a/n: I got a load and a half of good reviews for last chapter. Lets see if I get this many for this one...
I'm so sorry I haven't updated! I have been out of town for a whole week!! *cries* But I'm back now, soooo...
Bakura entered his room and closed the door behind him. He couldn't get what had just happened out of his head. He touched his Millennium Ring and smiled.
Those had been the first words out of her mouth that had seemed true. Honest and from her heart. He hadn't known she had so much in common with him. He had never expected that little black book to contain what it did. Not if /she/ owned it.
Her heart wasn't completely ice as he had first thought. Something told him she wasn't how she appeared at all. Something about that time they spent in the park said she was hiding things... emotions. Something about her tone said that she wanted a friend, no matter how much she denied it. He was going to be her friend... he already was.
She had been kind to him for the entirety of the day. And then at the park... that seemed to seal it. There was something behind the black clothes and makeup. He had seen in her eyes pain and sadness. And hope. A faint glimmer of hope as she looked at him. Just before she showed him her project.
Her smile after she complimented him on his Ring had seemed genuine. The first genuine smile he had ever seen on her face. It had made him feel so good inside to see it. Through all the attitude, she was a good person. Bakura could feel it.
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"Yo."
Bakura looked up from his locker the next morning to see Alex give hers a kick. He thought he she looked happy to give it a good kick.
"Hi," he replied with a smile that she didn't return. He was fairly shocked she had even said hello without him saying it first.
"We got English, right?" she asked, digging through her locker.
Bakura nodded. "Yes. And then science." He looked around her door to see stuff piled in it in such a manner, it reminded him of what under his bed had looked like a number of years ago. "How do you find what you need in there?"
"I like mess. I know exactly where everything is. I hate it when... mom... cleans my room. I can never find anything," she said, faltering before she spoke of her mother. She closed her locker and began walking to class.
Her pause had confused Bakura, but he didn't bring it up. Instead, he followed her to class.
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Alex slipped into her usual seat by the cafeteria doors and dropped her tray on the table, making her food jump. She grinned slightly, then went back to glaring at her macaroni and cheese. It looked disgusting, and she wasn't sure why she even bothered taking it. She wasn't going to eat most of it anyway.
She glanced up at a table across the room. Yugi, Tristan, Tea and Joey sat there, laughing and talking. She knew she wanted to be over there with them, but she didn't move from her seat.
She looked around the cafeteria and saw five girls sitting at a table by themselves. Alex didn't have to be anywhere near them to know they were the preps. She groaned and imitated them in her mind.
- Like, so you wanna' go to the mall? -
- Totally! -
- Like, yeah! -
Yuck. Alex couldn't stand preps, she never could. At her old school, she had punched the leader of the group, causing her to be expelled. Of course, it wasn't the first person she had hit that year.
"Hi."
Alex looked up as she heard a tray connect with the table.
"Yo," she replied, resting her chin in her hand and chasing a macaroni around the plate with her fork.
"Are you all right?" Bakura asked.
"I am /so/ bored," Alex replied with a sigh. "I hate it inside. I'm going out," she stated, picking up her tray and moving toward the doors.
Surprised for a second, Bakura did the same.
The two had to pass by the preps' table and Bakura immediately regretted it.
"Aw, look. The nerd has a crush on the freak," one of them said while the others snickered.
Alex dropped her tray onto their table and turned to them, fire in her eyes.
"Alex..." Bakura started, but she ignored him.
"You know, it's girls like you that got me expelled from my old school," she snarled, holding up a fist.
The preps laughed. "Oh, I'm so scared! Julie, hide me!" One of the girls grabbed onto Julie's arm and the five of them cracked up.
Infuriated, Alex brought her fist back to hit Julie, but Bakura caught her arm. She saw Julie wince and jump back slightly. Luckily, Bakura managed to catch her other arm as well and keep her from doing any damage.
Breathing heavily, Alex wrenched herself from his grip and spun on her heel, grabbing her tray on the way out the doors. Bakura picked up his own tray once more and followed her out.
Alex was leaning against a tree with her tray in front of her and she was fuming. Cautiously, Bakura came over and sat down beside her.
"Why didn't you let me hit her?" she asked after a second.
"Because what she said didn't equal a punch in the face. Words don't hurt anything except an ego," he replied.
She stared at him like he was from outer space. "You have /got/ to be kidding me. You were just going to walk off and let her say that stuff. And you would have let John knock your brains out! You seriously have to stand up for yourself!"
"I'm not going to use violence to do it!" Bakura said.
Alex got to her feet with a roll of her eyes and stood directly in front of him. "Hit me."
