but her eyes were grinning.
Bakura gave a nervous laugh. "R-right," he stuttered.
"Yo, we're here," Alex said after a few seconds. Bakura nodded and followed her into the classroom, the two of them earning a lot of surprised stares from various students.
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a/n: Alex is kinda' weird, huh? One day she's your friend, the other she doesn't know you. Oh, but that will all change soon enough... keep reading if you want to know! Oh, and the more reviews I get, the faster I post! Soooo REVIEW!
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"Looks like you've got the hang of the door."
Alex sighed. She didn't have to look up to know who it was standing next to her. "Yeah, whatever."
"Walk with me to class?" Bakura asked.
"Do I have a choice?" she asked dryly.
"Of course you have a choice. I was just wondering if you'd willingly walk with me or not."
"And why were you wondering?" she sneered, looking directly into his eyes.
"I feel like I owe you for yesterday," Bakura replied.
"Well, you don't. Now just go away." She closed the door and began to walk to history class. Bakura sighed and leaned against his locker. Why was he bothering?
"Bakura?" He looked up to see Yugi, Tristan, Joey and Tea standing there with queer looks on their faces. "Are you okay? You haven't been hanging out with us lately."
"I'm okay. It's Alex. She's being very distant," he said.
"Why do you care?" Joey asked. "If she doesn't want to hang out, it doesn't matter."
"I guess so. Just, yesterday she helped me out with John. I kind of feel like I owe her one," he replied.
"Forget about her Bakura. You're just going to annoy her if you keep bugging her," Tristan said. Bakura knew his friend was right.
"Yeah. Well, I have to get to class. I'll see you at lunch, okay?" Bakura and his friends said good bye and headed to their classes.
Alex sat at her table alone and watched as Bakura sat down with four other teens. She waited for him to come over and bug her some more, but he didn't. He sat with his back to her, laughing with his friends.
She speared a macaroni from her plate and glared at it.
"They call this food," she muttered, dropping the fork. She sighed, looking across the cafeteria at Bakura's table.
Wait. Did she actually want him to come over? She supposed it was possible. No one had ever come over to her on her first day before. No one had ever followed her around, dealing with her attitude. The more she thought about it, the more she began to feel a sort of respect for Bakura. He was very patient, unlike her.
Well, it didn't matter anyway. Not hungry, she tossed her lunch into the trash, putting her tray on top with the others. She started to the doors, but before she opened them, she glanced over her shoulder. Bakura was looking at her and when he saw her turn around, he waved for her to come over.
Alex hesitated for a minute. Then shaking her head at what she was about to do, she started to his table.
"Hi," Bakura said as Alex plopped into the seat next to him. She dropped her backpack to the floor and nodded a hello.
"Guys, this is Alex. Alex, this is Yugi, Tristan, Joey and Tea," Bakura said to her.
"Yo," she said in a monotone voice. She didn't even know why she was here.
"Hi," Tea said, looking at Bakura like he was nuts. He just shrugged, surprised himself that Alex had come over.
"So, um..." Yugi started, not knowing what to say to her.
She looked around the table, all eyes on her and internally grinned. The uneasy looks they were giving her was boosting her ego.
"Don't let me bug you. You can go on with your conversation," she said, a sly grin on her face.
"R-right," Yugi said, turning his head back to Joey, but watching her out of the corner of his eye.
"So, you're coming to the arcade later, right?" Joey asked his friend.
"Um... yeah, yeah I'm coming," Yugi replied, uncomfortable with having a conversation around Alex.
"Do you want to come to?" Bakura asked Alex, making the other four look at him in surprise.
"Nah, I'm gonna' chill in the park. I got something I'm working on," she said, leaning on the table.
"Oh, what are you working on?" Bakura asked, being careful not to aggravate her.
"Project," she said simply. "You gonna' eat that?" She realized she was getting hungry and Bakura's apple was starting to look really good.
He shook his head and handed it to her. She nodded in gratitude and bit into it with a loud crunch. Bakura didn't press the subject of her project, not wanting to get on her bad side. He was very shocked she was being so easy going as it was.
"So you guys always chill together?" she asked.
"Most of the time," Yugi replied, rather stunned.
"And you always go to the arcade?"
Bakura stared at her. This was the most she had ever said to anyone ever since she had gotten there.
"Well, no. We go over to each other's houses too," Tea said and Alex nodded.
She crunched on her apple and grinned at them. "Do you ever do anything interesting? I mean, the arcade's cool, but anything else?"
"We play Duel Monsters!" Joey said. "And enter competitions. In the Duelist Kingdom Tournament I came in second place," he said proudly. "And Yugi here's the best duelist in the world!"
At this Alex seemed mildly interested. But she simply nodded and crunched on her apple. "That's pretty cool."
"You're not very talkative," Tea said and Alex looked at her. Tea thought for a moment she had said the wrong thing, but then the punk began to laugh.
"You haven't seen me when I get started. No one can usually shut me up. Take my silence when you can get it," she said.
At this Bakura grinned. She had a sense of humor! "Looks like you have something in common with Joey," he said. Everyone laughed except for Joey, who glared at his friend.
"Good one," Alex said, mildly surprised at Bakura's comment. She hadn't expected something like that to come out of his mouth.
Bakura stared at her for a second, shocked. Did she really just... compliment him?
"Hey, I gotta' go to class. I'll catch you later," Alex said, bending down to get her backpack and slinging it over one shoulder as she stood.
"Yeah, I'll walk with you. Did you know we have all the same classes?" Bakura asked his friends, trying not to sound to excited about it.
"Are you serious?" Tristan asked, surprised. Bakura nodded.
"Hey, are you coming or not?" Alex asked, hitting Bakura in the shoulder lightly.
"Uh, yeah," he replied, grabbing his own backpack and swinging it over one shoulder. Yugi raised an eyebrow at this but said nothing. Bakura usually wore it on both shoulders. "I'll see you later," Bakura said, leaving with Alex.
Suddenly, Alex stopped and looked over her shoulder. "By the way," she said to Yugi. "Cool do."
Yugi stared at her. "Uh, thanks." Bakura raised his eyebrows, surprised. He gave his friend a thumbs up and left with the punk.
"Wow," was all Tea could manage to say.
"Why is Bakura trying so hard to be her friend?" Tristan asked, confused.
"I don't know, but what ever he's doing is working!" Yugi replied.
"Well, she doesn't think he's a punk... Bakura could /never/ pull that off!" Joey said, earning laughs.
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"You seem to get along with your friends real well," Alex said as she and Bakura made their way to science class.
"Uh, yeah... we do," Bakura replied. /She/ had instigated a conversation? Just yesterday she had been cold as ice... what had changed?
The backpack on his shoulder was becoming very uncomfortable and he had to keep hitching it up.
Alex looked out of the corner of her eye and laughed at him. Without warning she reached around and slid the other strap onto his shoulder, evening out the weight. Bakura stared at her, feeling his face begin to grow warm.
"If you can't handle it, don't do it. And don't try to be cool for me. That's pathetic," Alex said. Her face was cold, but her eyes were grinning.
Bakura gave a nervous laugh. "R-right," he stuttered.
"Yo, we're here," Alex said after a few seconds. Bakura nodded and followed her into the classroom, the two of them earning a lot of surprised stares from various students.
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a/n: Alex is kinda' weird, huh? One day she's your friend, the other she doesn't know you. Oh, but that will all change soon enough... keep reading if you want to know! Oh, and the more reviews I get, the faster I post! Soooo REVIEW!