Again, sorry it took so long. Thanks to to everyone who's been reviewing, especailly Wondergal, Streamstrider, and Lovely Red Rose.I really appriciate it. Sorry I changed my name everyone, the last one was too long;and, as you know if you read my profile, I had wanted Silver Rose from the begining. Hey, Wondergal, I think responding to your reviews is a good idea, I'm gonna do it too. And about the fountain pen, would I have to pay shipping and handling?
I'm Back: Chapter 6
A Date With Deception
Matt's apartment (one week later):
"Yeah, Dad. I'm sure she's the one. She fits your description perfectly." Matt paced back and forth in front of his desk.
"You're absolutely sure? I don't see how that little brat could have gotten all the way to Japan on her own." a rough voice answered through the phone.
"Well, it's her, I'm sure of it."
"How are you sure?"
"I've been walking with her in the halls, sitting with her at lunch, and going with her to class. I've befriended her and she trusts me. I could ask her where she's from and she'd probably tell me, but that's not necessary."
"Why not?"
"Because she's wearing her brother's necklace."
"How do you know it's Kile's necklace?"
Matt rolled his eyes. "How many Cylinas do you think there are wondering Japan wearing a choker with the name 'Kile' engraved in silver on it! Besides, I've seen him wearing it at the company . . . on the few occasions you aloud me to come."
"I didn't want you making friends with the Adrian kids."
"Why, were you afraid I'd start to like them?"
Anderson was silent for a moment before replying, "I'll send someone to take care of the girl."
"Wait, you said you'd let me handle this." Matt objected.
"You just told me you couldn't handle it."
"What!"
"You just said that you liked her, your not ready for this."
"It was a joke, Dad!" Matt growled, slamming his fist on the desk. "I hate her guts, she's the only thing that can stop us! Let me take care of her."
"You get one chance. Don't dissapoint me, son." He hung up. Matt glared at the phone, before dialing another number.
"Hello?" a voice answered.
"Hi, is this Seto Kaiba's residence?"
"May I asked who's calling?"
"A friend. I need to speak with someone who's staying there."
"Name, please?"
"Cylina Adrian."
"Please hold." Matt waited for a few minutes
"Hello?" Cylina answered.
"Hey." Matt replied in his smothest voice.
"Um, who am I speaking to?"
"What! You don't remember me?" He pretended to be shocked. "That hurts, Cylina. That really hurts."
"Well, you sound familiar, but I'm afraid I don't quite recognize your voice on the phone."
"It's me, Matt."
"Matt! Hi . . . how do you know what number to reach me at?"
"I have a phone book." Cylina laughed softly. "Hey, got any plans for this evening?"
"No, well, I did but not any more." she said with a hint of resentment. "Why?"
"I was just wondering if I could take you somewhere."
"Take me somewhere?"
"Yeah, it's a surprise though. What do you say?"
"Uh," she thought about what Kaiba had done to her, blowing off her lessons for some meeting. This would be the perfect way to get back at him. "I'd love to."
"Great! I'll pick you up at seven?"
"I'll be ready." She hung up the phone.
'You're too trusting, Miss Adrian.' Matt smirked. 'It'll be your down fall.'
Cylina was frantically rumaging through her closet, trying to find something to wear. 'He didn't give me any hint as to where we're going. How am I supposed to know whether to wear jeans or a dress!' She heard a knock at the door. "Come in!"
"Wow, you're here. I thought you'd be in lessons with Kaiba." Tea said.
"Then why did you come?" Cylina asked poking her head out of the closet.
"I was bored and I felt like trying. Even if you weren't here, it gave me something to do."
"Why didn't you go to Yugi's?"
"He wasn't home. Plus, I kinda get tired of hanging out with guys all the time."
"Serenity's not a guy."
"No, but Joey's taking her to see a movie and I didn't want to intrude. Besides, visiting you gives me an exuse(ch sp!) to come inside Kaiba's mansion. Hey . . . are you trying to get rid of me?" Tea raised an eyebrow.
"No, but obviously you're using me." Cylina smiled.
"Am not. I'd still enjoy spending time with you even if you lived in a dumpster."
"Glad to know it. I need you help."
"With what?" Tea asked, plopping herself on the sofa.
