Chapter 4 Party
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Serenity ran a brush through her reddish-brown hair and sighed, looking at her reflection in the mirror. If someone could see her at the moment, they wouldn't even imagine that she had gone through as much as she had in the past few hours. She was no longer covered from head to toe in mud (thanks to a long, hot bath) and had changed into a warm, cotton nightgown. There was no saving the dress, unfortunately, and it had to be thrown away. It was her favorite dress, but then again, she didn't want anything to remember the night, and that dress was part of it. Maybe it was for the better if she didn't see it again.
There was a knock on the door. "You decent?" She heard Joey ask. She smiled.
"Yeah, it's okay to come in."
He opened the door and strolled into her room. "So..." he said, uncomfortable. "I...uh...I see you got all the mud off."
"Mmhmm..." She said. It was awkward talking to him. He sat on her bed and motioned for her to come over to him. Serenity knew what he wanted to talk about. She sat on the bed next to him, unsure of what to say. What could you say after something like that happened to you? This, after all, was her brother, and although she loved him and knew that she could talk to him about almost anything, this was one of those difficult topics to discuss. Thankfully, he started the conversation.
"Serenity, I . . . um . . . well, when we talked about what . . . happened earlier this evening, there were a lot of things going on, and I might not have been taking it in too rationally. Now that I'm calmer, and there aren't any distractions, do you want to talk about it?"
"Sure . . . " She whispered. "What do you want to know?"
"I want you to tell me exactly what happened."
"Well . . . " she said softly. "We were . . . he said he was going to take me somewhere that I'd really like. It was beautiful. A lake. He kissed me, but then it got too..." She bit her lip to keep from crying as the memories flooded back to her. "He started trying to..." as hard as she tried, she couldn't finish, and she burst into tears again. Joey put his arm around her. "You were right!" She sobbed into his shoulder. "You were so right! I should've listened."
"I wish I wasn't . . . " He whispered. "I'm so sorry this happened to you, Serenity. I wish I'd been there to protect you...I wouldn't have let him do that."
"If you had been there, he wouldn't have even tried." she said, trying to calm herself down.
"Yeah...I know. I should've gone with you."
"No, Joey. It was me. I insisted that I wasn't a child anymore and that I could handle it by myself. Well, now we know how that turned out, right?" She asked, trying to lighten up the moment. Joey nodded and tried to smile.
"Well, uh, I do have something to take your mind off of the whole Duke situation." He smiled. "There's supposed to be this big party thing for big time gamers such as myself." he said, flashing a smile. "You know, I did come in second in Pegasus's tournament, I guess that's why I was invited. Yugi's going to be there too, along with plenty of other people. It's going to be a formal occasion, with only a selected few attending."
"Oh, I'm happy for you." She said smiling. "I hope you have fun there."
"Well, in the letter I got, it says we can bring one person along with us. And guess who I'm going to bring?"
"...Mai?" Serenity shrugged. Joey rolled his eyes upward and smiled.
"No, you!"
"Me? But I'm not that good of a dueler. Isn't it just for gamers only?"
"Nah. It's really got nothing to do with dual monsters, or any other type of game. It's just a party that people who play dual monsters or other games are invited to attend. Do you want to come?"
"Um, I won't have to be passed off as your date, will I?" She asked. He shook his head, laughing.
"Lord, no. Just say you're with me, and they'll allow you to come in." He smiled. "It's this Saturday."
"Okay...um...I'll need to find a new dress." She said.
"We can work that out." He nodded. "Mai can take you shopping tomorrow."
"Are you sure she'll want to do that?" She asked. Joey raised an eyebrow.
"Haven't you learned that Mai will use any excuse to go shopping. It's like...her hobby." he said, making Serenity smile and nod in agreement.
"Okay, I'd love to go, Joey. Thank you so much for thinking of taking me."
"It's awright." He said, embracing her.
Yeah, I know it's short, but that's what you get for not giving me enough reviews! I just want you to know, that no more reviews, no more chapters. To those who did review, I'm not talking to you. I still love you. But those who didn't, I'm very upset with you.So if you want to see how this story turns out (and I KNOW you do, seeing that I've already figured out how I'm going to end it.) you'd better get reviewing, and NOW! I'm so disappointed in you guys...
