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Sunday night, Joey lay alone his his bed, hugging a stuffed animal. I've been out for almost a year now, and I still don't have a boyfriend,' he thought sadly to himself. 'Why am I so ugly?' The depressed boy sadly cried himself to sleep.

It was Monday. There was no school because of a teacher's conference. Joey woke up at 11:00 due to his cell phone ringing. He groggily looked at his phone. It was Yugi.

"Hey Yug'," Joey yawned.

"Hey! You sound sleepy-peepee. Did I wake you up?"

"Yes."

"Oh, I'm sorry! But Joey, I called everyone else and told them, and I just couldn't wait any longer to tell you!"

"What?"

"Well, you see…" Yugi paused for a considerable amount of time.

"No, I don't see," Joey finally said.

"Me and Yami are going out!" He said excitedly. Joey was stunned. He and Yami…? Joey had suspected that Yugi was a closet case, but…Yami? He would have never guessed. And they were practically related…it seemed very odd to him. He suddenly felt jealous. Joey wanted a boyfriend so badly, and Yugi had one… "Joey?" Yugi asked.

"Sorry, I was just surprised," Joey said. "Why didn't you tell me you were gay?"

"I was too afraid Yami would find out…and then he'd surely be able to tell that I liked him."

"So what did you do?" Joey asked.

"Well, I told him how I felt this morning, and he said he had been struggling with the same feelings! Oh Joey, I've never been so happy!" And that was saying something, seeing as how he was they always-happy super-giddy Yugi.

"Congratulations!" Joey repeated, feigning happiness.

"Anyway, everyone's coming over in about an hour, so you'd better be here! Bring some cash, we might see a movie."

"Sure thing. See you then."

"Bye!" Joey looked at the phone. He felt guilty about his jealousy. He was happy for his friend. He pulled on some clothes and made his way downstairs. His dad was sitting at the kitchen table.

"Joey, I got a call that you were missing from choir a few days ago," his dad said.

"Oh, I think I was late so Mr. Derby must have signed me absent by mistake." Joey said quickly.

"Oh. Why were you late?"

"I was in the bathroom," he lied. "Hey, can you drive me to Yugi's in an hour?"

"Sure."

"Thanks." Joey ran upstairs and grabbed his wallet. An hour later, he was at Yugi's house. "Hey guys," Joey said walking in. He was the last one there, and was glad to see Tristan was no where to be seen. Everyone said their respective 'Hello's. Joey watched as Yami and Yugi made eye contact and smiled. Yami pulled him into a tight hug and kissed him gently on the lips.

"Can you believe these guys?" Bakura asked.

"It'll take a while to get used to it," Ryou responded. Joey felt aother stab of jealousy. He didn't know if he could watch them being so lovey-dovey for long.

"Weren't we gonna see a movie?" Joey asked.

"Yeah, what do you guys wanna see?" Yami said.

"HOUSE OF WAX!" Yugi yelled. "You get to see Chad Michael Murray shirtless! He is sooo hot!" Yugi explained.

"In that case, I'm game," Joey chimed.

"Aw c'mon, that looks so stupid," Bakura said.

"But Paris Hilton's in it!" Seto argued.

"She's a skank," Tea said.

"That's why I love her!"

"Well I'm willing to see anything Yuug wants to see," Yami said, hugging the smaller boy.

"Oh, fine," Bakura sighed. The seven teens walked out to Yami's mini-van. They all piled in and Yami drove them to the theater. They all bought their tickets individually, to the annoyance of the people behind them in line, and went to the food area.

"This candy is so expensive," Joey complained. "And the tickets were already seven bucks- for a matinee!" No one decided to buy anything, except Seto, who got the cheapest candy- something called Sweetie Tartums, a rip-off of SweetTarts. They all found their theater and went in. Joey sat next to Seto so that he could steal some of his candy during the movie.

"I hope we see some good trailers," Ryou said excitedly. Alas, to Ryou's great disappointment, they did not. Soon the movie started. Seto opened his box of Sweetie Tartums and ate a green one. He snarled in disgust and took a red one. The reds were good. Soon he figured out that red, pink, and blue were good, and green and yellow were nasty.

