DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING OF YUGIOH or the actual phrase 'love as thou wilt' it belongs to Jacqueline Carey. (It fit best, and I couldn't think of anything else.)

LOVE AS THOU WILT

No one can choose who they fall in love with. It just happens. It happens when you least expect it with a person you never imagined. Love will overcome many obstacles if it is meant to be. And in the end the love shared between two people is everlasting and unbreakable.

"A party?" asked Yugi.

"Yes a party this Friday and you're all invited!" exclaimed Mokuba excitedly nearly falling off his chair in the middle of Yugi's game shop. The group began firing endless questions at Mokuba, anything from what to bring to how long it would be until.

"Well it is for my 16th birthday, and you don't need to bring anything and oh yah you are invited to stay the night. Seto promised," grinned Mokuba. At the mere mention of Seto's name Joey growled angrily,

"I am not going."

In a startled silence the group turned to Joey only to find him standing with his eyes closed and his fists clenched until they turned white. Serenity just stared in awe at her older brother. She had no idea he hated this Seto person so much.

Her train of thought was interrupted when Joey unclenched his fists and stood up quickly.

"No offence Mokuba but I can't stand Kaiba and I don't want to be anywhere near him anymore then I have to be," he almost shouted.

"But Joey, Seto has to work all night at Kaiba Corp. So technically he won't even be there. So you won't have to see him.... He's really busy." Mokuba stated coolly, whispering the last part so only those sitting next to him could hear. Serenity was one of those people. She could sense the sadness in his voice, she could identify with his pain; she hated being separated from her brother too.

It was then that Mokuba decided to play the food card. Joey's weakness and the only thing he couldn't resist.

"Joey. There will be all you can eat pizza and sweets. And all you can drink um...beverages," Mokuba said with a smirk.

"Food...pizza...alcohol..." repeated Joey as if in a daze. Tea and Serenity watched mesmerized as Joey had gone from fuming to excited in less then 10 seconds at the mere mention of food. The expression on his face reminded her of Homer Simpson when he thought about food. She suppressed a giggle trying her hardest to block the imagery from her mind.

"Mokuba is smart he knows how to manipulate people...not that Joey is hard to manipulate," thought Serenity still trying to stifle her laughter.

"I won't see Kaiba," asked Joey skeptically bringing his face close to Mokuba's and looking him in the eye.

"You won't see Seto, scout's honour," promised Mokuba with the grimmest look he could muster plastered on his face as he raised his right hand.

"ALRIGHT!!! I'M IN!!!" yelled Joey earning him laughs from the group.

"I don't think Mokuba was ever a scout," whispered Tea to Serenity.

"Don't tell Joey that," answer Serenity.

LATER THAT NIGHT AT THE KAIBA RESIDENCE

"WHAT!" Yelled Seto Kaiba. Mokuba stood calmly in front of his older brother watching him run a hand through his hair in frustration at the news Mokuba had just shared with him.

"A party. With Yugi and his pep-squad, there's no way in hell," stated Seto fiercely as he tried to regain some of his composure.

"You promised that I could have anything I wanted from my birthday and well this is what I want," stated Mokuba calmly with a grin. This earned him a death glare from Seto. Seto looked a moment at his brother then started pacing around the room.

"I thought you would ask for a car or a vacation. That I would have agreed to. Why them?"

"Because Seto I like them, besides you don't have to make an appearance," sighed Mokuba.

"Are you sure this is what you want?" he asked feeling a bit guilty.

"Yes?" exclaimed Mokuba excitedly. Pausing his pacing, Seto rubbed his temples in frustration before giving Mokuba his decision,

"Fine," he muttered. Mokuba wrapped his arms around Seto in a hug. Seto wondered if he was going to regret this later.

As Mokuba walked out of his brother office he thought gleefully to himself,

"This is going to be fun." And wondered again whether he should have told his brother the Wheelers where invited

FRIDAY NIGHT 6:00PM

"Hi everyone," greeted Mokuba as he ushered everyone inside the mansion.

"WOW!" Exclaimed Joey. "This place is a palace."

"Come on everything is upstairs," said Mokuba as he lead the group up the vast black and white marble stair case They reached a room at the end of the hall when Mokuba opened a large Oak door to reveal a large room filled with food, alcohol and huge entertainment system. Serenity stared into the large room and then up at her brother who was frozen in the door way.

