(Hi hi! Ok yeah I don't own ygo…sob but oh well I suppose.)

Ch. 8 Jess and Tori

Less then a week before the 14th of May, why is this so important? Its Samantha's birthday. Her friends are coming to see her. Family, though, due to work, can't come, but that's no big deal to Sam. She doesn't mind that they can't see her… her birthday to her wasn't that big of a deal, more just an excuse to hang with her friends more then normal. And nothing more.

Yugi was in class and Yami was in deep thought within the puzzle, mostly thinking about what he should get Samantha. Samantha sat a few seats down. Yugi paid no attention to either of them, mostly because it was end of year testing and was more intent on passing then to worry about much else. Samantha on the other hand didn't seem too interested… actually she seemed to be finished with the section. The topic was biology. Samantha was pretty good at the subject.

The bell rang for school to get out for the day. Yugi walked down the hall, and then saw Samantha walking out of a different classroom. He ran up to meet her.

"Hay, you want to hang out with the gang? We were going to see a movie after school let out." Yugi asked. Samantha shook her head happily.

"Nah I can't. My friends are expecting me to pick them up from the air port today. Sorry though." She said.

"No problem… Yami's going to be upset." Yugi said, just then Yami appeared next to the both of them…

"Aww…" Yami whined. "Can I come with Sam? Pleeeeas?" Yami had the funniest puppy face as he asked that. Pretty cute actually.

"Oh… so your gonna bail on me too?" Yugi complained sarcastically. Yami slumped his head and sighed. Samantha rolled her eyes, and patted Yami on the head.

"How badly do you want to come with me?" she asked. Yami gave her the puppy face again, holding his hands under his chin in a pleading position.

"Aw, so cute!" Samantha smiled childishly. Yami baked out of his pose quickly. He didn't really like being called cute… though he dose it any ways since Samantha likes it.

"I suppose you can come with me. You alright with that Yug'?" Samantha said looking at Yugi

"Yeah, I was only kidding. I'll see ya two later." Yugi smiled and walked off to find Joey and the others. Samantha turned to Yami and looked at him eye to eye.

"So… why do you want to come with me?" she asked suspiciously. Yami smiled innocently.

"Is it so wrong as to wish to spend time with you?" Yami asked still smiling innocently. Samantha shook her head and smiled her childlike smile.

"Yeah, sure. What ever." She laughed, "My car is at home. So let's go there then we'll go to the air port." Samantha implied. Then she started walking down the sidewalk, Yami followed. They reached the house, and walked inside.

"I don't know about you… but I hate these uniforms. shudder I'm going to change cloths. You stay down here." Samantha said as she walked towards the stair case.

"Actually I think I'm gonna go next door and change too." Yami suggested, mostly talking to his self. But Samantha heard him and nodded.

Yami walked to the game den and headed up stairs. He glanced out side the window. Samantha was standing by her dresser, and then walked to her closet. Yami… stood by the window and watched her. Samantha glanced at the window and saw him. Yami froze. Samantha looked out her window, waving a finger and shaking her head at him wile mouthing 'tisk, tisk, tisk' then she closed her curtains. Yami sighed and changed his clothes.

He walked back over to Samantha's home and walked inside. She walked down the stairs, brushing her hair. She was wearing a black tank top and hip huggers jeans that were torn in the knees.

"You are such a naughty boy Yami." Samantha sighed sarcastically. Yami just grinned. Samantha rolled her eyes and playfully slapped him on the head. (Not hard, just a tap)

Samantha walked out to the garage. Her car was a jeep, black with a red dragon on the hood breathing ghost flames that flowed to the sides.

"Nice car." Yami said. She almost never drove the thing so Yami never really got a good look at it. Nor did any one else.

"The dragon and fire is my own design. But I'm not the one who put it on the car. My dad runs his own business working on cars. Him and his team will make the suckiest, oldest looking car and make it look like it was brand new." She smiled as she stepped into the drivers' seat. Yami sat in the passenger seat.

"You seem to miss your family, why did you leave?" Yami asked. Samantha paused, silence. She put the key into the ignition and turned on the radio. Yami looked away; he must have said something that she didn't like.

"sorry." He apologized feeling it was the only thing he could say.

"It's not your fault, Yami. I just… I had to leave for my own reasons, they know why. But right now it's not your place to know." She said sharply as she backed out of the drive way. Yami nodded then thought to his self. Then a sudden thought came to his mind. He laughed just a little then stopped suddenly when Samantha looked at him strangely.

"What's so funny?" she asked.

"Well I've noticed. Ever since you talked to your friends over the phone a couple weeks ago, you've been 'hyper' like Kristol said you sometimes are. This is the first time since then that I've seen you act the way you did when I first met you." Yami explained. Samantha smiled.