Bakura's eye's widened. "What?"
"You heard me. Come on! Give me your best shot," she replied, taking a step back.
He stood and stared at her. "You're joking, right?"
"I hardly ever joke," she replied. With that, she shoved him into the tree.
"Ow! What was that for?" he cried, rubbing his shoulder. He backed up around the tree as she took another step forward.
"Are you going to let me get away with that?" she asked, shoving him again.
"Alex! What are you doing?" he exclaimed, trying to catch his balance, only to be pushed again.
"Come on! Are you going to let /me/ beat you up?" she asked, forcing him backwards.
"Come on... stop!" he said.
"Aren't you going to do anything about it? Are you going to get beaten up by a /girl/? What'll your friends think? Come on! Fight back!"
"Alex, that hurts!"
"Well?" she cried, pushing him harder. "Are you going to take this?"
Surprising himself, Bakura shoved her hard and she stumbled backwards a few steps.
"Yeah!" she cried. "That's it!" She pushed him, grinning. "Fight back!"
Bakura did the same to her and she once again cheered him on.
"Yeah! Come on! Are you going to let me humiliate you in front of your friends?" she exclaimed, coming at him again.
"No," he said, returning her shove.
"That's pathetic! Are you going to take this?" she cried.
"No way!" he exclaimed, his face breaking into a grin as they pushed each other back and forth.
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"Um, Yugi?" Tea asked. She stood at the doors that led outside.
The gang had watched Bakura stop Alex from hitting one of the preps and had seen them go outside. Now, Tea stood at the doors and watched as the two of them shoved each other back and forth. She would have thought they were fighting, except for the grins on their faces.
"What is it, Tea?" Yugi asked, coming up with Joey and Tristan.
"What's he doing?" she asked.
Yugi looked through the window along with the rest of them and watched for a few minutes. "I... don't know," he said, confused.
"It looks like they're kidding around... sorta'," Joey said, tilting his head to the side.
"I've never known Bakura to kid like that!" Tea said, looking at the boys.
"I don't know," Yugi said, watching as Bakura shoved her again, making her lose her balance and fall to the ground. Then they both began to laugh.
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a/n: Yay! I've been waiting to get this chapter down. Now it's here for all of you to read! Don't forget to review and tell me what you thought of it.
P.S. If I get enough reviews for this fic, I may post a sequel... ^_^
I'm so sorry I haven't updated! I have been out of town for a whole week!! *cries* But I'm back now, soooo...
Bakura entered his room and closed the door behind him. He couldn't get what had just happened out of his head. He touched his Millennium Ring and smiled.
Those had been the first words out of her mouth that had seemed true. Honest and from her heart. He hadn't known she had so much in common with him. He had never expected that little black book to contain what it did. Not if /she/ owned it.
Her heart wasn't completely ice as he had first thought. Something told him she wasn't how she appeared at all. Something about that time they spent in the park said she was hiding things... emotions. Something about her tone said that she wanted a friend, no matter how much she denied it. He was going to be her friend... he already was.
She had been kind to him for the entirety of the day. And then at the park... that seemed to seal it. There was something behind the black clothes and makeup. He had seen in her eyes pain and sadness. And hope. A faint glimmer of hope as she looked at him. Just before she showed him her project.
Her smile after she complimented him on his Ring had seemed genuine. The first genuine smile he had ever seen on her face. It had made him feel so good inside to see it. Through all the attitude, she was a good person. Bakura could feel it.
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"Yo."
Bakura looked up from his locker the next morning to see Alex give hers a kick. He thought he she looked happy to give it a good kick.
"Hi," he replied with a smile that she didn't return. He was fairly shocked she had even said hello without him saying it first.
"We got English, right?" she asked, digging through her locker.
Bakura nodded. "Yes. And then science." He looked around her door to see stuff piled in it in such a manner, it reminded him of what under his bed had looked like a number of years ago. "How do you find what you need in there?"
"I like mess. I know exactly where everything is. I hate it when... mom... cleans my room. I can never find anything," she said, faltering before she spoke of her mother. She closed her locker and began walking to class.
Her pause had confused Bakura, but he didn't bring it up. Instead, he followed her to class.
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Alex slipped into her usual seat by the cafeteria doors and dropped her tray on the table, making her food jump. She grinned slightly, then went back to glaring at her macaroni and cheese. It looked disgusting, and she wasn't sure why she even bothered taking it. She wasn't going to eat most of it anyway.
She glanced up at a table across the room. Yugi, Tristan, Tea and Joey sat there, laughing and talking. She knew she wanted to be over there with them, but she didn't move from her seat.
