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Chapter 24

Girls Night Out

Anna picked up her cup of tea from the service counter and went into the seating area to find somewhere to sit. The coffee shop was crowded and there were few places not already occupied. As she wandered through maze of tables she spotted a woman sitting alone at a table. She was sipping her coffee and sorting Duel Monster cards on the table.

Anna walked up to her and asked, "are you a duelist?"

"What gave it away? The cards or the duel disc?" Retorted the lady.

"Actually, it was your outfit. I bet it's good for distracting male opponents."

The lady smiled at her. "I like you. Have a seat."

Anna sat down to get more acquainted with this stranger.

"Man that test was horrible!" Grumbled Joey. "I know I failed it. And that stupid teacher, how could throw a surprise test at us like that?"

"Joey, he told us last week there would be a test." Anzu corrected him.

"He did?" Joey was shocked.

"If you paid more attention in class you might actually learn something." Anzu always got frustrated when Joey showed off his stupidity.

"There's the coffee shop Anna wanted us to meet her at." Yugi pointed out as he increased his speed.

Yet another thing that Anzu was getting tired of, Yugi's obsession with Anna.

The others hurried along trying to keep up with Yugi. For short legs he could be pretty fast when he wanted to. They entered the coffee shop and scanned the crowd looking for Anna. Yugi spotted her sitting at a table, and as they approached they could see she was talking with a blonde woman. It wasn't until they got right up to the table that they recognized her companion.

"Mai?"

Mai threw them a smile, "Hey guys!"

"Hello Mai." Joey said.

"Hi Joey." Mai's voice was subtly seductive.

Anna looked at the two of them, the way they stole glances at each other. 'Apparently, someone forgot to tell me about these two.' Anna thought to herself.

"You know Mai?" Yugi asked Anna.

"Actually, we just met." Anna told him.

"So Yugi," Mai interrupted. "You never told me you were engaged." Mai gave him a big devilish smile.

Yugi was majorly embarrassed. He scratched the back of his head and smiled nervously. "Well...at the time...um...I didn't know I was."

"It's okay; Anna explained everything to me."

"Everything?" Yugi was a little worried she spilled the beans about their fight.

"Don't worry. I'm the soul of discretion." Mai insisted. "Hey, I've got to run. Anna I'll see you on Friday." Mai got up and gave a quick wave as she left the shop. But she made sure to give Joey a wink before leaving. Joey watched her until she disappeared out of view.

"What's on Friday?" Asked Yugi.

"Oh, we're going to get together and hit the town. Girls night out. And we want you to come along, Anzu."

"Really? Sounds like fun, count me in." Anzu was excited about the prospect of hanging out with girls, she had been around the guys for so long she was beginning to wonder what manners were. Because anyone who thought farting and burping were funny, obviously didn't have any.

"Great! I'll call her later and tell her you're in."

"You have her phone number?" Joey butted in.

A smirk formed across Anna's face. "Did you want her number, Joey?"

Joey tried to downplay his interest. "Well, it might be handy to have. Ya know, in case something happens and we need to contact her."

"Okay, I'll give it to you on one condition." Anna's offer to give him the number made him want to jump for joy. "You have to tell me what's going on between you two." He was at the height of joy, only to be shot back down.

"What do you mean?" Joey tried to cover his tracks. "There's nothing going on."

"Is that a 'there's nothing going on' because there is something going on? Or is that a 'there's nothing going' because there's really nothing going on but you wished that there was something going on?"

"Huh?" Joey uttered in confusion.

"Never mind. I'll find out from Mai."

"I can't believe you talked my mother into letting me stay out all night. She's normally so strict." Anzu commented to Anna as they waited outside Anna's apartment building.

"Technically, she doesn't know we're going out. She thinks your just sleeping over at my place."

"You lied to my mother?"

"Of course not. You will be staying here tonight. We just won't be here all night."

Anzu was getting a little nervous; the night was already turning to the weird side.

Mai came walking around the corner. "Are we ready to go ladies?"

"Rip, roaring, and ready!" Anna proclaimed.

"Now to get a taxi." Mai added.