"With clothes. I'm going on a date and I don't know what to wear." Cylina said holding a shirt up to her chest and examining herself in the mirror.
"You're going on a date! With who?" Tea jumped up and ran to the bathroom where Cylina was standing.
"With Matt." She held up the shirt in her other hand.
"So he finally asked you out." Tea went into the closet and started going through the clothes.
"Finally? What, were you expecting him to?"
"Well it was so obvious. He's been following you all over school, and eating lunch with us everyday. You need to learn to spot the signs."
"Well, I'v never been asked out before." Tea poked her head out of the closet and stared in shock. "What?" Cylina asked.
"You mean Matt is the first guy who's ever asked you out?"
"Yeah." Seeing the look on Tea's face, she decided she'd better explain. "He's really the first guy, besides Seto, that I've ever met outside of some corporate ball." Tea's eyes only widened more. "All my life, I've been pretty much kept in seclusion. My brother and I never went to public school when we were growing up; we were tutored . . . by some of the most highly reccommended Bores money could buy." She added, rolling her eyes.
"Why?"
"Because our parents thought that people would try to take advantage of us if they had the chance. Really the only other children we ever spent much time with were our neighbors, Kevin and Alisha."
"Wow. Well where is he taking you?"
"I don't know, It's a surprise."
"Then how are you supposed to know what to wear!"
"Exactly! That's why I need your help." Tea dove back into the closet. They completely decimated it from top to bottom; but after about an hour they finally put together an outfit.
"Ok, perfect." Tea smiled with satisfaction. Cylina was wearing her pair of black hip-hugger jeans with a silver rose design on the top-front of the right leg. She also had on a silver belt, her red tank top, and of course Kile's necklace. "The jeans can be either dressy or casual, and the shirt goes with anything."
"What ever you say, your the expert." Cylina smiled.
"Yes I am." Tea said, crossing her arms. Someone knocked at the door. "I'll get it." Tea offered while Cylina finished pulling her bangs back, leaving one reddish-brown curl to hang down the side of her face. Tea went to the door and opened it to see Kaiba standing on the other side.
"What are you doing here, Gardner?" he asked, almost paralyzing her with his eyes. Tea recovered quickly, she had gotten used to this.
"I'm helping Cylina get ready for her date." she said, leaning against the door. Seto's nose flared for a moment. 'Omigosh!' she thought. 'He's jealous!' A smirk crept across her face. "Is there something you need?" she asked in an amused voice.
"There's a guy waiting down stairs, I saw him when I was coming in. He says he's here to pick up Cylina." Tea laughed inwardly at the awkwardness of the situation, and at Kaiba's clinched teeth.
'Bet he wasn't counting on me being here to keep him from interrigating Cylina.' "Cylina, Matt's here to pick you up." she called.
"Coming." A hysterical laugh almost escaped from Tea's mouth when she saw the look on Kaiba's face as Cylina walked into his view.
"I thought you wanted to keep a low profile, Cylina." He said, trying to control himself.
"One date with one guy that I happen to really like isn't exactly headline news, Seto." She glided past him and down the hall, Kaiba just stood there.
"How does it feel, Kaiba?" Tea giggled after Cylina was out of sight. "To not have everything you want?"
"Get out of my house." Kaiba sneered, giving her a death glare.
When Cylina got to the balcony and saw Matt, she sighed in relief. He was wearing jeans and a casual shirt. She walked down the stairs and up to him. "Hey, Matt."
"Hey, Cylina. Wow, you look great." he held his hand out to her.
"Thank you." she said as she took it. He walked her out to his car and they got in. 'Great! It's an actual car, and not another stupid limo.' she thought. "So?" she asked out loud.
"So what?" he replied while driving.
"Where are we going."
"Maybe you don't understand what a surprise is." he joked.
"Oh, I understand what it is, I just can't wait. It can't be someplace to fancy, judging by your clothes."
"It's not, but I can change my plans if you want."
"No don't do that. I'm actually relieved, I get tired of eating at fancy resteraunts and going to fancy parties all the time."
"You too, huh." he smiled.
"Could you at least give me a hint?"
"It'll be fun."
"Well that narrows it down." she said, crossing her arms. Matt just smiled again. They drove for another fifteen minutes; talking about this and that, and occasionally laughing. Cylina couldn't believe how much fun she was having. Finally, they stopped in an empty parking lot.