"Joey are you okay," asked Serenity softly.

"Jeeze Joey...what the...pull yourself together man," said Tristan as he took a step back from Joey.

"It's just so beautiful," said Joey with a goofy happy smile.

The group settled into a night of eating, movies, and drinking games. It wasn't until 3 am that people started to move out to rooms Mokuba had set aside for them.

Serenity stood in the middle of the empty hall on the second floor staring at the map Mokuba had scrawled for her on a napkin. She turned it around a few times before deciding it was useless. He had offered to show her the way but he was drunker then she was and ended up passing out on the couch across from Joey who had passed out earlier with his hand still in a bowl of cheese-ezs. She looked down at the map again in frustration. It didn't make sense to her. All the doors looked the same and all the floors looked the same. She tried to in vain remember what he had told her before he passed out.

She felt like she had been wandering for hours.

"Who gets lost in a house? Maybe in a forest or in a city, but a house," she asked herself out loud. She looked around for anything she would recognize but everything looked the same. The doors were all dark brown; all the halls were the same boring gray colour. The only thing that was different was a small statue of a blue eyes that she had sworn she passed several times already. Throwing her hands up in defeat she looked down the hall she was facing.

"I think he said third door on the left," she mumbled as sleepiness and the alcohol she consumed earlier caught up with her. She walked down the hall to the door she had selected.

"This has got to be it," she said as she turned the door knob and walked in. Inside she moved her hand up and down the wall trying to find a light switch. After several minutes of searching and no light switch she gave up and made her way across the large room.

Three minutes a chair, a table, and two bruised knees later her fingers found the soft comforter of a bed.

"This is nice," she thought forgetting her bruised knees and pulling off her socks, pants and blouse throwing them haphazardly to some unknown area of the room. She crawled into the bed and under the covers wearing nothing but her white lace underwear and white and yellow bra. As soon as her head hit the pillow she fell into a dream filled sleep.

Seto Kaiba rubbed his sore eyes tiredly. He had been sitting in his office at Kaiba Corp. for the last week staring at nothing but reports and his computer screen. He didn't really have much of a life outside of work and dueling. Sometimes he wondered why he even bothered going to school. He was rarely ever there. He yawned again for what seemed like the thousandth time that night. He had had about six hours of sleep that entire week and it was catching up to him, fast. He glanced at the clock on his wall.

2:58am.

"Everyone should be asleep by now...or passed out." He turned off his computer and unplugged it taking it with him.

3:20am

Seto Kaiba walked into a dark quiet mansion and hurried to his room on the second floor. He made his way down to the end of the hall and opened the door. Without turning on the lights he dropped his computer noiselessly on the desk in the corner of the room then made his way to his bed removing all of his clothes but his boxers. Sliding under the covers he fell into a deep sleep.

7:30 am

Seto slowly awoke to the sound of rain on his window and the smell of honey and vanilla. He had never slept that well for as long as he could remember. He felt relaxed and comfortable and also a strange weight against his chest. His eyes popped open suddenly to the sight of red auburn hair. He moved his eyes down to the milky white face of the girl the hair belonged to. The girl was laying on top of him with her head rested against his chest her hands on either side of his ribs. She was breathing in and out slowly, obviously sleeping. Her hair was cascading down her back and one of the straps on her bra had fallen down her arm. He groaned inwardly at the sight.

He could feel her small even breaths as she slept soundly, a smile on her pink lips. He also noticed that his arms where wrapped tightly around her waist.

She looked so small and delicate.

"What am I thinking? No," he yelled to himself in his mind trying to shake the thoughts away.

"Girls only cause weakness," he repeated over and over in his mind.

But then he lay there staring at her for a moment watching her sleep. There was something about her that drew him to her. It was strange. He had never met her before. With his arms still wrapped tightly around her Seto drifted off to sleep his lips curved into a slight smirk.

8:30 am

Serenity lay in contentment not quite fully awake. She had just had one of the greatest sleeps in her life. And also one of the strangest dreams. She started remembering her dream and how a mysterious man had come into the room and laid down beside her. She remembered how he had moved across the bed towards her.

"They had ended up with her laying on top and his hands around my waist. It was so nice," she thought to herself. That's when she realized.

