Joey laid quietly on the bed with his arms lunged around Mai, as it was already night. She looked at the clock, unlatching Joey's arms seeing that it was midnight, as she grabbed her towels and looked back at the roughed blonde that laid snoring, comfortably laying on the bed sleeping. Mai gracefully smiled at him as the tv was still left on, replaying the hockey game she saw earlier. "Maybe I shouldn't leave. Joey had a rough day earlier, plus he looks so cute when he sleeps." She commented as she dropped her stuff and headed towards Joey's open arms. She went up beside him resting her eyes as Joey awoke from the sound of the bed and sleepily spoke, "Hey Mai?" She paused for a moment when she had heard her name come from Joey's mouth, concerned that he knew all along. She didn't know if he was half asleep or actually knew the truth that she was near him. " He knows?" She thought panicking, Joey knew but he was half asleep anyhow.

Joey fixed his blonde bed hair, and looked over at Mai with one eye open and talked slowly, seeing that Joey was partly sleeping still. He grinned and smiled at her while throwing his arms around her. "I know it's you." He commented as Mai nervously bit her nails as she kept quiet about it. He grinned again and embraced her as she sat still listening to him speak his mind. "Mai I've missed you so much. I've longed for you to come back, and I'm sorry I said those things to you that made you leave. Only if you can forgive me for being such a jerk." He said latching his arms loosely around her as she had a surprised look on her face. "Maybe he does know!!" She smiled and looked back at him pleading as she gave a light grin. "Joey, how do you know this?" He grinned again as he held her close. "Just one of those things I'm suppose to know, I guess." He looked at her and lightly kissed her on the cheek as he fell back down into the bed with his eyes shut smiling. "How could I not know it was you, Mai? I've known ya too long and I know it's you. You hid a lot of things from me Mai, but I eventually figured it all out. Even though you never felt wanted, you were, Mai. You were wanted by me. I loved you too long to let you go, and you must realize I care about you more than ever. But I knew eventually you'd find your way back at me. Then it would be like old times." He grinned as Mai looked at him skeptical as she laid close beside him still confused.

"Mai?" Mai looked away from the bedroom and back to the sleeping blonde. "Ya?" He slowly grabbed her arms and looked at her with a gracefully, entranced smile that Mai had never seen ever before. "Mai, I love you and I always will, no matter what happens.. You love me don't you?" Joey added as Mai looked at him blank, finding it odd he was saying all these things, speaking his mind about how he felt. Mai shook her head with shock and tried to keep her mouth shut but she couldn't. "Joey, I do love you..."

Morning rose, as Joey rubbed his head noticing Mai had stayed the night as he shook her seeing it was already morning. She lightly opened her eyes to see Joey hovering over as she jumped and began to laugh. "You don't need to scare me like that!" Joey sighed and smiled kissing her good-morning as she looked up dazed at him. "What he said, was it real? A dream?" She said confused as she looked blankly at Joey. "Do you remember calling me Mai?" She said as Joey blushed red and shook his head. "Nah, I don't. It must have been a dream or something you had." Joey commented. He knew it was Mai, but he didn't remember saying those words to her at all. Joey was half asleep when he had said it to her, so he had no memory what so ever of saying it to her. She looked down still confused thinking maybe she was dreaming, but she knew she was wide awake for sure. She nervously laughed it off. "Maybe..." Joey lightly kissed her on the cheek, as he carried her into the kitchen.

"Joey let go!!" Mai screamed as he held her tightly on his back as Joey laughed at her screaming and acting like a spoiled brat. "Well some things don't change...Well you know why you should stay like this?" He commented with a pleasured grin as Mai looked at him with a raised eyebrow, something Joey had planned already. Joey managed to get one hand free as Mai felt something grab her bottom as she went from pale to extremely red. Joey laughed and grinned at her. "That's why..." He commented as he continued which made Mai completely uncomfortable. "Can't show him that I'm blushing, can't show him that I'm blushing..." He grinned at her, flipping back the blonde strains of hair that was in front of his face. " Your blushing aren't you?" She shook her head, and Joey always knew if Mai was a bad liar or not, because she got embarrassed so easily. "No I'm not!!" He did it again and began laughing at her and threw her down lightly on the couch, as she played fought with him trying to make him take it back.

"If you say that again your going to get it!!" Joey grinned as the blonde bangs brushed against Mai's face. "Oh really?" She nodded as she went to jump on him but Joey just grinned, and grabbed her leaving her hanging from both of her feet, lunged on his shoulders. Joey began to laugh at her as Mai raised an eyebrow while trying to get back up. "What's so funny?" She said with anger as Joey pointed to the mirror in Serenity's room as Joey smiled. "You like the color red?" She saw her reflection in the mirror of her black skirt flying up as she went extremely red, as he dyed of laughter. "Oh shit..." She thought trying to hold her skirt down as she thought of something extremely clever. She grinned as she looked at Joey's jeans and saw his boxers and smiled and threw them down. "Ha, there!" He shrugged his shoulders as he laughed. "I don't care there my boxers." He commented as Mai pointed with her fingers. "Look again." He looked in the mirror as his pants and boxers hit the ground as he dropped Mai and laughed while getting them back on. "Damn you!" He yelled as he quickly whipped them back up, as she grinned. "It was only fair.." Joey sighed as she saw almost everything as she rolled on the ground laughing. "Never knew she had a sense of humor."

Joey grinned as he looked at her. "Let's go eat!" Mai sighed as he dropped her again as she ran after him outside screaming at him. "Well he hasn't changed that much!!"

Joey wanted to drag her to one of his favorite food places as she looked at him. "This is where we were going to eat?" She looked at the simple burger place as she shook her head and yanked him by the ear. "Joey, how about something classy?" He looked at her with an eyebrow raised. "I thought you were like the other girls?" She began to laugh and looked at the roughed blonde. "Well I wanted it to be special now and then..." He gave her a blank look and yelled pointing at the fast food place. "I thought this was special?" Mai threw her hand on her forehead and shook her head, with some embarrassment. "Your missing the point." She grinned at him as she tried dragging him into a small fancy restaurant that had everything clean and tidy that made her swoon over the place. "No way I'm going in!" Joey pulled back as she laughed and grinned. "You don't wanna because you don't want to have manners correct?" Joey blushed red as he looked down at the sidewalk with a guilty face. "Damnit.. she's good... Umm nope." She grinned and smiled. "Then get in!!"

They sat down as Joey at her and how fancy it was, which drove him nuts. She heard Joey sighing as she smiled at him. "I did everything with you, now you do everything with me only fair!" Joey slumped his head on the table and grinned. "Sure.." Joey began eating his food like he usually was, well without manners as people began staring at him. Mai just slumped her head down, and looked at the meat hanging from his mouth and the food on his face. "Wow he never ceases to amaze me..." She drank her hot apple cinder as she yelled at Joey for his table manners she knocked it over sending it flying on Joey's lap. Joey's face went extremely red as she looked at the stain and it all over Joey's lap. "Oh great!" Joey just yelled as he began snapping at Mai for knocking it over as she grabbed a cold cloth and dabbed his lap. "You better now baby?!" She commented as his mood changed and for once Joey was in his glory. "Maybe she should spill stuff more often." Mai noticed the expression on his face as she knocked him on his head and looked at him. " What did I do now?!" He snapped as he looked at him sternly. "Don't give me that..." They finished the meal as Joey came out stuffed as Mai shook his head. "Well he isn't perfect..." She thought as they walked down the street.

(Wow, Joey can be a little crazy sometimes. And has no manners either. Please read and review!)