"Can I have some?" Joey whispered.

"Yeah," Seto responded. He picked out all of the green and yellow ones bit by bit and gave them to Joey.

'Wow, this is crappy candy,' Joey thought. But he was hungry. Eventually the movie ended.

"Wow, that was the fucking wost movie I've ever seen," Bakura said.

"Yeah, it sucked," Tea agreed.

"Well I liked it!" Yugi said.

"Yeah, thanks for breaking my ear drums by screaming all the time," Yami said, rubbing his sore ear.

"I liked it too," Joey said.

"No, you liked Chad Michael Murray," Ryou teased.

"Whatever," Joey smiled. They walked outside and Bakura and Yami pulled out some cigarettes.

"You shouldn't smoke," Tea scolded.

"And you shouldn't be an obnoxious little bitch," Bakura shot back. She scowled and remained silent. The seven of them drove back to Yami and Yugi's house.

"I'm ordering pizza," Yami declared. When it came, everyone dug in.

"Have a slice, Joey," Ryou offered. Running out of excuses to not eat, Joey said he had to go home. He called his dad on his cell phone, who came to pick him up.

"What do you want for dinner?" His dad asked when they got home.

"Oh, I had pizza at Yugi's," he lied.

"Ok." Joey went upstairs onto the computer and went onto (A/N- for those of you who don't know, myspace is a website where you meet people, usually for dating. It's like a free personals site.) Joey had a new message from a 26 year old named James. It read: "Hey sexy, I'd love to talk to you on AIM sometime. My screenname is PhotoYou1122. Talk to you soon!" Joey was bored, so he signed onto AIM and added James' screenname. He was online.

LeBatEnRouge: hey, this is joey from myspace

PhotoYou1122: hey! Wutsup?

LeBatEnRouge: nm. U?

PhotoYou1122: same. Hey, you live in Mamaroneck, right?

LeBatEnRouge: yeah. y?

PhotoYou1122: ima b up there next weekend, and I thought maybe I cood meet u

LeBatEnRouge: idk…how do I no ur not a crazy axe murderer?

PhotoYou1122: lol. U can bring ur cell and a knife if u want haha

Joey thought seriously about this. He knew it was dangerous, but at the same time he was looking for some excitement in his life. Besides, now that Tristan had taken his dick's virginity, he didn't mind being a slut. Especially if he could make a little money off of it…

LeBatEnRouge: Ill think about it…im so upset

PhotoYou1122: y?

LeBatEnRouge: I need money to buy myself a digital camera.

PhotoYou1122: well, mayb I cood help u out…

This had been what Joey wanted him to say.

LeBatEnRouge: rlllllly?

PhotoYou1122: yeah….how does 200 dollars 4 the nite sound?

LeBatEnRouge: sounds great…bring a condom tho

PhotoYou1122: of course! Oh joey, im so happy. For the longest time iv been looking at your picture and reading all your info.

LeBatEnRouge: aww rly?

PhotoYou1122: yes…joey…I love you. I g2g tho…ill see you outside the Mamaroneck hotel at 7 this Friday. Bye 3

PhotoYou1122 has signed off.

Joey put his away message up. What had he just done? He had sold his virginity! 'Oh well…it's not like I'll ever have a boyfriend to take it…I'm too fat and ugly,' he thought. He was kind of nervous about it, but he told himself it would be ok. But how would he get away for a whole night? His dad was very strict. He walked downstairs.

"Hey, dad?" He asked.

"Yes, son?"

"Can I go to Yugi's for a sleep-over on Friday?"

"Aren't you a little old for those, Jounichi?"

"No! Ryou's going too."

"Well, I suppose."

"Thanks dad!" 'Thank God he's so trusting,' Joey thought.

That night Joey lay in his bed somewhat happier than he had been recently. Someone loved him. A man! It probably wasn't true, but it was still nice to hear it. He wouldn't be able to love him back…he was too old…but someone loved him! He hugged his stuffed animal tightly, this time in happiness, eagerly awaiting Friday.

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