"It's not a dream," her mind reeled. She could feel his warm skin against hers. It was smooth and well muscled. She opened her eyes to find herself in a large dark blue room on a large bed on top of her mysterious dream man. She tried to lay there still as not to wake him but curiosity got the better of her. She moved slowly craning her head until she could see who she was on top of.

"SETO KAIBA," her mind yelled in shock. She looked around the room frantically to see what time it was. She hoped it wasn't too late. She looked at a digital clock on a table at the side of the bed and sighed in relief. She had hours before the others woke up.

"I will just wait to Seto wakes up then I will leave and pretend this never happened," she planned calmly. Serenity lay there, on top of Seto, eyes closed contently, listening to his shallow breathing.

"You must have been tired," she whispered. Thinking about what Mokuba said earlier about him being busy with work.

"I was," he muttered.

Serenity's eyes shot open.

"Y-your awake," she gasped and sat up her knees positioned at both sides of his waist while she still faced him. His eyes moved from her face down her small body. In her haste to get up she had forgotten that she was only wearing panties and a bra. Kaiba lay there staring at her determined to keep his features emotionless while his heart beat madly in his chest. He moved his eyes back up her face when their eyes met. The instant their eyes met something happened. Something that couldn't be explained. She just sat like that for a moment staring into his deep blue eyes while he stared back into her hazel ones. Serenity blinked and broke the gaze leaving her to realize that she was straddling him wearing only panties and a bra. She dropped back down hastily on top of Seto her face red with embarrassment.

"I think this is taking a step backwards," said Seto noticing her ears turning red too.

"What a strange girl," thought Seto as she slid off of him in a more discrete fashion.

He watched her as she sat up with the blanket wrapped tightly around her and start searching the room for something.

"What are you doing now," demanded Seto harshly. Serenity looked at him and narrowed her eyes,

"My clothes."

"What a bastard," thought Serenity.

"Well hurry up I will be late for work because of your carelessness," said Kaiba now becoming very angry. He had now forgotten any of the earlier feelings, dubbing this mystery girl as a flake.

"Im s-o-r-r-y," said Serenity sarcastically.

"If you helped me this would go a lot faster."

"You were careless enough to lose your clothes in the first place, your problem. If you don't hurry up I will have security come here and throw you out no matter what you're wearing," he said smugly.

"Ah ha found them," shouted Serenity in triumph ignoring Kaiba's last comment and giving him a dirty look. She gave the blanket around her a quick tug pulling it with her off the bed leaving Seto to frantically pull the comforter up around him.

"Hey! Watch it," he yelled angrily.

"Oh I'm sorry," said Serenity with a smile as she walked towards his bathroom.

"Hey what are you doing, GET OUT!" Yelled Seto almost leaping from the bed but remembering what he was wearing he decided against it. Serenity just ignored him walked into the bathroom and slammed the door. Seto took this time to find some pants and a shirt and put them on. He stood outside the door with his arms crossed and a frown waiting for her until she opened the door a smile of triumph on her face. She walked past Kaiba towards the door not paying him any attention. He was at a loss for words no one ever talked back or ignored him, well except for the dog. Usually everyone was afraid of him. She didn't seem to be afraid of him at all. Serenity opened the door to leave and paused not bothering to turn around to face Kaiba.

"You should spend less time working and more time with Mokuba. He needs you. Look into his eyes the next time you tell him you can't spend time with him," Serenity said softly and continued to walk out the door before he could respond.

Serenity managed to make her way back to main room before anyone had woken up. She was relieved to be back with her friends and her brother rather then that insufferable tyrant Seto Kaiba. She walked to the couch and found Joey still sleeping hap-hazardly on the couch one hand still in the bowl of cheese-ezs. She looked at the floor were Mokuba lay,

"Never become like you brother," she whispered.

The First Day of School

Serenity and Joey walked together from the subway to Domino High school. It was Serenity's first day at a new high school and she was a bit nervous. Not only because it was her first day but also because she didn't really feel like she fit in with Joey's group of friends.

"Don't be so nervous sis...the gang will be there and besides I mean you get awesome grades...no sweat," said Joey with a big grin.

"Thanks Joey," said Serenity feeling a tiny bit of relief at her brother's works.

"HEY GUYS," shouted Joey waving to the group of people waiting for them at the front gate.

