Bakura fell to the ground as well and they both lay there, looking at the sky. He looked over at her to see her still grinning and he smiled as well. That had been the first time she had laughed or smiled full out.
Alex sat up as the bell rang. Immediately her smile faded. "I /hate/ school," she grumbled as she stood. She turned and extended a hand to Bakura to help him up.
Surprised, he took it. He was halfway up when she let go, causing him to fall again. It hurt, but to hear her laugh he supposed it was worth it. He got up on his own and laughed with her.
"Come on, we wouldn't wanna' be /late/ now would we? Some geeks have a reputation to uphold," she said, hitting him playfully in the arm.
"And you don't?" he asked, rubbing his arm.
"Yeah, I got a reputation. But it's nothing like yours, that's for sure!" she said with a grin as the reentered the cafeteria.
They followed everyone out and walked to their next class.
"So, I've been thinking," Alex said after a few minutes. "You wanna' chill at the arcade later?"
Bakura looked at her, shocked, and didn't see the girl open her locker door in front of him. He crashed into it, sending Alex into a fit of laughter.
"Oh! Are you okay?" the girl asked him, closing her door.
Bakura nodded painfully, holding his nose. He stole a glance at Alex, who was practically falling over she was laughing so hard. He gave a small laugh and looked at his hand. It wasn't bloody thank Heaven. He felt his face go slightly red, especially since passersby were giving him and Alex strange looks.
"We... we'd better get to class," he said, touching his nose one last time.
"Y-yeah, okay," she said through laughs. "Try to watch where you're going this time."
"That wasn't funny," he said, but he also was grinning.
"The only thing that would be funnier would be if the cheerleader pyramid collapsed in front of the entire school!" Alex said.
- That would be pretty funny, come to think of it, - Bakura thought, picturing it. But their conversation had to end because they arrived at the classroom.
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"So, your running into the locker... was that a 'yeah'?" Alex asked. She was leaning against the school, talking to Bakura.
He looked at her quizzically for a moment, then remembered what she was talking about.
"Oh, uh, yeah," he said.
"Cool. Let's go," she said, hitching her backpack onto her shoulder.
They began to walk down the street to the arcade when they heard someone calling for Bakura.
He turned to see Yugi, Tea, Tristan and Joey. He waved and they ran down to him and Alex.
"Hey, uh," Yugi started, looking at Alex. She sighed and shoved her hands in her pockets.
"We were wondering if you were coming to the game shop with us," Joey said.
"Oh, uh..." Bakura said, glancing at Alex.
"Hey, it's cool. Go. I don't care. I'll catch you later," she said, starting toward the arcade.
"Alex! Wait! Sorry guys, I already said I'd go to the arcade with Alex," Bakura told them.
Alex stopped, but didn't turn back. She quickly wiped the smile off her face.
"Oh, uh, right. Maybe tomorrow then," Yugi said.
Bakura waved good bye and ran to Alex's side.
For once in her life, she didn't know what to say. This had never happened to her before. But she snapped out of it quickly, clearing her throat and saying, "So, are you ready to get your butt kicked at those games? I'm the queen you know."
"I'm pretty good at some of them," he replied.
"Well, I'm going to wipe the floor with you, you just wait!" she said with a grin.
They laughed as they crossed over a bridge.
"I usually chill at the arcade on my birthday. You wanna' come then?" she asked him. It would be the first time in three years she had invited a friend on her birthday.
"Okay. When's your birthday?" Bakura asked.
"The thirty-first," she replied, looking proud.
He stared at her for a second. "The thirty-first of /this/ month? Halloween?" he asked.
"Yeah. Cool, huh? I'll be seventeen," she said with a grin.
Bakura looked at her, surprised. - Maybe that's why she's so weird, - he thought. "Yeah, I'll be there," he said.
Alex looked away from him at the stores they were passing so he wouldn't see her smile.
Bakura put his hands in his pockets and looked at her out of the corner of his eye. He figured what she was doing and smiled to himself.
They reached the arcade a few minutes later and Bakura held the door for her. She snorted and closed it behind her before he could get through.
- I should have known she'd do that, - he thought as he let himself in, a light tinge of color in his face.
