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Author's note: I'VE FINALLY UPDATED!!!!!!!!!! -___- Okay Jade, you can stop nagging me now. At least I've updated. ^_^ I can't tell you how much I appreciate all the reviews. And since 1/4 reviewers wanted Mai/Joey, I'll give you Mai/Joey. Sorry Seto/Serenity fans, but not many people voted for the coupling. ^_^;; Maybe next time. Ahem. Anyway I'm already half-done with the next chapter, but if you don't review, the third chapter goes into my garage, ya hear? Yep. I'm blackmailing you. So start reading and reviewing! XD

Title: Téa's Angel

Author: Deena

Rated: PG13

Genre: Romance

Main Pairing: Ryou/Téa

Summary: After the last disastrous breakup, Téa never wants to fall in love again. But her guardian angel Mai doesn't agree. She thinks love is the only way Téa will heal from the past…and the new boy next door Ryou Bakura was the perfect solution… (A/U)

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Chapter Two: Neighbors Coming Over

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" So I'm stuck with you. Great." Téa banged her head against the bedpost.

Mai smirked. " It isn't that bad. Besides, all you need to do to get rid of me, is to – "

" Fall in love. Yeah, yeah, I get it." Téa looked upward, asking the lord Why me? " How on earth am I going to explain you to my parents?"

"Téa, I'm home!"

Téa froze, her eyes widened in shock. " Mom's home already!" she exclaimed. " This is so not good." She looked around frantically, searching for the right hiding place for Mai.

She could hear footsteps outside her door. Oh no! She was coming! Téa grabbed Mai and pulled her down the bed. " Hide in there," she whispered.

" Why don't you just tell your mother the truth?" Mai whispered back.

" Oh yeah. Like she's going to believe I have a guardian angel who suddenly appears so that she can teach me to fall in love. Right, she'd believe that," Téa said sarcastically.

" Believe what?"

Téa jumped a little as she whirled around to see her mother, hands on her hips, looking at her suspiciously. " Oh, hello, Mom. He-he."

" What's wrong with you?" Mrs. Gardner asked. " You look like you're hiding something."

Okay, Téa. Act casual. " Me? No, of course not!" Téa laughed nervously. " Whatever gave you that idea? I was just doing my homework. No angel suddenly landed in my room. Of course not. He-he." She winced. Great going, Téa. Mom's gonna know for sure.

Mrs. Gardner raised an eyebrow. " All right then. Just be sure to finish your work soon. I've just invited our new neighbors over for dinner so I'll need your help to prepare the food."

Téa nodded. Then she suddenly yelled, " WHAT!?"

" What's wrong? I thought it'd be great to have them over to get to know each other. Mr. Tanaka always said to be a good neighbor, you must be one yourself," her mother replied.

ACHOO!!!!!!!

" Who sneezed?" Mrs. Gardner looked around curiously.

" Oh, it was me." Téa pinched her nose and pretended to sneeze. " Achoo! It's kinda cold now. Must be the wind."

Mrs. Gardner looked at the closed window and cocked her head. " Really? But there's no wind."

ACHOO!!!!!!!!

" Now I know it didn't come from you." Mrs. Gardner followed the sound and kneeled down the bed. " Téa, what in heaven's name did you do!?"

Téa gulped. She was going to be grounded for life. " Mom…I can explain – "

" That's right. Why didn't you clean the dust under here? Ugh!" Mrs. Mazaki looked at her daughter sternly. " You're going to clean your room this weekend, is that understood?"

Téa blinked. She wasn't expecting that. She looked down the bed and found no Mai.

" Now please hurry up and get downstairs, okay?" Mrs. Mazaki left the room for the kitchen, leaving a very perplexed Téa. " Where's Mai? Was she my imaginaion after all?" she wondered aloud.

" You wish," a voice behind her said.

Téa shot a look at the smirking blond sitting on her bed. " You almost caused me big trouble! Where did you go anyway?"

In reply, Mai made herself disappear and reappear in front of Téa. " Angels have the power to be visible or invisible to the human eye," she explained.

" Why didn't you say so before!?" Téa growled.

Mai shrugged. " You didn't ask. But back to more important things," she smiled, " what's this I hear about neighbors coming over?"

" None of your business!" the brunette snapped. " It's just a neighborly nicetie."

" So you're going to see hunk with brown eyes again, huh?" Mai teased.

Téa blushed a little. " Shut up."

Mai chuckled. " Well, there is a way to make me give up. If you really don't want to fall in love, just go through the night with him and show me you don't feel the least bit attracted to him, okay?"

Téa knew who the 'him' was, and decided this would be easy. " Deal. But I warn you, I've been through a whole year without falling for anybody. And I don't think a little meeting with a neighbor will change anything." With that, she went downstairs and prepared for the neighbors' arrival.

Mai smiled. " That was easy. Now this will be fun…" Smirking, she snapped her fingers and disappeared.

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End of Chapter Two

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Author's note: That's it for now. More reviews, more chapters!