"JOEY. SERENITY," yelled Yugi. The group met, all excited about there first days back. Even Joey. Suddenly Joey's grin changed into that of cold hatred.

"What are you doing here?" He asked angrily. Serenity turned around to meet the cold gaze of Seto Kaiba. He didn't even look at her. Instead he focused his attention on Joey.

"I don't have to explain myself to the likes of you. However maybe I should reconsider coming here for another year, this place has really gone downhill by letting dog's in," sneered Kaiba. Before Joey could reply Serenity stepped up to Kaiba so that their was mere inches between them, her rage boiling to the surface,

"I didn't know they let monsters like you in either. Especially ones with such big heads," retorted Serenity staring right into his icy blue eyes.

"Big head! Jeeze Serenity what was that," she asked herself.

"You have some nerve girl, speaking to me like that," his voice eerily calm. He bent forward and whispered into her ear so that only she could hear what he said,

"Don't ever speak to me like that again, or I will make your life and the lives of your friend's hell." He moved away from her and started walking towards the school. Serenity shook with anger her fists clenched so hard her knuckles turned white.

"Seren-ity," came the voice of her brother barely above a whisper.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," said Serenity counting to ten under her breath.

"Let's go to class or we will be late," she said calmly as she spun around and headed to her first class. She walked past the group leaving them staring at her mouths open shocked at what they just witnessed.

Serenity sat in class staring out the window. She rarely ever got angry with anyone. She was usually so calm and collected. There was just something about Kaiba that rubbed her the wrong way. Her mind was going over what had just happened. She knew she had to apologize to Kaiba even though she would give almost anything to avoid it.

"HE will never apologize to me," she thought angrily.

"She has some nerve talking to me like that," Seto Kaiba thought bitterly to himself.

"Who was she anyway?" He stared out the window not paying any attention to the teacher. She made his blood boil with her lack of respect.

"She looked innocent enough," he thought recalling how innocent and peaceful she looked sleeping.

"But looks can be deceiving."

Seto was intrigued by her. He had never met anyone who could stand up against him. She didn't seem to fear him at all. His thoughts wandered again back to last Friday. He could still remember her intoxicating scent and the way her bra slipped off her shoulder. He shook the disturbing thoughts out of his head.

He felt angry that she had gotten away with treating him like that and he was angry because he found her fascinating.

"Lunch," yawned Serenity stretching her arms and heading for the door. She had spent the morning debating whether she should apologize to Kaiba. She had decided to apologize when she saw him secretly hoping that it was never. She headed out the door and towards the cafeteria her lunch in hand. Pausing at the doors she turned around and decided to eat lunch outside. It was a nice day and it would give her an excuse to find a nice place to sit and read in peace and quite for the remainder of the year. He brother wouldn't be looking for her since he had gotten detention earlier that morning for snoring in class. She could hear him arguing with the principal as he walked down the hall to detention. Walking outside she took a deep breath. It was a warm day but there was a cool breeze so it wasn't uncomfortable. She wandered around the grounds spotting the perfect tree at the far edge of the yard partially secluded in shadows and far enough away that she wouldn't be bothered. Walking over she sat down leaning her back up against the tree she unpacked her lunch and was about to take the first bite of her sandwich when a dark shadow blocked out the sun. She looked up to the menacing gaze of none other than Seto Kaiba. Inwardly she groaned.

"Your in my spot, move," said Kaiba narrowing his eyes.

"This isn't your tree you don't own it, go find another one I was here first," retorted Serenity. Growling Seto spun around and was about to leave when Serenity called out to him,

"WAIT!" Pausing he turned around fixing his glare on her.

"I um, um," stuttered Serenity trying her hardest not to blush.

"Well what is it I don't have all day," said Kaiba crossing his arms impatiently. Fighting back the urge to yell at him she swallowed her pride and continued to apologize.

"I'm...sorry for the things I said." Taken aback for a moment Kaiba took a step forward noticing she had her head down and was nervously tearing up her napkin into tiny pieces.

"I d-didn't mean all of them," she said breathing out.

"And if you want I guess we can share the tree," said Serenity hesitantly. Kaiba stared for a moment at Serenity before he turned around and walked off. She looked up as he walked away her mouth open in shock. She hadn't been expecting that.

"Jeeze guys are such babies," she said returning to her lunch.

