Runaway by Le Petit Chaperon Rouge
Disclaimer: I don't owe Yu-Gi-Oh, and it really starts to get on my nerves to write this every time.
I'd like to thank: Vendred13 and neo_elite for reviewing.
Chapter 7: The Blue Amethyst
She knew it......it was obvious. She must've been blind not to see it. Giggling girlishly, Serenity folded up the paper and thought back about what she had seen.
*Flashback*
"That would be nice one" Serenity thought. iA lot of social contact and representative appearance requiredi "Should be fun". Taking the paper into her hand she walked towards the kitchen. Just before she entered she heard silent sobs.
"Why!?! why?!?!" that was definitely Mai's voice, though it sounded a bit muffled. Peeking into the kitchen, she saw Mai in Joey's arms, hiding her face in his chest. He gently stroked her hair. Just for a brief moment their eyes met. Their faces closed in on each other and before Serenity could even blink, Joey had pulled Mai into a passionate kiss. Giggling Serenity turned away.
*end flashback*
Mai was driving back home and the memories of that day still haunted her. Carefully touching her lips, she thought back the way Joey kissed her. It was completely different then what she expected. She blushed, but happy thoughts quickly disappeared when she thought about Joey's sibling. They had decided not to tell her that they've read her "journal" and Joey said that he would handle it himself and Mai just hoped that he wouldn't do anything reckless that would hurt Serenity even more. No living soul on this god damned earth deserved to be treated like that. Nobody............
Look what I found Joey! Serenity said happily.
"Hmm?......lemme see". No matter how happy Serenity was, to Joey it was all fake. He knew that deep inside she was crushed, every single piece of innocence was shattered. If he could gets his hands on that guy who did this to her he would personally kill him. "Topless dancer in a nightclub!?!?!" He cried out shocked. "Are you out of your mind!?!?!?"
"What?!? No! Sheesh, the one above it you dummy!"
"Waitress"........he murmured. "Hm, looks good, and doesn't pay too bad either". "I suggest that you phone them about it."
"OK, there's a phone number at the bottom". "I'll call right away." Serenity said. "But......I don't know what to say"..........
"Don't worry, sis, I'll help you". Joey replied. And so Serenity got her appointment for an interview with the manager.
"It's next week!!!" Serenity said nervously.
"As I already said, don't worry!" "Mai and I are gonna help you!!!" "I'm tellin' ya Seren, they must be crazy if they don't take you!"
When Serenity told Mai about it, she said:
"That means we have on e week to prepare you for the interview!" "I'm going to teach you better Japanese, and we are going to pick out some new clothes so you can make a good impression." Since Mai worked in a clothing store, clothes were no problem. As for the lessons Japanese, Serenity started to spend a lot of time with Mai at her work.
After a lot of begging and promising Joey got his job back at the garage, but under one condition; for three months he had to come on time and work over hours. Luckily Serenity never slept through the alarm, and made Joey's breakfast so he could arrive on time at work.
"Oh! I'm so nervous!!!!!!" Serenity shrieked. Today she would have her interview. Though there was nobody at home, she hated a quiet house. Looking at herself in the mirror, she checked if everything was in order. She wore a white dress with little pink flowers on it that reached just above her knees. And white sandals with a heel roman style. Grabbing her purse and jacket, she left. At Kyoichi station she bought a ticket to the city center. The restaurant where she was going work was named "The blue Amethyst". According to Mai it was a pretty expensive, but one of the hottest places in town. The train was already loaded with people when Serenity got in, and with every stop in was getting fuller and fuller. Serenity felt like choking in the over full, warm humid train. When she finally arrived at her destination, it wanted like everybody wanted to get out at once. After quite a struggle, Serenity stood on the platform, gasping for air. "This was terrible".......she looked up to the clock that was hanging above the platform and noticed that she had to hurry up. Quickly walking through the station and crossing the street, she reached the restaurant. It was a beautiful building with large windows and lots of exotic flowers.
When Serenity entered, immediately a waitress came up to her asking how she could help her. Serenity explained why she came, and the girl led her to the manager. There she had to fill in an application and when she finished the manager asked about her language qualities. Serenity, who lived in America for almost 3 years, spoke fluently English. And that gave her a advantage on the other applicants. When they had finished the interview, she was put in a nice blue room with all the other applicants. After a devastating 15 minutes, the manager came out to tell who was hired.