"Yo, Bakura!" He looked around and saw Alex standing by one of the fighting games. (a/n: I don't know what they're really called)
It figured she'd choose the game he was the worst at. He sighed and walked over to her. They dug in their pockets for coins and pushed them into the slots. They chose their fighters and started the game.
In the first round Alex blew him away. He didn't look at her as the next round started. He did better in this one, but she still won, declaring her as the winner of the game.
Alex laughed and looked at him. "You suck at this," she said and he blushed.
"I'm better at air hockey," he said, trying to regain some of his dignity.
She snorted. "Who isn't good at air hockey? But, I'll give you a shot. This'll be easy," she said as they walked to the air hockey table.
They took their positions and began. Alex hit the puck towards Bakura and he blocked his goal easily, sending it back at her. She hit it with a /thwap/ and it shot across the table, only to be shot back at her. They went back and forth a number of times before Alex finally scored.
"Hmmm... not bad," she commented as Bakura scored.
Bakura breathed in relief as they hit the puck back and forth some more. Alex scored two more times, bringing the score up to [3/1]. It was a good number of minutes later before Bakura hit the puck into her goal.
The game went on and Alex was only in the lead by one point. This was the longest air hockey game she had ever played. She had to admit to herself that Bakura was good.
[9/9]
Alex and Bakura were tied. The next shot would win. It had gotten to the point that Alex was nervous every time he sent the puck her way. She couldn't lose now after all that boasting she had done. That would be complete humiliation.
He almost scored, but she managed to hit it away, breathing in relief. Bakura shot it at her again and she sent it straight into his goal.
- I won! Yes! - she cried in her head. "Good game. That's the longest one I ever played," she said calmly.
"Me too," Bakura said, coming around the table to her. She leaned against it and looked at him.
"So, now what?" he asked. While they had been playing, the arcade had filled up with kids and teens.
"Let's ditch this place," she said over the noise. "It's too crowded."
"Sounds good to me," Bakura replied as they made their way to the door of the arcade.
Once outside, they looked at each other. "Now what?" they asked in unison. They started laughing and didn't stop for a good few minutes.
When they had regained control of themselves again, Alex checked her watch. 3:35.
"Mom's still out with David, so you wanna' come over my place? We can study for that math test we have tomorrow with out her barging in," she said with a shudder. "I hate math."
Bakura laughed. "It's not so bad," he said with a smile as they began the walk to her house. "Unlike some other subjects, numbers always stay the same. They never change, no matter which way you look at them."
"But it's so /boring/," she said with a roll of her eyes. "Especially when the teacher drones on and on and on and on."
Bakura laughed. "She does talk a little too much," he agreed.
"Are you kidding? She'd put a hyena to sleep," she said. She grinned as he laughed again. It had been a long time since she made someone laugh.
They walked the rest of the way in silence, every once in a while catching the other's eye and laughing.
Alex opened the door to her house ten minutes later. "My room's up here," she said, leading him up the stairs.
Bakura felt his face flush as he followed her. Pushing evil thoughts out of his mind, he entered her room. Her walls were covered with posters of singing groups he didn't know and her room was dark with only a lamp on at the moment. Bakura shoved his hands into his pockets and he felt himself go a brighter shade of red as he watched Alex go to the light switch. The room lit up and he turned away from her to hide his face.
He heard a loud thump as she dropped her backpack to the floor. "Well, are we going to study or are you just going to stand there all day?"
He turned to her to see her spreading her stuff on out on the bed. He sat on the end of the bed and began to pull out his books.
Alex looked up at him for a second before bursting out laughing.
"What?" Bakura asked, looking at her.
"Good God, you're acting like I'm going to /kiss/ you or something!" she cried, laughing harder.
Bakura blushed again and his eyes widened. "N-no.. that's not..." he stuttered. He stopped when he noticed Alex gasping for breath. He folded his arms and looked at her. - It's not /that/ ridiculous an idea, - he thought indignantly. "All right, it wasn't that funny," he said.
"Whatever," she said, shaking her head. "Anyway, let's get this math stuff over with."
"Right," Bakura replied as they bent over their books.