"A taxi?" Anzu inquired. "Aren't we going to take your car?"

"Honey, after tonight none of us are going to be in any condition to drive." Mai said with a grin.

They hailed a taxi and Mai gave the driver the address of their destination.

"Where are we going?" Anzu asked.

"I know this great club downtown." Mai explained.

"A club? They won't let Anna or me in, we're underage."

"It's okay. I know the owner."

The taxi dropped off the trio and they made there way to the side door where a bouncer let them in, no questions asked. As they meandered through rooms and corridors Anzu realized that they must have come in through a stage door. Then things became more confusing as they passed by dressing rooms with scantly clad men in them. Mai and the half-dressed men exchanged hellos.

"You're certainly popular around here." Anna said with a smirk.

"What can I say, they have a great raw bar." Mai teased as she scoped out a guy who passed by.

Anzu panicked a little and grabbed Anna by the arm. She pulled her away from Mai and whispered. "Is this a strip club?"

"It's either that or a gay bar."

Anzu was beginning to wonder what he had gotten herself into. If her mother found out she was going to be dead meat.

They came out of a door near the stage. The normal crowd hadn't been let in yet so they had first choice in seats. Mai immediately found a table near the front.

"Should we be sitting this close?" Anzu asked as she looked around, hoping to find a table that was less conspicuous.

"The best seats in the house." Mai replied.

Anna made sure to plant Anzu between her and Mai, she thought she might be more comfortable with friends watching her back. "Hey, calm down." Anna tried to reassure her. "They are just guys. It's all looking; you don't have to do anything. Try to relax and enjoy yourself."

"Trust me, Anzu, this is the best type of relationship." Mai added. "You can gawk and stare all you like. And in the morning you don't have to deal with messy feelings or commitments. It's great!"

The crowds starting coming in and a waiter came to take their orders.

"Hey Mai, what can I get you?"

"Sex on the beach?" Mai said seductively.

"Anytime you want it." The waiter grinned at her. "And you ma'am?" He looked toward Anzu.

Anzu froze; she didn't know what to say. What if he found out she was underage? What if he called the police?

"She'll have a strawberry daiquiri and I'll take a vodka martini on the rocks." Anna interrupted.

The waiter nodded and left to get their drinks.

"Vodka? Boy, you don't mess around." Mai said to Anna.

"What's in a daiquiri?" Anzu whispered.

"Don't worry, it's mostly fruit, you probably won't even taste the alcohol." Anna encouraged her.

The waiter brought them their drinks and when the room was full the show got started. At first the image of men dancing and gyrating on stage greatly embarrassed Anzu. Not to mention the shock of seeing a naked man right in front of her. She wanted to hide, but as she looked around the room and saw how everyone there was enjoying the show, she strangely felt a little more at ease. Maybe this wasn't such a terrible thing like her mother had always warned her. There were a hundred women in that room who didn't think that such a display was sinful. Maybe she should just chill and go with the flow, besides she might learn something.

The show continued as various men from all around the world danced on stage and in the audience. The trio sipped on their drinks and munched a few appetizers that they had ordered. Mai and Anna thought it best that Anzu not drink on an empty stomach.

"Wow!" Anna commented about the dancer who was currently on stage.

"Do they come that big?" Anzu asked in shock.

"In a perfect world, they do." Mai answered.

Anna laughed a little at Mai's remark as she sipped her martini.

"I'll tell you who's got a great package." Mai added. "Kaiba."

Anna almost choked on her drink.

"Kaiba?" Anzu had never thought about him that way before.

"He's got a bulge that goes half way down his leg." Mai explained.

"And when have you had the opportunity to check out his package?" Anna was wondering if Mai had seen this with her own eyes in an intimate setting.

"Honey, I don't need to see it to know it's there. His pants are so tight you can tell what religion he is. And I may I mention that he gets a growth spurt every time he duels."

"You mean?" Anzu asked meakishly.

'No! Why did she have to say that?' Anna thought to herself. 'I'm cursed! Now every time I look at Seto, I'll be checking out his crotch! Why me?'

