Yayyy for the new world in which all things require a disclaimer…

Nope, I don' own Yu-Gi-Oh! If I did…The show would be…SetoxJoey-Oh! Goes dreamy eyed But then again…It wouldn't be Yu-Gi-Oh, so maybe it's better I don't own it P. Okay, I'm babbling. I'll stop now. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.

Sorry for the wait, I had a bit of writer's block Oo got the chapter half done and then.. Boom …Creativity juice spilt and I lost it between the floor boards of my mind

Thanks for all commenters and reviewers, it is appreciated very much

Happy New Year!

Enjoy!

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Joey blinked, confused.

"Whadda ya mean, Yug?"

Yugi stopped, they had reached the game shop, he paused, opening the door.

"Call me later if your dad says you can come over."

Yugi waved slightly, stepping into the game shop and closing the door behind himself.

"Yug- Wait!"

Joey frowned slightly, watching his friend disappear into the shop. Joey stood in front of the store for a few minutes before heading down the street. He shook his head slightly at no one in particular.

Joey finally reached his apartment, and climbed up the stairs to his room. He glanced around, noting that his father wasn't home yet, he dropped his book bag down on his bed and plopping down next to it. After just sitting there for a few minutes, he picked up his phone and called his dad's cell phone. Joey tapped his foot slightly, waiting for his father to pick up. The old man was always slow to answer his phone.

"Oh, hey dad…"

Joey frowned slightly.

"Yeah, yeah..Okay! Look, uh, I just called to ask if it's okay if I go over to Yugi's later.."

Joey made a face, trying to ignore the background noises coming from his father's end of the phone. He knew where his father was, and he didn't exactly want to be on the phone with him while he was there.

"Yeah, okay thanks."

Joey hung up and stretched out, sighing softly as he sprawled out his bed. He kicked at his book bag, shoving it off the bed. He laid therefore a few moments before sighing dejectedly and pulling up his bag again and pulling out his text books. He set them on the bed before picking up the phone again and calling Yugi, who was a lot more practiced at picking up the phone right away.

"Hey Yugi. Dad said I could come over lata, but I'm just gonna work on my home work for a bit"

Joey blinked.

"Yes, witddout being threatened. I just thought I should get some work done."

Joey rolled his eyes.

"No kiddin' Yug. Yeah, I'll call ya when I'm done. Lata."

Joey hung up again, and flipped open his textbooks, sulking at them. Teacher's found it fun to give lots of homework at the same time. Multiple assignments for math, multiple assignments for English…Social studies. And studying for Science. Tons of fun!

(Few hours later)

With a small sigh, Joey flipped his books shut, shoving his binders to the floor and sprawled out on his bed. He'd gotten pretty much everything done except for an English essay which he'd had trouble with. Eh, he could make it up in study hall.

Joey rolled onto his bed, staring at the ceiling. What Yugi had said earlier was kind of eating at him. The kid always had a double meaning to everything he said.

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"Dat's just wrong on so many levels"

"Is it?"

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Joey sighed. Why did his friend have to be so damn cryptic? Now he was going to spend all night thinking about that. Speaking of night…Joey glanced over at the clock.

"Ah…Damnit…Ten? Already?"

Joey groaned, rolling off the bed and heading downstairs for his traditional right before going to bed snack. After rummaging through the fridge for a few minutes, Joey grabbed a container of yogurt, eating it quickly before throwing the trash in the garbage and heading back upstairs.

"Oh..Crap.."

Joey frowned to himself. He hadn't gotten to call Yugi back. It was too late now. Joey shook his head, going back up to his room. He'd talk to Yugi tomorrow and apologize.

Once in his room, Joey quickly changed into his pajamas, and set his alarm. After turning off his light, he crawled into bed, drifting off quickly after only a few minutes.

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Ah…Bows Forgive me..It's taken so long to update this… I've been busy and my creativity juice flow seemed to stop Oo . But, here ya go, and next chapter of this is actually underway already…

And, haha..I think I just became a true writer…Got my first bad review (Just like horseback riding…You're never a true rider until you fall off…It's all about getting back on ) Yeah, but that's me..Always taking everything as a good thing…

Anyhoo, thanks for reading, hopefully updates will be going faster…Sadly, I think I might discontinue my DN Angel story –for those who read it- because it's hard for me, since I'm not used to writing with those characters..I don't know yet though. Anyways, I'm shutting up so you can get on with your lives…

R&R appreciated/