"I suppose your right… what mood do you like better Yami? Hyper, or serious?" she asked

"Well…I wouldn't say serious, but more mysterious." He said.

"Ok then, mysterious. But what do you like better?" she asked again

"Why do you want to know?" Yami asked

"Why don't you answer me?" Samantha asked back.

"I'm being difficult." Yami smiled.

"I can see that." Samantha mumbled.

"Well to be honest, I'm not sure. I like it when you're hyper because you look very cute when you're like that, but I like it when you're mysterious cues you're sexier when you are. It's 50/50 really." Yami said that last bit quickly; because that's the kind of remark Samantha would hit him for. She just about did, but remembered that she was driving and that was probably not a good idea. He smirked. Samantha sighed and looked at him.

"So you think I'm sexy do you?" she asked, Yami shrugged with a smirk on his face, followed by an "innocent" whistle. A definite yes.

"Why else do you think I fell for you in the first place?" Yami asked, not really looking for an answer.

Eventually they reached the air port. When they walked in, Samantha looked around. Then she saw two girls. On girl had brown, wavy hair that was shoulder length. She was wearing a really small, blue, tank top shirt with a white jacket, and jeans every similar to the ones Samantha was wearing, just no holes in the knees. The other girl had strait, black hair that was maybe a few inches below shoulder length. She wore a blue and white turtle-neck, and tan colored slacks.

"Jess! Tori! Hey over here!" Samantha yelled to them. The brown haired girl screeched out when she saw Samantha

"COOKIE!" she and the other girl ran over to Samantha. They gave each other a group hug. Then Samantha looked at Yami.

"Is that the guy you were talking about Sam?" the black haired girl asked.

"Yeah, girls, this is Yami." Samantha said pointing to Yami. The girl with brown hair looked him down.

"Mmmmm I give him an 8. He's cute but common Sam you can do better then that!" she said. Samantha gave the girl a deadly glare.

"Your just jealous, Jess." Samantha protested.

"Jealous of what?" the girl asked.

"That I have a boy friend before you!" she mocked.

"Oh that's a lie…" the girl with black hair mumbled. Yami sighed; this was strange, very strange.

"Oh sorry Yami, this is Jess" she pointed to the girl with brown hair. "And this is Tori" she said now pointing to the other girl.

"Nice to meet you both." Yami smiled.

"Ah, such a nice voice. I don't know abut you jess but I think he is cute." Tori said.

"Why thank you Tori." Samantha said, throwing a mocking stare at jess. Jess rolled her eyes.

"Well I think we should get going. Common Jess lets get our stuff." Tori said as she turned.

"Here guys let me help you." Samantha said running after them. Yami smiled and stood patiently watching the three girls talk and laugh. He still couldent understand why Samantha would move so far away from them and her family. She seemed happy to be with her friends. He shook the thought off.

They were almost home when Yami asked a question that, time wise, didn't make sense.

"Oh, um Samantha? Why… what did jess mean when she said 'I give him an 8?'" Yami looked at her and jess, both were blushing and all three began to laugh.

"Oh that? It's sort of a game that we play… if play is the right word. But…" Samantha started.

"We all judge hot guys from 1-10, and I think you're an 8… cute, but not hot." Jess said with a sarcastically sorry sigh.

"Uh….huh…. right. So Sam? In that case what would you rate me?" Yami asked raising an amused eyebrow at her. She blushed.

"Well these two may not agree with me but I'd give a 10." She said. Tori erupted saying this.

"What! 'I don't agree?' If he wasn't yours I'd be all over him in under a second!" she yelled.

"Well too late for that huh!" Samantha laughed, and then looked away with a very goofy looking grin.

"Well… I guess I'm popular with the girls." Yami sighed silently. "Who'd of thought?"

Yami looked at Samantha, and smiled. She smiled back, putting her hand on his. Then the two girls in the back started laughing then said some word…

"'Unaiya' Samantha?" both girls said mockingly… Samantha blushed bright red

"What?" she said then pulled her hand away from Yami's quickly in an embarrassed manner.

"Oh common Samantha, we you know you do. It's obvious." Tori mocked. Samantha glared still blushing.

"Unaiya? What is that" Yami asked, confused.

"Unaiya means 'I lo…" Jess began to say before Samantha swerved the car suddenly, then straitened out.

"WHAT YOU'D DO THAT FOR!" Jess yelled.

"NOT A WORD! And the answer to that is yes thank you!" Samantha said quickly. Jess and Tori laughed. Samantha sighed.

"Yami, I'll tell you what that means later. Ok?" she said, he nodded.

(I really don't have much to say… but hey thanks sooo much for all the reviews. I enjoy reading them. R&R)