"Well, it wasn't easy, but Ms. Wheeler, you are now officially employed here". "You will start now, and ms. Shinoda will show you the ropes." Serenity was all exited that she was chosen, while everybody else was silently cursing, and looking at her in envy.
Ms. Shinoda, a.k.a. Taeko, showed Serenity the changing rooms and the lockers. After that, when Serenity had changed into her uniform, she introduced her to the other waitresses. They were all very nice and showed her the basic things. Taeko was a cheerful young woman mho was like a big sister to everybody and made sure that everything kept rolling. At the end of the day, when Serenity finished, Taeko gave her a few last instructions and said goodbye. Serenity quickly changed back, and walked back to the station.
Serenity was pretty tired, because she had been running around all day, catering her customers needs. Well ,at least she would stay fit. She thought smiling. Nothing good ever comes for free. If she wanted to reach something in live, she had to work hard for it and never give up. One day, she is going to be a famous character designer at one of the bigger animation studio's. She would be rich, famous and beloved. She would crush that fucking madman and make him pay for every tear she shed, for every second that he hurt her and for every time he tried to break her..............................
Hey! Serenity nearly got a heart attack when some body grabbed her by the shoulders. Ready to hit her offender in the face, her hand stopped in mid- air.
"Oh...it's you." She said relived. "Long time no see, Tristan!"
"You can say that again!" Tristan replied. Every second whiteout you seems like an eternity........he would have liked to say that, unfortunately, he just didn't had the guts.
"I've heard you went to an interview for a job..." Tristan started.
"Yeah, at the "Blue Amethyst". "And guess what? They've hired me!"
"Really? Good for you!" Tristan made a mental note about going there sometime, if he could afford it.........(T_T) because the "Blue Amethyst" was a pretty expensive restaurant where types as Seto Kaiba occasionally went. Wait, that wasn't good. Kaiba should better stay the hell away form Serenity. She was his girl, maybe she didn't knew it yet, and maybe it wasn't official yet, but soon she will be his. Tristan snapped out of his thoughts and invited Serenity to have a drink with him somewhere before she went home for dinner. She agreed. And so he took her to a place called: "Sweet Salvation". It was a place where they mostly sold cakes, candy and other sweet stuff. In other words; everything that could get you sugar-high. Serenity took strawberry flavored thee, and Tristan drank a can of beer. After a few minutes of silence they were both caught into the slumber of their own thoughts. When they both finished their drinks, Tristan offered Serenity a ride home. Similar to the first time they met, Serenity was sitting behind Tristan with her arms wrapped around his waste. She gently laid her head against his back, her long auburn hair flying through the wind. Closing her eyes, she felt like she was flying herself.
They were walking through the park whiteout saying a word. Maybe neither of them spoke else it would ruin the moment. But maybe because the weight on their heart made it almost impossible. They sat down on a bench and both stared in a different direction. Finally, he spoke.
"I think you should tell her." Her violet eyes widened.
"No way! You're her brother!" She protested.
"I know! But you are like a sister to her anyway!!!" He countered. "Besides, you know how to handle these things." "And you're both girls."
"So!?!? What do suggest tell her!?!?" "Hi, Serenity!" She mimicked. "You have a hell of a bad past!" How I know ?" I've read it in Joey's notebook, of course!" "I hope you don't mind." "C'mon Joey, get real!"
What if we weren't supposed to read all that stuff?" "What if she didn't leave it there on purpose?" "And how do you know it's true!?!?!"
"I dunno....."he want with his right hand through his hair. "I honestly dunno........." Mai laid her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. She felt how Joey played with the ends of her hair. Deep in her heart, she wished that they could stay like this fore ever. But the hysteric sound of an ambulance siren made her open her eyes again. Just a few seconds after the ambulance a police unit followed. Something ugly must've happened. Joey released a sigh.
"C'mon, let's get some food before Serenity gets home, then we can eat dinner right away." Mai just nodded and followed Joey to his apartment.
(A/N * yawn* man ,I'm so tired. Oh yeah, the girl from the last chap, her name was Sadako Sasaki. Sorry for giving you peeps the wrong name. BTW, Happy Easter!!!!!! And I have a pairing for this story, BUT I'm not telling yet. ; p nyahahaha!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't owe Yu-Gi-Oh, and it really starts to get on my nerves to write this every time.
