Disclaimer: Once again, I own nothing. Well, Riku is my character. Here is Chapter 3.

Téa pushed past three boys in her way, brushing back her russet hair that blew freely in the wind. "Gardner is such a babe."

"To bad she's such a spitfire."

"She could be a lot of fun." She wanted to spin around and slap them across the face. She had a boyfriend; she wasn't anyone's party girl or whore. She pushed between more busting people, a couple of girl's stumbled backwards and she pushed through them.

"Hey! What the fuck's your problem?" the girl yelled, but Téa continued on here way to the locker room. She spun the combination and pulled out the white shoes and changed, putting the brown loafers into the locker and slamming it close. She spun around and went slamming into the lockers.

"Yami! You scared me," she laughed softly.

"Sorry, are you okay?" he lifted his hand up to touch her face and she elbowed his hand away.

"Téa?"

"Sorry Yami." she lowered her arm and got to her toes and kissed him quickly on the corner of his mouth and grabbed her bag. "I'm going to be late."

"I suppose. You want me to walk you to class?" she shook her head.

"It's okay. I know the way. You don't have to protect me."

"I wasn't—Téa, did something happen?"

"Nothing happened Yami, drop it!" She stormed off. He ran after her.

"Téa." he grabbed her around the elbow and pulled her back. She looked at him and frowned. She brought her hand to the side of his neck and rubbed the flesh with her thumb. She moved towards him and pressed her lips softly against his, their lips grazed each other's at first, but soon they locked together. She felt his fingers gather her hair up between each space. She pulled, but her lips parted, pressed together and she smiled at him.

"I'll see you at lunch."

"No. I have a test to make up." she smiled at him and patted his cheek. "After school than. Too bad we don't have any classes together." he smiled.

"Sorry."

"Why are you always apologizing?" he frowned.

"I always seem to get you upset," he told her looking down at her hands. She pressed her fingertips against his.

"Momentary stupidity. Nothings your fault." he smiled at her and kissed her forehead, smoothing down her hair.

"I'll walk you to class." she took a deep breath and nodded. He pressed his hand against the small of her back and walked with her out of the locker room and into the main building.

She sat through the bell. Yugi and Joey asked if she was coming but she shook her head. She watched the clock. She'd kill to not have to go back home, but hell if she'd bother any of her friends to live with them, besides they were guys. Her only escape from her hell of a life was dancing. That was the reason why she danced, that was her passion. Her parents were abusive, her mother more so than her father, who was abusive in another sense, he let her mother get away with hitting her. She leaned forward and pressed her thumb against her bottom lip. The play with the Dark Magician Girl, which sparked her, the light to her candle, inspired. She needed an escape from reality and that was why she went to the clubs, why she danced. She was a natural, some had told her. Today she wouldn't go with her friends, today she would go alone and she would go and dance her heart out. She would never cheat on Yami, she was completely loyal to him, to the brink to where she could say she loved him. She did, he made her happy, she got mad at him a lot, but it was never his fault, he just wanted to discuss her personal life and bring the adult world into play. She was a high school student, couldn't she just be a kid as long as she could? Did the future have to be right this moment? All she could think about was the present, what was happening in this moment. Not something that might not even happen. The bell pulled her out of her thoughts and she got out of the chair, she had one more class and then she could be with Yami until ten. She wanted to go dancing right away, but the clubs didn't open and get lively until night.


Finally she could leave. She pulled her school shoes off and put her stupid loafers. She went outside and could see her boyfriend and her friends talking a roughing around. Joey grabbed Yugi around the neck like he always did and Téa smiled and ran over to them, jumping up and wrapping her arms around Yami's neck, hanging off his back. His hand's encircled her wrists. "Heard you didn't go to lunch, you want to grab a bit to eat?"

"Sounds good." She said, nuzzling his neck.

"Are you going to have me carry you the whole way?"

"Good idea!" she giggled and he sighed.

"All right, let's go." They all left together, Joey and Tristan fighting and Téa talked with both her boyfriend and Yugi. Téa slid to the ground when they reach the dinner and laced her fingers with Yami's. They walked over to a booth and sat down.

"I hear they're going ta have one of dose dueling tournaments soon." Joey said as the waitress walked over to them with menus. Téa took her menu and brought her legs over Yami's, pressing her back against the wall. She opened the menu and scanned it looking down.

"Where'd you hear that?"

"Radio."

"Didn't get a new television yet?"

"Broke at da moment, Téa my friend." She smiled playfully over at him, batting her eyes a couple of times, making everyone smirk over at her.

"Hey, Joey are you going to bring Mai to the upcoming dance?"

"Of course. I'd think she'd hurt me if I didn't at least invite her." Yami rubbed Téa's knee lightly.

"Did you get a dress all ready."

"You want me to stitch it myself." He grabbed her and pulled her close.

"No, I want you to by one, it's semi isn't it?" She pushed back from him and the waitress came back with their ordered food, Téa reached for her soda. She whispered her thanks to the girl and sat straight in her seat, feet touching the floor. "Want me to go with you?"

"No! I want you to be stunned and shocked." She sipped lightly on her drink.


Téa hung up the phone and pulled on her flesh color stretch square-neck tee, classic topstitched stretch denim jeans and black cuffed leather boots. She grabbed her blue fur trim hooded sweatshirt. She ran down the stairs and wrote a quick note that she was going out. She wouldn't make last night's mistake, she would stay over with her friend Riku. The car horn blared and Téa quickly capped the pen and ran out of the house. She shut the door tightly behind her and sprung down the double steps and ran towards the gate, She pushed it open and closed it behind her and opened the passenger side of the 2004 Saab 9-5. Téa got inside and shut the door. The car pulled out of the driveway and speed down the dark and wet streets from the rain. When they got to the club they jump out of the car and ran over to the line, Riku fixing her raven layer hair.

"I don't know Riku, I think my life is going to get better after tonight."

"Hand a little bit of your luck over to me when you get some." Téa smiled at her pretty friend.

"You got it." The got up to the bouncer and presented their money and id's and went inside to dance.