"Here we are." he said as he got out and went to open Cylina's door.
"A stadium?" she asked as she got out and looked at the massive building they had parked in front of.
"Yes, a stadium." Matt replied, offering her his hand again. She took it and he brought her inside. Most of the lights were off except the ones illuminating the center. He brought her to the bottom and opened the gate leading to the middle where the performances were held. When Cylina saw what was on the other side, she gasped. "You enjoy ice skating?" Matt asked gesturing to a rack of skates on the side.
"Yeah." she repied, a little dumbfounded, but pleased.
"Are you surprised?" He stepped in front of her and looked at her face. "You look surprised."
"Yes, I'm surprised." she smiled. They walked to the rack and picked out some skates, then got ready.
"Finished?" Matt asked, standing on the edge of the ice.
"You go first." she challenged. He shrugged, then started gliding backwards. She smirked at him, then got on the ice herself. She caught up with him, then skated passed on one leg.
"I take it you've done this before." he said, observing her perfect strokes.
"Quite a few times. My parents made me take lessons when I was little. They said it would teach me grace."
"Well they were right."
"Hey, I know." She skated in a circle around him. "Let's race."
"Ok, as long as you don't cry when I beat you." Matt smirked.
"Don't be so sure." Cylina stopped in front of him. "I'm the one who took lessons, remember."
"And how do you know I didn't take lessons?" Matt's voice deepened as he inched closer to her. They stared at eachother for a moment , then, as if they read eachothers minds, took off for the other end of the rink. They were skating as fast as they could, each one taking turns being in the lead. They were over half way there now, and were tied neck and neck. Cylina reached out to the fast approaching rail at the same time Matt did, and then, at the same moment, they both touched it. They leaned on the rail, panting.
"You didn't beat me." Cylina breathed.
"I was going easy on you." Matt replied, still leaning on the rail.
"Sure you were." she smirked. They stayed there for another hour and a half talking, racing, and trying various tricks. Cylina never beat Matt at a race; but he never beat her either, except for once, but he didn't rub it in. They finally collapsed on the ice, laughing though they were exauhsted. Cylina glanced down at her watch. "Omigosh, it's nine already?"
"Time fies when you're half killing yourself on ice." Matt panted.
"Oh, it wasn't that bad, was it?" Cylina rose to her feet.
"I don't know how you did those tricks without breaking your backbone."
"Years of practice." she smiled.
"Well, I guess I'd better get you back home before you guard dog kills me." He stood up and they started skating to the gate.
"Who, Seto? Don't worry about him he doesn't care."
"He sure looked like he cared. He looked like he wanted to bite my head off."
"He always looks like that." Cylina rolled her eyes.
"Well, I'd welcome the challenge." Matt said, slamming his fist into his hand.
She stopped in front of him. "Matt, this has been the most fun I've had in a long time. You don't know how hard it's been for me these past few months, you've really lifted my spirits. Thank you so much." She reached up and hugged him.
"You're . . . you're welcome." he whispered, returning the hug.
Ok, that's all for now. I know that was a pretty long chapter, but I had to go a while before I could stop. I know I make Cylina look a little nieve, but she is. And please don't be so ticked at Matt, he'll come around . . .oops, maybe I shouldn't have said that.
Anyway, you may be wondering why I made them go ice skating. Well, Matt doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who'd take a girl out on an average date, does he you? So, I thought, 'Well, where the heck is he going to take her?' Then I remembered when Daddy took me, my brothers, and some of our friends to a hockey(sp?) game. After the game, they let everyone go out and skate on the ice, and I got to skate with TWO of the players. That's the honest- to-goodness-truth, ans that's why I decided to send them ice-skating, it seemed like a good idea.
Here's my responces to the reviews:
Wondergal: I hate skirts too, I hope they're not part of your uniform. If they are: START A PROTEST! Be peaceful about it at first, but if they don't listen to you, "Down with skirts! Voice to the people!" gets up and parades around the room,. entire family in background o.O
Streamstrider: Don't hate Matt so much, you'll see he's not so bad after a while.
Lovely Red Rose: Don't worry, she starts eating more. It's not that she's anorexic or anything, she's just broke.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and Happy Easter, everyone!