3 DAYS LATER

"Okay let's get three things straight. One I don't like you. Two the only reason I'm here right now is because this is MY spot. And three DON'T under any circumstances talk to me," stated a very angry Seto Kaiba as he sat down leaning against the opposite side of the tree. They sat in silence for about five minutes before Serenity couldn't take it anymore.

"So does this mean you accept my apology?" she inquired.

"What part of don't talk to me don't you understand?" grumbled Kaiba.

"What a baby, I was just trying to be nice," mumbled Serenity picking up her book.

For the next two weeks it seemed that a lunch time routine had started. Serenity and Kaiba would be at the same tree and at some point he would tell her to stop talking to him and she would tell him he was being a baby. It wasn't until the third week that Serenity noticed a change in him. He walked to the tree like usual but it seemed like he was moving slower. He merely slumped down opposite side of the tree and closed his eyes.

"Are you okay?" Asked Serenity. She had expected him to at least tell her to be quiet.

Nothing.

"Kaiba?"

Nothing.

She decided to see for herself what was wrong with him. He wasn't insulting her as usual.

"What is there's something wrong," she thought fearfully.

She put her lunch to the side and crawled as stealthily as she could around to where Kaiba was sitting.

"He looks so peaceful," she thought staring at the sleeping Kaiba. Suddenly she felt a pang of sorrow for him. He probably had been working a lot lately that was why he was so tired.

"Wait a minute," she gasped.

"Is he breathing? Maybe he worked himself to death!" Serenity started to panic trying to figure out if he was breathing. She moved closer to him trying to determine if he was breathing. Balanced on her toes she moved closer.

She sat like that for only a few seconds before Kaiba's eyes opened. He was greeted with the sight of Serenity's face inches from his complete with worried expression.

"Ahhhhhh," she screamed as she fell forward her head and hands hitting his chest. Leaping back quickly she landed on her bottom beside him looking very shocked.

"What were you doing?" asked Kaiba blushing despite himself. Still trying to get past the shock of waking up with her so close.

"I was um...I thought you were dead," Said Serenity half shouting as tears threatened to spill any moment. Kaiba watched this incredibly display unfold before him.

"For someone who seems to hate me so much why would you care if I lived or died," asked Kaiba sitting up and brushing himself off. He closed his eyes trying to clear his aching head.

"I don't hate you. I just think we got off on the wrong foot. Everyone deserves a second chance even tyrants like you," she said with a small smile. He open his eyes and stared at her unsure of how to react.

"Are you for real? No one has ever tried this hard to make amends before. No one has ever forgiven me before. Well except for Yugi. And I guess you're not as stupid as you look," said Kaiba hesitantly.

"You know you suck at apologies," stated Serenity as she reached for her lunch.

"That wasn't an apology," said Kaiba quickly as he rested against the tree again his eyes still fixed on Serenity. He watched her with amazement as she ate her lunch. He had never seen anyone eat that much food that fast besides Mokuba.

"You eat too much, your going to get fat," stated Kaiba with a smirk. Serenity simply stuck out her tongue and replied sweetly,

"I have a high metabolism, and at least I'm not ugly. You can change fat, you can't change ugly," she said with a grin.

They sat in silence for the rest of lunch; it had been a big step for both of them.

THE NEXT DAY

Serenity sat at the tree as usual. It had been easy for her to come out here everyday alone. Her brother seemed to get detention for almost every lunch hour and the day's he didn't have detention and tried to follow her she would say that she was going to the library. As soon as she said the word library his eyes glazed over and no matter how hard she tried he didn't hear a word she said. She loved her brother deeply but lunch had become a time that was hers. She was pulled out of her thoughts by the sound of approaching footsteps. She looked towards the sound to see that it was Kaiba.

"That's strange, usually he's very light on his feet," she thought passively to herself as Kaiba sat down and resting himself against the tree yawning.

"Are you okay," asked Serenity.

"Yah I just haven't been able to get much sleep lately, and I have a migraine from all of the incompetence I have to deal with" he replied yawning once again.

"Why am I telling her this? Why would she care?" Kaiba asked himself. He brought his fingers to his temples and started to rub them trying to relieve some of the pain. A week of headaches and no sleep, even he agreed that he was in rough shape. Suddenly he heard some rustling as Serenity moved closer placing her hand on his shoulder lightly.

