Joey could only think how close he was of getting losing his girlfriend Maranda. To him, it wasn't like he was cheating, he was just tied up meeting a girl who knew how to have fun. Maranda well she wasn't the greatest girl Joey had fallen in love with. His sister didn't really approve of her, neither did her friends she was bossy, stuck-up, and Joey was always there no matter what happened to him. She was more Kaiba's type of girl. Maranda never treated Joey respectfully, she could be fun loving at times but usually she'd just pull his chain, calling him an idiot behind his back, but Joey had no clue, to him she meant the world nothing else. Maranda always made Joey whip out his cash for her, and let him get stepped all over her but that seemed like the cost for every guy, but Joey was the fool for loving her, when it didn't seem like she loved him back.
Joey, was already felt guilty for getting yelled at through the door, and in his mind nothing ever seemed to go right. He hoped that soon it would be night and he could met with that punk girl and get everything cleared, and off his cluttered mind. Maranda and him quietly laid on the bed, as Joey lightly placed his hands on her as she was slowly drifting asleep, from Joey's hands easing her to go to sleep. She opened her eyes and saw that note that laid on his dresser, the one he read over, and over again. To Joey, that note meant a lot more than anything he could ever have. He still hoped Mai would come back one day, and start where the finished Joey knew, knowing Mai she'd stay away and never come back to see him, after the horrible words he said to her. Maranda had heard so much about this girl Mai Valentine, the pretty blonde Joey was head over heels with.. She could only eye that note wondering what it said, and who had sent it to Joey. Joey slowly moved off the bed. " Joey, where are you going?" He smiled.. "Gonna get sometin' to eat.. I'd be back soon.."
Quietly Maranda leaned over a grabbed the delicate note and read through everything, and could tell this was from Mai, after everything Joey had mentioned about her. "He still loves her.. He said he'd only love me.. so here he still holding on to that girl's note.. I'll show him what that note means to me.. Good for nothing Joey.." She angrily stood holding the note with such anger, as Joey walked back into his room holding a piece of fruit in his hand, looking at Maranda angrily stare at Joey, flapping the note around. "I thought you didn't love her still.. Joey..." Joey shook his head, Maranda completely took this a different way.. Joey knew inside he still loved Mai, but she was gone now.. and that was the only thing he had from her left to remember. Joey stuttered, "I don-don't.. like Ma-Mai.. still. Maranda." She raised an eyebrow as Joey stood in the door watching her grin happily. "Well why would you still keep her note Joey? Obviously she still means something to you.. I know Joey, if she walked in here now you'd ditch me for her wouldn't you?" Joey shook his head in shock and in utter confusion.. "Maranda... I don't love her I've told you this many times this isn't getting through your head! She was a good friend of mine, she left and I do miss her.. that's why I kept that note!! It's not like I still love her over you Maranda!" Maranda just didn't listen to the words that were coming out of Joey's mouth. She sat there grinning, raising her voice towards Joey as though he felt guilty of something he'd done wrong...
He swayed the paper holding in gingerly between her fingers waving it around as Joey was getting mad enough as it was.. "You wanna know how much the note means to me, Joseph?" She smiled looked at the note, as her hands gripped the note tightly ripping it apart shredded it into pieces, right in front of Joey until they were only indivual pieces of paper with handwritten on it. Joey watched the pieces of paper turn into confetti, as she flicked the last piece right of her finger. She was amused, and felt good what she had done, and proved to Joey he still loved Mai. "That's what I think of the note, Joey. "His eyes widened, his hands were already in a grip.. He was speechless as he saw the pieces that decorated the room with white. "She ripped it.. "that's all repeated in Joey's mind. She swiftly walked past Joey giving him a dirty look, "You know Joey I'll come back once you care about me, and not this blonde girl Joey. You know why she ran away Joey it's clear now.. You care about her more than I care about you." She slammed the door, as he looked at the note he had ripped to pieces, he just stood there picking the pieces up trying to put them back together again. "Maybe I do still love Mai underneath.. maybe she did have a right to do that to me.. why does things never seem to get easier for me? That note meant everything to me, that's why she decided to rip it.. It had how much Mai cared about me, and made me feel great to read it over and over. Why the hell did she have to think that, and do that?" Joey sat there with a sad expression on his face as he laid down on the bed, closing his eyes hoping Mai would come back again, and fix all his problems and say that she loved him again.