"You know what I think Anzu needs?" Mai asked Anna. "A lap dance." Mai waved some bills in the air at a dancer on the floor. "Our friend here needs a little attention; do you think you can help?"

Anzu covered her face to hide her blush. Anna pulled her hands away from her face; "you'll want to see this. You might not get another chance."

It was nearly two in the morning before they got back to Anna's apartment. They changed into their bedclothes but none of them felt like sleeping. They were having too much fun talking.

"Men go crazy when you do that. It instantly gets them ready to go." Anna explained.

Anzu stared at her in disbelief. "Where did you learn to do that? I mean that's not something they teach you in school."

"Simple, I have gay friends."

"Oh, you have to love a good gay friend." Mai added with a smile.

"There are some things that you gay friends will tell you that you're straight friends won't." Anna included.

"Especially ours. Can you imagine Yugi or Joey explaining how to do that?" Anzu commented.

"Speaking of Joey..." Anna gave Mai a huge toothy grin. "What's up with you two."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Mai insisted. "He's just a friend. An acquaintance really, I don't even think you could call him a friend. I admit, he is cute, even with that Farah Faucet hairdo...And he's got a great butt...And he is kinda sexy when he's angry." That last comment put a smile on her face.

Anna and Anzu exchanged sly glances. "So why haven't you done something about it? You don't seem like the shy kind to me." Anna pried.

"Joey?" Mai scoffed. "He's just a kid."

"You're not much older than he is, ya know." Anna pressed the point. "If you give him a chance, you might find out what kind of a man he could be."

"And have you made a man out of Yugi yet?" Mai retaliated.

Anna hesitated a second. "The opportunity hasn't arisen."

"And has it arisen?" Mai suggestively raised her eyebrows at Anna.

"Yes it has." Anna said sheepishly. "But no where that something could be done about it."

"Poor Yugi. You better pin that boy down and teach him what he needs to know, before he explodes."

Anzu was wondering if she really should be listening to all of this. They were talking about Yugi and Joey. And she knew that the boys would be asking her a million questions about what they talked about. And she was so bad at lying to them.

"Wait!" Anna got up. "I have just the thing." She went into her kitchen and returned with a bottle and three wineglasses. "I've been saving this for a special occasion, and I can't think of any better time." She popped the cork and poured portions into each glass.

Mai took up her glass and smelled it. "Very nice. Where did you get it?"

"It's contraband. I brought it back with me from Europe."

"You naughty girl." Mai teased.

"What should we toast to?" Anna asked the others.

Just then the phone rang.

"How about we toast to the phone not ringing and disturbing us." Mai joked.

Anna leaned over the arm of the couch and answered it.

"Hello?" Anzu and Mai could only hear one side of the conversation. "The window?" Anna held her hand over the phone; "they want us to look out the window."

Mai and Anzu made there way the window and looked down at the street. There they saw Yugi, Honda and Joey at the payphone across the street. Anzu quickly pulled the curtain in front of her to cover her pajamas. She didn't want them to see her in her night attire.

"Looks like we have party crashers." Mai said with a smile when she noted the Joey was among them.

Anna hung up the phone and went to window as Mai opened it. Mai leaned out the window and yelled, "What are you doing here?"

"We happened to be passing by and we noticed your lights were on, so we thought we would say hello." Honda made it sound reasonable when it wasn't.

"You just happened to be walking by at three in the morning?" Anna doubted their story.

"Can you believe we couldn't sleep?" Honda gave them a big toothy grin.

"We thank you for your concern, but you can't come up. So you might as well go home." Anna announced.

"Don't be so hasty." Mai stopped her. "There are three of them and three of us." She winked at Anna.

Anzu was outraged. "No! They can't come up here! I'm not dressed." She protested from behind the curtain.

"She right, it is unfair for her." Anna decided to side with Anzu in this matter.

"Well, if the mountain won't come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must come to the mountain." Mai threw on some high heels and a long coat and headed for the door.

"Where are you going?" Anzu asked.

"I think it's about time I see how big of a man Joey really is." And she walked out the door.

"What do you think she's going to do?"

"I don't know. She is a little drunk, and those dancers did put suggestions in her head." Anna replied. The two girls looked at each other; they were thinking the same thing. They both busted into laughter and leaned out the window. This was something they had to see.