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Alex sat up as the bell rang. Immediately her smile faded. "I /hate/ school," she grumbled as she stood. She turned and extended a hand to Bakura to help him up.
Surprised, he took it. He was halfway up when she let go, causing him to fall again. It hurt, but to hear her laugh he supposed it was worth it. He got up on his own and laughed with her.
"Come on, we wouldn't wanna' be /late/ now would we? Some geeks have a reputation to uphold," she said, hitting him playfully in the arm.
"And you don't?" he asked, rubbing his arm.
"Yeah, I got a reputation. But it's nothing like yours, that's for sure!" she said with a grin as the reentered the cafeteria.
They followed everyone out and walked to their next class.
"So, I've been thinking," Alex said after a few minutes. "You wanna' chill at the arcade later?"
Bakura looked at her, shocked, and didn't see the girl open her locker door in front of him. He crashed into it, sending Alex into a fit of laughter.
"Oh! Are you okay?" the girl asked him, closing her door.
Bakura nodded painfully, holding his nose. He stole a glance at Alex, who was practically falling over she was laughing so hard. He gave a small laugh and looked at his hand. It wasn't bloody thank Heaven. He felt his face go slightly red, especially since passersby were giving him and Alex strange looks.
"We... we'd better get to class," he said, touching his nose one last time.
"Y-yeah, okay," she said through laughs. "Try to watch where you're going this time."
"That wasn't funny," he said, but he also was grinning.
"The only thing that would be funnier would be if the cheerleader pyramid collapsed in front of the entire school!" Alex said.
- That would be pretty funny, come to think of it, - Bakura thought, picturing it. But their conversation had to end because they arrived at the classroom.
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"So, your running into the locker... was that a 'yeah'?" Alex asked. She was leaning against the school, talking to Bakura.
He looked at her quizzically for a moment, then remembered what she was talking about.
"Oh, uh, yeah," he said.
"Cool. Let's go," she said, hitching her backpack onto her shoulder.
They began to walk down the street to the arcade when they heard someone calling for Bakura.
He turned to see Yugi, Tea, Tristan and Joey. He waved and they ran down to him and Alex.
"Hey, uh," Yugi started, looking at Alex. She sighed and shoved her hands in her pockets.
"We were wondering if you were coming to the game shop with us," Joey said.
"Oh, uh..." Bakura said, glancing at Alex.
"Hey, it's cool. Go. I don't care. I'll catch you later," she said, starting toward the arcade.
"Alex! Wait! Sorry guys, I already said I'd go to the arcade with Alex," Bakura told them.
Alex stopped, but didn't turn back. She quickly wiped the smile off her face.
"Oh, uh, right. Maybe tomorrow then," Yugi said.
Bakura waved good bye and ran to Alex's side.
For once in her life, she didn't know what to say. This had never happened to her before. But she snapped out of it quickly, clearing her throat and saying, "So, are you ready to get your butt kicked at those games? I'm the queen you know."
"I'm pretty good at some of them," he replied.
"Well, I'm going to wipe the floor with you, you just wait!" she said with a grin.
They laughed as they crossed over a bridge.
"I usually chill at the arcade on my birthday. You wanna' come then?" she asked him. It would be the first time in three years she had invited a friend on her birthday.
"Okay. When's your birthday?" Bakura asked.
"The thirty-first," she replied, looking proud.
He stared at her for a second. "The thirty-first of /this/ month? Halloween?" he asked.
"Yeah. Cool, huh? I'll be seventeen," she said with a grin.
Bakura looked at her, surprised. - Maybe that's why she's so weird, - he thought. "Yeah, I'll be there," he said.
Alex looked away from him at the stores they were passing so he wouldn't see her smile.
Bakura put his hands in his pockets and looked at her out of the corner of his eye. He figured what she was doing and smiled to himself.
They reached the arcade a few minutes later and Bakura held the door for her. She snorted and closed it behind her before he could get through.
- I should have known she'd do that, - he thought as he let himself in, a light tinge of color in his face.