I'd like to thank: Vendred13 and neo_elite for reviewing.
Chapter 7: The Blue Amethyst
She knew it......it was obvious. She must've been blind not to see it. Giggling girlishly, Serenity folded up the paper and thought back about what she had seen.
*Flashback*
"That would be nice one" Serenity thought. iA lot of social contact and representative appearance requiredi "Should be fun". Taking the paper into her hand she walked towards the kitchen. Just before she entered she heard silent sobs.
"Why!?! why?!?!" that was definitely Mai's voice, though it sounded a bit muffled. Peeking into the kitchen, she saw Mai in Joey's arms, hiding her face in his chest. He gently stroked her hair. Just for a brief moment their eyes met. Their faces closed in on each other and before Serenity could even blink, Joey had pulled Mai into a passionate kiss. Giggling Serenity turned away.
*end flashback*
Mai was driving back home and the memories of that day still haunted her. Carefully touching her lips, she thought back the way Joey kissed her. It was completely different then what she expected. She blushed, but happy thoughts quickly disappeared when she thought about Joey's sibling. They had decided not to tell her that they've read her "journal" and Joey said that he would handle it himself and Mai just hoped that he wouldn't do anything reckless that would hurt Serenity even more. No living soul on this god damned earth deserved to be treated like that. Nobody............
Look what I found Joey! Serenity said happily.
"Hmm?......lemme see". No matter how happy Serenity was, to Joey it was all fake. He knew that deep inside she was crushed, every single piece of innocence was shattered. If he could gets his hands on that guy who did this to her he would personally kill him. "Topless dancer in a nightclub!?!?!" He cried out shocked. "Are you out of your mind!?!?!?"
"What?!? No! Sheesh, the one above it you dummy!"
"Waitress"........he murmured. "Hm, looks good, and doesn't pay too bad either". "I suggest that you phone them about it."
"OK, there's a phone number at the bottom". "I'll call right away." Serenity said. "But......I don't know what to say"..........
"Don't worry, sis, I'll help you". Joey replied. And so Serenity got her appointment for an interview with the manager.
"It's next week!!!" Serenity said nervously.
"As I already said, don't worry!" "Mai and I are gonna help you!!!" "I'm tellin' ya Seren, they must be crazy if they don't take you!"
When Serenity told Mai about it, she said:
"That means we have on e week to prepare you for the interview!" "I'm going to teach you better Japanese, and we are going to pick out some new clothes so you can make a good impression." Since Mai worked in a clothing store, clothes were no problem. As for the lessons Japanese, Serenity started to spend a lot of time with Mai at her work.
After a lot of begging and promising Joey got his job back at the garage, but under one condition; for three months he had to come on time and work over hours. Luckily Serenity never slept through the alarm, and made Joey's breakfast so he could arrive on time at work.
"Oh! I'm so nervous!!!!!!" Serenity shrieked. Today she would have her interview. Though there was nobody at home, she hated a quiet house. Looking at herself in the mirror, she checked if everything was in order. She wore a white dress with little pink flowers on it that reached just above her knees. And white sandals with a heel roman style. Grabbing her purse and jacket, she left. At Kyoichi station she bought a ticket to the city center. The restaurant where she was going work was named "The blue Amethyst". According to Mai it was a pretty expensive, but one of the hottest places in town. The train was already loaded with people when Serenity got in, and with every stop in was getting fuller and fuller. Serenity felt like choking in the over full, warm humid train. When she finally arrived at her destination, it wanted like everybody wanted to get out at once. After quite a struggle, Serenity stood on the platform, gasping for air. "This was terrible".......she looked up to the clock that was hanging above the platform and noticed that she had to hurry up. Quickly walking through the station and crossing the street, she reached the restaurant. It was a beautiful building with large windows and lots of exotic flowers.
When Serenity entered, immediately a waitress came up to her asking how she could help her. Serenity explained why she came, and the girl led her to the manager. There she had to fill in an application and when she finished the manager asked about her language qualities. Serenity, who lived in America for almost 3 years, spoke fluently English. And that gave her a advantage on the other applicants. When they had finished the interview, she was put in a nice blue room with all the other applicants. After a devastating 15 minutes, the manager came out to tell who was hired.
