Joey opened his first.
"Snow White? What the?! Isn't she a girl?" Yugi and Tristan looked over. Duke held in a laugh and Tea ignored the outburst altogether. Tristan looked at Yugi and then opened his.
"Dwarf 3," he read. "Dwarf? Hey Yugi, what'd you get? I think I may have yours." Yugi held in the want to retaliate and opened his.
"Queen 2," he said.
"Nevermind. I'd rather be short," Tristan said leaning back in his seat. Duke snickered.
"What're you laughin' at?! This ain't funny!" Joey yelled at him. Duke smiled.
"There are only three girl parts in the play and two of yous managed to get them," he said. Joey fumed inside but Tea interrupted before he could respond.
"I got the third!" she said waving her paper. "Queen 1."
"And I'm..." Duke opened his. "...the King. Cool. I always knew I was royalty and not to mention I got my beautiful Queen." He winked at Tea.
"Thanks Duke. I didn't know you liked me that much," Yugi said. Laughter spread through the classroom and Joey punched Yugi's shoulder playfully.
"Good one Yug'," he said. Duke scowled and shook his head.
The other students were looking at theirs as well, murmurs passing through the room. Kaiba was the only one who stayed quiet. His paper remained unopened on his desk. Nobody seemed to notice.
"Hey Ryou. What's yours say?" Joey called to the front of the classroom. Ryou turned around.
"Magic Mirror," he said trying to be loud but still sounding soft spoken.
"Hey, he got a cool part. Why do I have to be a girl?" Joey continued to protest.
"I said, no complaining. All roles are final," the teachers voice quieted everyone. She started passing out packets of papers. "These are your scripts. Memorize them. Take a highlighter and highlight your part if it helps. We're going to go through Act 1 today. It's short. Read through Act 2 tonight for homework and get familiar with your characters. Some are short, I know. Just try your best to be the best." She stopped at Kaiba's desk. "I'm need to see you after..."
"I have an important meeting," Kaiba interrupted.
"It'll only be a second."
"Between the bells, I'll abide by your rules. Afterschool, I no longer answer to you. You, answer to me. And I said I'm busy." The room went deathly quiet. Even Joey didn't comment. They all anticipated what she would do next. She dropped a packet on Kaiba's desk and flipped it to the last page.
"I think you'll want to reconsider," she said simply. She walked back to the front of the class. "Mr. Wheeler, I'll need to see you too."
"What for?"
" Today will just be a readthrough of Act 1. Tomorrow we'll read through the rest of it and on Wednesday we'll start putting it together with acting."
"Maybe she wants him to cook her dinner," Tristan whispered to Yugi.
"He seems more of the cleaning type," Yugi said back. They both laughed. Joey glared at them and crossed his arms.
"I'll need my Narrator, Queen 1 and the King. Joey, you don't have any lines this Act but you're still in it so pay attention. Then I'll need the Queen two and the magic mirror. The rest of you just follow along." Everyone opened their packets. Everyone, except Kaiba. His little paper sat crumpled up next to the opened packet and he stared at one line on the last page, being careful not to let his fear seep into his expression. That one line was all it took to send fear through the big CEO. 'kisses Snow White.' The kiss itself didn't scare him. After all, it was just acting, right? So what was it? Why had those three little words made his fingers shake and his blood freeze? Certainly he didn't have feelings for the brute blonde. Seto Kaiba didn't do feelings. So why did the thought of kissing Joey both terrify AND excite him.
"I talk to furry animals!" Joey outburst. It was followed by a string of mumbled words too low to be deciphered. Kaiba glanced over at him a minute watching the blonde redden with anger. Duke snickered at him again and Kaiba turned back to the script before anyone noticed him looking.
"Narrator, please continue," the teacher ignored the outburst.
"And Snow White grew to become a beautiful young girl, more beautiful them the queen herself, inside AND out. And one day the queen approached her magic mirror."
"Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who's the fairest of them all?" Yugi said his line.
"You, my queen, are fair: it is true. But Snow White is a thousand times fairer then you," Ryou responded.
"This made the queen very angry and jealous and she sought out to destroy Snow White."
"What?!" Yugi said paling. "I don't want to destroy Joey."
[ It's just a play Yugi]. Yami reassured him. Yugi looked at Joey who was still angry about playing a girl. The bell rang announcing lunch.
"Okay. That's it for this today. When you get back from lunch, we'll start on Math," the teacher shouted over the noise that had started again. Everyone exited the room.
"I can't believe I have to play a girl," Joey said as they walked down the hallway.
"I'm not too happy about my role either, Joey," Yugi said.
"Well look on the bright side, Joey. You're not just A girl, you're the PRETTIEST girl," Duke broke in from behind them. That started a fighting match, verbal and physical. Yugi sunk into his own thoughts.
/ Yami maybe you could play the queen. Even if it is a play, the very idea of destroying my best friend...it just...I can't even think about it. /
[ No way. I'm not playing a girl].
/ But it's a royal girl. /
[ No deal. You're on your own kid].
"Take it back!" Joey shouted. He had Duke in a headlock on the floor.
"Come on, break it up guys," Tea pulled Joey off Duke. They stood and brushed themselves off.
"If I had known you'd get so defensive I would have just called you a pansy," Duke said.
"Why I outta..." Duke sprinted off and Joey ran after him, Tea in close pursuit.
"Don't hurt him Joey!" Yugi just watched them go.