"Go for it Joey!" along with a few whoops and whistles came from the window. The boys at street level were confused by this turn of events.

"What do they mean by that?" Joey asked.

"I think you're about to find out." Honda commented as Mai walked out of the building.

Joey watched her as she drew nearer to him. What he didn't realize was that Yugi and Honda had backed away to give them space. Mai kept walking until she was right on top of him. He started walking backwards to try and get more space between them. He was abruptly stopped when he backed into the telephone booth. Mai placed her hands on the telephone booth, pinning him there. He was trapped.

"Hi Joey."

"Mai."

"It's kinda hot out tonight, don't you agree?"

"Gee, I thought it was pretty cold, actually." Joey was sweating bullets.

"Maybe I could keep you warm."

Joey quickly looked around for his friends to help him, but they were no where to be seen. Mai leaned in extremely close to him now. He could feel her breath on his face and neck.

"Have you been drinking?" Joey got a whiff of her breath.

"Just a little. Nothing I can't handle."

That was all the excuse Joey needed. In a flash he wiggled out of her hold and backed away from her position. "You're drunk, and I don't think I should take advantage of the situation."

"It's just a little fun, Joey." Mai still pursued him.

"Hold it right there," Joey commanded as he shook his finger at her. "We don't want to do anything either of us are going to regret tomorrow."

Mai stopped with a sigh. "You're no fun at all." She conceded defeat and headed back inside.

As soon as she was gone Joey bent over and breathed heavy. His heart was pounding as if he had just run a mile.

Anna and Anzu watched the whole thing from the third story window.

"I feel sorry for Joey." Anna commented. "I'm sure if he knew what she was wearing under that coat; he would have been much more receptive."

It only took Mai a minute to make it back to the apartment. She threw her coat onto the couch and kicked off her heels. "What's wrong with him?" She huffed. "Doesn't he know a good thing when he sees it?"

"You'll have to give him a break. Everyone was watching you, he was nervous."

"He couldn't have picked a worse time to get camera shy." Mai returned to the window. "Just when I had the overwhelming urge to kiss someone."

"Then why don't you?" Anna advised. "Find someone to kiss and let him see you do it. Teach him a lesson."

Mai thought for a second, "All right." Then she grabbed Anna and put a full lip lock on her.

The guys who were observing the scene were in shock. Yugi, who didn't really want to be there in the first place, stared in awe. His eyes were going to bulge out of their sockets, and his jaw hit the floor.

Joey was outraged, but he couldn't help but watch. "I did not need to see that!"

"I did." Quietly commented Honda.

Back in the apartment Mai broke the kiss and waited to see Anna's reaction.

"Wow!" Anna said. "Joey doesn't know what he's missing."

They looked at each other and starting laughing. Anzu couldn't believe what just happened. This was the weirdest night she had ever had. And if her mother knew what was going on, she would be grounded for life.

The guys knew that that was their sign to leave and they scurried off down the street without even a good-bye to signal their departure.

An hour and half later, Anzu was passed out on the couch and Anna and Mai had finished almost the entire bottle of wine.

"I like you Anna. Too bad we didn't meet years ago. Think of all the wild times we could have had."

"Could have had? I'm not married yet."

"But being engaged has to put a damper on things."

"Sure, of course. I mean it keeps me from being intimate with anyone other than Yugi, which can be torture when there are so many hot guys out there. But I've known that was a sad fact of my life since I was five, so I've come to accept it."

"I don't believe it! You're still a virgin? But all that stuff you know?"

"Just because I know how to do something doesn't mean I do it. I think you know exactly what I mean. I bet you don't practice as much as you preach."

Mai smiled at her. "You see right through me, don't you?"

"That's because we're alike, you and me. We're kindred spirits."

"That we are."

"A toast then." Anna lifted her glass. "To kindred spirits."

"I'll drink to that. As long as you don't go all 'Anne of Green Gables' on me."

Anna laughed, "See only you would catch that reference."

"Kindred spirits."

They clinked their glasses and toasted their newfound friendship.