"You need to loosen up. Move so your back is facing me and take off you jacket. I might be able to help with the headache."

"Don't worry I don't bite," she added with a laugh. Kaiba slowly moved in front of her kneeling form removing his jacket and setting it down beside him. He was skeptical about her being able to help make his headache go away.

"What do I have to loose this headache is driving me nuts." He thought as he felt a pair of small hands move to the back of his neck. He tensed reflexively but began to relax after they started to work their magic. They started at the base of his neck and worked their way down his spine working knots and pressure points.

"Tense much," Serenity questioned as she worked at a particularly hard knot.

"Why are you working on my back when I have a headache," asked Kaiba suddenly.

"Because usually if you carry a lot of tension in your back and shoulders and neck it causes pressure on the nerves which can cause headaches," replied Serenity.

She slowly moved her hands up to work on his shoulders and partway down his arms.

"Mmmm I like his arms," thought Serenity as she felt his biceps. Suddenly realizing what she was doing and quickly moved her hands back up to his shoulders hoping he hadn't noticed. She waited for the comment.

Nothing.

Shrugging she focused her full attention on the task at hand once again. Serenity moved her hands to the base of his neck then up through his long hair to his temples. She had been rubbing his temples lightly for a while when she felt him lean back against her.

"He's asleep,' thought Serenity.

"He must have been really tired. Now with the problem at hand. He's now on top of me," she groaned inwardly.

She managed to move her legs into a more comfortable position while sliding back so his head rest in her lap and her back was against the tree. She sat watching him sleep.

"So peaceful," she thought smiling.

15 MINUTES LATER

DING DING DING

Serenity watched from the shade of the tree as the students headed back inside. She looked questioningly at Kaiba who was still asleep. She had managed to maneuver herself without waking him up so that her back was against the tree. However she knew that if she moved he would wake up and he looked like he needed to sleep. Sighing she pulled out her book and continued to read. She would wait as long as Kaiba was asleep.

6:00PM

The students had long since left and the sun was now setting. No one had seen Serenity leaning up against a tree with Seto Kaiba on her lap. She had sat the entire day with him in her lap reading her mystery novel. It actually wasn't that bad. She had gotten a lot of reading done. She herself had fallen asleep her hands resting in his soft brown hair.

He stirred and opened his eyes slowly looking around. Suddenly realizing where he was.

"I feel asleep," he thought groggily. Looking up at Serenity sleeping peacefully she had waited. Sitting up careful not to disturb her he checked his watch. 6:03PM.

"She waited all this time. For me. Why?" Thought Seto as he looked again at her. Her family would be wondering where she was. He decided his only option would be to wake her up.

"Serenity."

Nothing.

"SERENITY," yelled Kaiba. Serenity opened her eyes slowly. Looking at Kaiba her eyes half glazed over with sleep. Waving his hand in front of her face he realized she wasn't fully awake. Seto picked up his coat and put it on then picked up her pink back-pack and slung it over a shoulder. Putting his hands at the side of her ribs he gently picked her up so that she was standing. She was lighter then he thought. He moved his hands away only to watch her eyes close as she started to sway dangerously and finally topple forward into Kaiba's arms. Once again. Deciding he was getting no where he picked her up cradling her in his arms and started walking towards his car. On the way there she snuggled into his chest and put an arm around his neck. Kaiba managed to fight most of his natural impulses on the way to his car much to his relief. He settled her in the passenger seat and rounded the car to the driver's seat. At that moment a realization struck him,

"I have no idea where she lives." He looked again at her sleeping form when he noticed her bag on the floor of the car. Picking it up he opened it and started to rummage through it for the necessary information.

"Ah ha," he almost shouted as he found a change of address form. He scanned the sheet quickly until he found it. It was on the far side of town in a particularly bad neighbourhood. Then he read the line above it:

"Under the temporary care of her brother." He glanced at her. In some way she was in the same situation as Mokuba and he had been. However she still had her mother. He was about to put the paper away when his hand froze. Her last name:

"WHEELER."

He couldn't believe his eyes she was a Wheeler. She had moved here to live with her brother.

"Joey," grimaced Kaiba. He knew he recognized her. She was cheering on her brother at his tournament.