"Yo, Bakura!" He looked around and saw Alex standing by one of the fighting games. (a/n: I don't know what they're really called)
It figured she'd choose the game he was the worst at. He sighed and walked over to her. They dug in their pockets for coins and pushed them into the slots. They chose their fighters and started the game.
In the first round Alex blew him away. He didn't look at her as the next round started. He did better in this one, but she still won, declaring her as the winner of the game.
Alex laughed and looked at him. "You suck at this," she said and he blushed.
"I'm better at air hockey," he said, trying to regain some of his dignity.
She snorted. "Who isn't good at air hockey? But, I'll give you a shot. This'll be easy," she said as they walked to the air hockey table.
They took their positions and began. Alex hit the puck towards Bakura and he blocked his goal easily, sending it back at her. She hit it with a /thwap/ and it shot across the table, only to be shot back at her. They went back and forth a number of times before Alex finally scored.
"Hmmm... not bad," she commented as Bakura scored.
Bakura breathed in relief as they hit the puck back and forth some more. Alex scored two more times, bringing the score up to [3/1]. It was a good number of minutes later before Bakura hit the puck into her goal.
The game went on and Alex was only in the lead by one point. This was the longest air hockey game she had ever played. She had to admit to herself that Bakura was good.
[9/9]
Alex and Bakura were tied. The next shot would win. It had gotten to the point that Alex was nervous every time he sent the puck her way. She couldn't lose now after all that boasting she had done. That would be complete humiliation.
He almost scored, but she managed to hit it away, breathing in relief. Bakura shot it at her again and she sent it straight into his goal.
- I won! Yes! - she cried in her head. "Good game. That's the longest one I ever played," she said calmly.
"Me too," Bakura said, coming around the table to her. She leaned against it and looked at him.
"So, now what?" he asked. While they had been playing, the arcade had filled up with kids and teens.
"Let's ditch this place," she said over the noise. "It's too crowded."
"Sounds good to me," Bakura replied as they made their way to the door of the arcade.
Once outside, they looked at each other. "Now what?" they asked in unison. They started laughing and didn't stop for a good few minutes.
When they had regained control of themselves again, Alex checked her watch. 3:35.
"Mom's still out with David, so you wanna' come over my place? We can study for that math test we have tomorrow with out her barging in," she said with a shudder. "I hate math."
Bakura laughed. "It's not so bad," he said with a smile as they began the walk to her house. "Unlike some other subjects, numbers always stay the same. They never change, no matter which way you look at them."
"But it's so /boring/," she said with a roll of her eyes. "Especially when the teacher drones on and on and on and on."
Bakura laughed. "She does talk a little too much," he agreed.
"Are you kidding? She'd put a hyena to sleep," she said. She grinned as he laughed again. It had been a long time since she made someone laugh.
They walked the rest of the way in silence, every once in a while catching the other's eye and laughing.
Alex opened the door to her house ten minutes later. "My room's up here," she said, leading him up the stairs.
Bakura felt his face flush as he followed her. Pushing evil thoughts out of his mind, he entered her room. Her walls were covered with posters of singing groups he didn't know and her room was dark with only a lamp on at the moment. Bakura shoved his hands into his pockets and he felt himself go a brighter shade of red as he watched Alex go to the light switch. The room lit up and he turned away from her to hide his face.
He heard a loud thump as she dropped her backpack to the floor. "Well, are we going to study or are you just going to stand there all day?"
He turned to her to see her spreading her stuff on out on the bed. He sat on the end of the bed and began to pull out his books.
Alex looked up at him for a second before bursting out laughing.
"What?" Bakura asked, looking at her.
"Good God, you're acting like I'm going to /kiss/ you or something!" she cried, laughing harder.
Bakura blushed again and his eyes widened. "N-no.. that's not..." he stuttered. He stopped when he noticed Alex gasping for breath. He folded his arms and looked at her. - It's not /that/ ridiculous an idea, - he thought indignantly. "All right, it wasn't that funny," he said.
"Whatever," she said, shaking her head. "Anyway, let's get this math stuff over with."
"Right," Bakura replied as they bent over their books.
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a/n: Wasn't that cute? lol Okay I'll shut up now. Anyways, REVIEW!! And I'll post the next chapter... *waves page in front of reader's face*