"Snow White? What the?! Isn't she a girl?" Yugi and Tristan looked over. Duke held in a laugh and Tea ignored the outburst altogether. Tristan looked at Yugi and then opened his.
"Dwarf 3," he read. "Dwarf? Hey Yugi, what'd you get? I think I may have yours." Yugi held in the want to retaliate and opened his.
"Queen 2," he said.
"Nevermind. I'd rather be short," Tristan said leaning back in his seat. Duke snickered.
"What're you laughin' at?! This ain't funny!" Joey yelled at him. Duke smiled.
"There are only three girl parts in the play and two of yous managed to get them," he said. Joey fumed inside but Tea interrupted before he could respond.
"I got the third!" she said waving her paper. "Queen 1."
"And I'm..." Duke opened his. "...the King. Cool. I always knew I was royalty and not to mention I got my beautiful Queen." He winked at Tea.
"Thanks Duke. I didn't know you liked me that much," Yugi said. Laughter spread through the classroom and Joey punched Yugi's shoulder playfully.
"Good one Yug'," he said. Duke scowled and shook his head.
The other students were looking at theirs as well, murmurs passing through the room. Kaiba was the only one who stayed quiet. His paper remained unopened on his desk. Nobody seemed to notice.
"Hey Ryou. What's yours say?" Joey called to the front of the classroom. Ryou turned around.
"Magic Mirror," he said trying to be loud but still sounding soft spoken.
"Hey, he got a cool part. Why do I have to be a girl?" Joey continued to protest.
"I said, no complaining. All roles are final," the teachers voice quieted everyone. She started passing out packets of papers. "These are your scripts. Memorize them. Take a highlighter and highlight your part if it helps. We're going to go through Act 1 today. It's short. Read through Act 2 tonight for homework and get familiar with your characters. Some are short, I know. Just try your best to be the best." She stopped at Kaiba's desk. "I'm need to see you after..."
"I have an important meeting," Kaiba interrupted.
"It'll only be a second."
"Between the bells, I'll abide by your rules. Afterschool, I no longer answer to you. You, answer to me. And I said I'm busy." The room went deathly quiet. Even Joey didn't comment. They all anticipated what she would do next. She dropped a packet on Kaiba's desk and flipped it to the last page.
"I think you'll want to reconsider," she said simply. She walked back to the front of the class. "Mr. Wheeler, I'll need to see you too."
"What for?"
" Today will just be a readthrough of Act 1. Tomorrow we'll read through the rest of it and on Wednesday we'll start putting it together with acting."
"Maybe she wants him to cook her dinner," Tristan whispered to Yugi.
"He seems more of the cleaning type," Yugi said back. They both laughed. Joey glared at them and crossed his arms.
"I'll need my Narrator, Queen 1 and the King. Joey, you don't have any lines this Act but you're still in it so pay attention. Then I'll need the Queen two and the magic mirror. The rest of you just follow along." Everyone opened their packets. Everyone, except Kaiba. His little paper sat crumpled up next to the opened packet and he stared at one line on the last page, being careful not to let his fear seep into his expression. That one line was all it took to send fear through the big CEO. 'kisses Snow White.' The kiss itself didn't scare him. After all, it was just acting, right? So what was it? Why had those three little words made his fingers shake and his blood freeze? Certainly he didn't have feelings for the brute blonde. Seto Kaiba didn't do feelings. So why did the thought of kissing Joey both terrify AND excite him.
"I talk to furry animals!" Joey outburst. It was followed by a string of mumbled words too low to be deciphered. Kaiba glanced over at him a minute watching the blonde redden with anger. Duke snickered at him again and Kaiba turned back to the script before anyone noticed him looking.
"Narrator, please continue," the teacher ignored the outburst.
"And Snow White grew to become a beautiful young girl, more beautiful them the queen herself, inside AND out. And one day the queen approached her magic mirror."
"Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who's the fairest of them all?" Yugi said his line.
"You, my queen, are fair: it is true. But Snow White is a thousand times fairer then you," Ryou responded.
"This made the queen very angry and jealous and she sought out to destroy Snow White."
"What?!" Yugi said paling. "I don't want to destroy Joey."
[ It's just a play Yugi]. Yami reassured him. Yugi looked at Joey who was still angry about playing a girl. The bell rang announcing lunch.
"Okay. That's it for this today. When you get back from lunch, we'll start on Math," the teacher shouted over the noise that had started again. Everyone exited the room.
"I can't believe I have to play a girl," Joey said as they walked down the hallway.
"I'm not too happy about my role either, Joey," Yugi said.
"Well look on the bright side, Joey. You're not just A girl, you're the PRETTIEST girl," Duke broke in from behind them. That started a fighting match, verbal and physical. Yugi sunk into his own thoughts.
/ Yami maybe you could play the queen. Even if it is a play, the very idea of destroying my best friend...it just...I can't even think about it. /
[ No way. I'm not playing a girl].
/ But it's a royal girl. /
[ No deal. You're on your own kid].
"Take it back!" Joey shouted. He had Duke in a headlock on the floor.
"Come on, break it up guys," Tea pulled Joey off Duke. They stood and brushed themselves off.
"If I had known you'd get so defensive I would have just called you a pansy," Duke said.
"Why I outta..." Duke sprinted off and Joey ran after him, Tea in close pursuit.
"Don't hurt him Joey!" Yugi just watched them go.