"Mmmmm," moaned Serenity her eyes opening slowly as she stretched her arms into the air. Looking around she noticed her surroundings had changed. She was now sitting inside a very nice car. She moved her eyes to her left resting her eyes on Seto Kaiba who was staring down at a piece of paper.

"You're a Wheeler," stated Kaiba anger seeping into his words.

"Yes, why is th-," Serenity tried to answer.

"Get out," said Kaiba handing the paper back to Serenity, not bothering to look at her.

"Now."

Serenity narrowed her eyes picked up her bag stuffing the paper inside and reached for the door.

"I'm sorry to have inconvenienced you. I gave you a second chance, when I didn't have to. I judged you for who you are not who your family is. I thought...I thought we could be friends. But I guess my brother was right about you. You are heartless." Serenity got out of the car tears threatening to overcome her. Despite all that had happened she was starting to like Kaiba.

He sped away as soon as she closed the door, leaving her to walk home alone.

The sky had turned a nice orange colour as the sun set. It wouldn't be long before it got dark. She shivered suddenly. It was getting cold too.

She started walking towards the subway reaching into her bag to look for her wallet.

"Oh no," she groaned.

"It must have fallen out in Kaiba's car. How did my bag get open?" Then she remembered the piece of paper Kaiba was holding.

"He must have been looking for something with my address on it." She concluded.

"I guess I will have to walk."

"A Wheeler. I have been associating with a Wheeler," said Kaiba angrily to himself on his drive home.

"And the worst part about it is I was actually starting to tolerate her," he said slamming his fist down on his horn making the car in front of him speed up. He slowed down at a red light and looked at the place where Serenity had been sitting only a few minutes before.
"Dammit," he shouted just before noticing a pink wallet on the floor of the passenger side. He felt a small pang of guilt when he remembered rummaging through her things to find her address.

"It's not my fault she fell asleep," he thought quickly.

"She wouldn't have fallen asleep if she had just woken me up. She missed all of her classes to stay with me so I could sleep. Why would she do that?" said his conscience. Her words came to mind. She was right she did just want to be friends. Kaiba couldn't believe it someone had actually made him admit that he was wrong. No one had ever done that. As he passed through another intersection he did a u-turn speeding back to where he had left Serenity. Another realization struck him on his way back. The fact that Serenity had no money to get a ride or take the bus or train so she would have to walk. Not only was it almost an hour walk but it was in a particularly bad part of town.

10 MINUTES LATER

"You would think I could remember my way home," thought Serenity as she stood at an intersection debating which way to go. She had only remembered the first little bit. She had always taken the train or bus to school.

"Well at least I made it this far." Serenity looked up at the sky as it was now a deep purple colour. Shivering again she closed her eyes and headed towards the street to the left.

"That's the wrong way," said a voice from behind her. Serenity could recognize that voice anywhere as belonging to none other then Seto Kaiba.

"What do you want? I thought you didn't associate yourself with Wheelers," she sneered turning around to face him.

"I might have overreacted," he said quickly.

"You can't keep doing this. I already gave you a second chance," said Serenity narrowing her eyes at Kaiba before turning around and stalking away.

"Your going in the wrong direction. I will give you a ride" stated Kaiba crossing his arms.

"I gave what you said some thought. I should not judge you because you are a Wheeler." He said hesitantly. Serenity's stopped suddenly and turned slowly around a smile on her face.

"Apology not accepted." He stared at her in shock as Serenity walked toward him. Her smile faded into a frown as she walked up to him.

"You really hurt me. I know you don't like my brother, that's fine. I thought...I thought we were starting to understand each other. I guess I was wrong," she whispered fighting back tears.

"I'm sorry," he mumbled inaudible. She looked up at him, into his eyes as he tried to look away. This whole situation was making him very uncomfortable.

"Please let me give you a ride," he added. Seto watched with amazement as Serenity went from hopelessly unhappy to practically giddy with joy in less than 3 seconds.

"I will never understand girls. Especially their emotions," he thought to himself.

"What made you come back? I thought Seto Kaiba was always right," she said with a playful smirk.

"My conscience," he replied coolly walking gracefully back to his car.

"I bet you two haven't spoken in a while," Serenity stated playful as she sat down beside him. Grumbling something impossible to hear under his breath Seto stepped on the gas and sped towards Serenity's house.

The months passed quickly for Serenity and Kaiba. There friendship was becoming stronger with each passing day.