"Well, it wasn't easy, but Ms. Wheeler, you are now officially employed here". "You will start now, and ms. Shinoda will show you the ropes." Serenity was all exited that she was chosen, while everybody else was silently cursing, and looking at her in envy.
Ms. Shinoda, a.k.a. Taeko, showed Serenity the changing rooms and the lockers. After that, when Serenity had changed into her uniform, she introduced her to the other waitresses. They were all very nice and showed her the basic things. Taeko was a cheerful young woman mho was like a big sister to everybody and made sure that everything kept rolling. At the end of the day, when Serenity finished, Taeko gave her a few last instructions and said goodbye. Serenity quickly changed back, and walked back to the station.
Serenity was pretty tired, because she had been running around all day, catering her customers needs. Well ,at least she would stay fit. She thought smiling. Nothing good ever comes for free. If she wanted to reach something in live, she had to work hard for it and never give up. One day, she is going to be a famous character designer at one of the bigger animation studio's. She would be rich, famous and beloved. She would crush that fucking madman and make him pay for every tear she shed, for every second that he hurt her and for every time he tried to break her..............................
Hey! Serenity nearly got a heart attack when some body grabbed her by the shoulders. Ready to hit her offender in the face, her hand stopped in mid- air.
"Oh...it's you." She said relived. "Long time no see, Tristan!"
"You can say that again!" Tristan replied. Every second whiteout you seems like an eternity........he would have liked to say that, unfortunately, he just didn't had the guts.
"I've heard you went to an interview for a job..." Tristan started.
"Yeah, at the "Blue Amethyst". "And guess what? They've hired me!"
"Really? Good for you!" Tristan made a mental note about going there sometime, if he could afford it.........(T_T) because the "Blue Amethyst" was a pretty expensive restaurant where types as Seto Kaiba occasionally went. Wait, that wasn't good. Kaiba should better stay the hell away form Serenity. She was his girl, maybe she didn't knew it yet, and maybe it wasn't official yet, but soon she will be his. Tristan snapped out of his thoughts and invited Serenity to have a drink with him somewhere before she went home for dinner. She agreed. And so he took her to a place called: "Sweet Salvation". It was a place where they mostly sold cakes, candy and other sweet stuff. In other words; everything that could get you sugar-high. Serenity took strawberry flavored thee, and Tristan drank a can of beer. After a few minutes of silence they were both caught into the slumber of their own thoughts. When they both finished their drinks, Tristan offered Serenity a ride home. Similar to the first time they met, Serenity was sitting behind Tristan with her arms wrapped around his waste. She gently laid her head against his back, her long auburn hair flying through the wind. Closing her eyes, she felt like she was flying herself.
They were walking through the park whiteout saying a word. Maybe neither of them spoke else it would ruin the moment. But maybe because the weight on their heart made it almost impossible. They sat down on a bench and both stared in a different direction. Finally, he spoke.
"I think you should tell her." Her violet eyes widened.
"No way! You're her brother!" She protested.
"I know! But you are like a sister to her anyway!!!" He countered. "Besides, you know how to handle these things." "And you're both girls."
"So!?!? What do suggest tell her!?!?" "Hi, Serenity!" She mimicked. "You have a hell of a bad past!" How I know ?" I've read it in Joey's notebook, of course!" "I hope you don't mind." "C'mon Joey, get real!"
What if we weren't supposed to read all that stuff?" "What if she didn't leave it there on purpose?" "And how do you know it's true!?!?!"
"I dunno....."he want with his right hand through his hair. "I honestly dunno........." Mai laid her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. She felt how Joey played with the ends of her hair. Deep in her heart, she wished that they could stay like this fore ever. But the hysteric sound of an ambulance siren made her open her eyes again. Just a few seconds after the ambulance a police unit followed. Something ugly must've happened. Joey released a sigh.
"C'mon, let's get some food before Serenity gets home, then we can eat dinner right away." Mai just nodded and followed Joey to his apartment.
(A/N * yawn* man ,I'm so tired. Oh yeah, the girl from the last chap, her name was Sadako Sasaki. Sorry for giving you peeps the wrong name. BTW, Happy Easter!!!!!! And I have a pairing for this story, BUT I'm not telling yet. ; p nyahahaha!!!!!!!