She looked around the cafeteria and saw five girls sitting at a table by themselves. Alex didn't have to be anywhere near them to know they were the preps. She groaned and imitated them in her mind.
- Like, so you wanna' go to the mall? -
- Totally! -
- Like, yeah! -
Yuck. Alex couldn't stand preps, she never could. At her old school, she had punched the leader of the group, causing her to be expelled. Of course, it wasn't the first person she had hit that year.
"Hi."
Alex looked up as she heard a tray connect with the table.
"Yo," she replied, resting her chin in her hand and chasing a macaroni around the plate with her fork.
"Are you all right?" Bakura asked.
"I am /so/ bored," Alex replied with a sigh. "I hate it inside. I'm going out," she stated, picking up her tray and moving toward the doors.
Surprised for a second, Bakura did the same.
The two had to pass by the preps' table and Bakura immediately regretted it.
"Aw, look. The nerd has a crush on the freak," one of them said while the others snickered.
Alex dropped her tray onto their table and turned to them, fire in her eyes.
"Alex..." Bakura started, but she ignored him.
"You know, it's girls like you that got me expelled from my old school," she snarled, holding up a fist.
The preps laughed. "Oh, I'm so scared! Julie, hide me!" One of the girls grabbed onto Julie's arm and the five of them cracked up.
Infuriated, Alex brought her fist back to hit Julie, but Bakura caught her arm. She saw Julie wince and jump back slightly. Luckily, Bakura managed to catch her other arm as well and keep her from doing any damage.
Breathing heavily, Alex wrenched herself from his grip and spun on her heel, grabbing her tray on the way out the doors. Bakura picked up his own tray once more and followed her out.
Alex was leaning against a tree with her tray in front of her and she was fuming. Cautiously, Bakura came over and sat down beside her.
"Why didn't you let me hit her?" she asked after a second.
"Because what she said didn't equal a punch in the face. Words don't hurt anything except an ego," he replied.
She stared at him like he was from outer space. "You have /got/ to be kidding me. You were just going to walk off and let her say that stuff. And you would have let John knock your brains out! You seriously have to stand up for yourself!"
"I'm not going to use violence to do it!" Bakura said.
Alex got to her feet with a roll of her eyes and stood directly in front of him. "Hit me."
Bakura's eye's widened. "What?"
"You heard me. Come on! Give me your best shot," she replied, taking a step back.
He stood and stared at her. "You're joking, right?"
"I hardly ever joke," she replied. With that, she shoved him into the tree.
"Ow! What was that for?" he cried, rubbing his shoulder. He backed up around the tree as she took another step forward.
"Are you going to let me get away with that?" she asked, shoving him again.
"Alex! What are you doing?" he exclaimed, trying to catch his balance, only to be pushed again.
"Come on! Are you going to let /me/ beat you up?" she asked, forcing him backwards.
"Come on... stop!" he said.
"Aren't you going to do anything about it? Are you going to get beaten up by a /girl/? What'll your friends think? Come on! Fight back!"
"Alex, that hurts!"
"Well?" she cried, pushing him harder. "Are you going to take this?"
Surprising himself, Bakura shoved her hard and she stumbled backwards a few steps.
"Yeah!" she cried. "That's it!" She pushed him, grinning. "Fight back!"
Bakura did the same to her and she once again cheered him on.
"Yeah! Come on! Are you going to let me humiliate you in front of your friends?" she exclaimed, coming at him again.
"No," he said, returning her shove.
"That's pathetic! Are you going to take this?" she cried.
"No way!" he exclaimed, his face breaking into a grin as they pushed each other back and forth.
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"Um, Yugi?" Tea asked. She stood at the doors that led outside.
The gang had watched Bakura stop Alex from hitting one of the preps and had seen them go outside. Now, Tea stood at the doors and watched as the two of them shoved each other back and forth. She would have thought they were fighting, except for the grins on their faces.
"What is it, Tea?" Yugi asked, coming up with Joey and Tristan.
"What's he doing?" she asked.
Yugi looked through the window along with the rest of them and watched for a few minutes. "I... don't know," he said, confused.
"It looks like they're kidding around... sorta'," Joey said, tilting his head to the side.
"I've never known Bakura to kid like that!" Tea said, looking at the boys.
"I don't know," Yugi said, watching as Bakura shoved her again, making her lose her balance and fall to the ground. Then they both began to laugh.
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a/n: Yay! I've been waiting to get this chapter down. Now it's here for all of you to read! Don't forget to review and tell me what you thought of it.
P.S. If I get enough reviews for this fic, I may post a sequel... ^_^