Double is trouble nine: Not that hard, my eye.
The rest of the day went by as usual, of course Joey did his daily amount of stupidity by blowing the chemistry lab, lucky for him nothing broke because he couldn't afford to pay for that, but he did have to stay after school to clean everything while the others were waiting for him outside.
"Your brother sure is strange." Tea said.
"You're only figuring that out now?" Mokuba asked.
"Well no." Joey said. "We just don't get why Kaiba decided to let Meyli take care of you, I don't have anything against her and she seem kinda nice but if she really hates you as much as you said she does why did her chose her?"
"Don't you ever read anything?" Tristan said just coming back from no one knows were.
"What do you mean read anything?" Joey asked.
Tristan showed them today's newspaper.
"Girlfriend huh?" Joey said once he was finished… a good ten minutes after everyone else.
"Yea, I read that one this morning but I'm not sure you can believe it, each time someone rich speaks with a girl who isn't working for him they start saying those kinds of things."
"And how much often does Kaiba speaks with a girl who isn't working for him?"
Mokuba thought for a while. "Never I guess."
"So, just look at all the fact, first Kaiba let her stay in your house with no explanation, She calls him Seto, he talks to her, and even I have to admit they have a lot in common." Joey said.
"What about you Tea? You two seem to be good friends."
"Well I don't know, I already joked about her being with Kaiba but she said it would never happen, sure they talk a lot but they don't seem to have any interest in each other, they look like old friend or something like that."
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Later that night Meyli was doing her homework, well when I say homework I mean everything she would be supposed to do next month, she was interrupted by Mokuba, who came back about an hour before.
"I'm hungry." The little kid complained.
Meyli gave him a confused look. "Why don't you ask the cook?"
Now it was Mokuba's turn to be confused. "What cook?"
"Well you know, the person hired to do food."
"I know what a cook is. We just don't have one."
"You don't? Then who was making food?"
"Seto." Mokuba said as if it was totally normal.
"Seto? Why is he cooking, he have more then enough money to hire a cook."
"Because he always say only idiots hire someone to do something they can easily do themselves. Plus Seto doesn't like always having employees around the house, that's why the maids are only here while we're at school."
Meyli knew that saying also, her father was always saying it when her or Seto complained about not wanting to do something. "So, that mean you actually expect me to cook something?"
Mokuba nodded. "Well if you want to eat, yes."
"Would you believe me if I told you I never cooked before?"
"Great. Seto will kill us both if we set the house on fire while trying to do food."
"I think I have a better idea."
"Like?"
"Pizza?"
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Once the problem of the pizza was settle now came more difficult problem, like homework and Mokuba being a too much nice kid for Meyli's taste.
"Can you help me?" Mokuba asked.
Meyli sighed, just great, now she was going to have to help the kid. "Fine, what's the problem?"
"Here." Mokuba pointed a number in his book.
Meyli took a look at the number. "Polynomial functions? You're twelve, why are you seeing those kind of thing, it's way too advanced for you."
"I know I'm not supposed to learn those before another 3 years but I already did everything I was supposed to learn until that."
Well, I guess the kid's also a genius, I guess I should have been expecting it. Meyli then started to explain everything to him, even if she didn't want to, it was no problem really, she actually learned that around the same age Mokuba is right now.
Mokuba stared at the book. "I don't get it." He finally said.
"Well if you can't learn it then don't try to."
"Hey, I was just asking for help."
"Well I helped you, it's not my fault you can't understand it."
"What in the world is your problem, I never did anything to you so why do you hate me so much?"
Meyli stood up and walked to her room. "Because I lost everything because of you."
"But I don't even know her." Mokuba whispered. He really wanted to be friend with her but she wouldn't even give him a chance.
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Meyli closed the door of her room and lay down on the bed. She didn't mean to yell at the kid but she just couldn't stand him, it wasn't enough that he killed her mother, he had to look exactly like her so every times she saw him she kept thinking about her.
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"So if I understand right you mean Kaiba can cook?" Tea asked in disbelief. She had just called Meyli to see how things were going and because she was bored.
"Yes, which mean there isn't any cook in the house and not a maid either. It appears he doesn't like having employee in his house."
"You mean he cleans everything alone?"
"No, but the maids only come when they're at school."
"So that means you'll actually have to take care of Mokuba."
"Yea, and speaking of that, we just had another argument."
"Over what?"
"Absolutely nothing, I can't stand that brat, end of the story."
"I really don't understand what you have against him."
"He killed my mother for first." She mumbled under her breath.
"What did you said?" Tea asked.
"Oh nothing, I was just thinking about something."
"And what was that thing?"
"The first day isn't over yet and I already have enough of him, how am I supposed to take care of him for the rest of the week."
"Just try to get along with him, I swear he's a good kid."
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"Come on, get up." Meyli was shaking Mokuba's shoulder to wake him up, after all it was a school day and he was going to be late if he didn't get up.
"Let me sleep." The little boy mumbled.
"Yea right, get up now." Meyli removed the covers from the boy's body.
"Hey!" He shouted.
"Good, now get up because if you don't hurry I won't wait for you, I don't want to get detention."
"Fine."
Unfortunately for both of them, there was really heavy traffic today so they both ended up late at school. So they both ended up with detention, Meyli however was less lucky since she had math that morning.
"Well it seems that Miss Norisaka thinks that because she's going out with a Kaiba she have the right to come late in class if she feels like it." Mr Filion said.
Meyli looked at the teacher with a disgusting look. "I'm not going out with him."
"Are you implying that the reporters are lying?"
"Exactly."
"Then why don't you tell us why Kaiba would let a stray rat like you stay with him?"
Meyli stayed silent, she couldn't tell why, and if she said a lie no one would believe her.
"That's what I thought, now go to your seat and you'll join mister wheeler in detention after school."
Meyli went to her place, silently noticing that Joey wasn't even at school. The teacher continued his class when Joey suddenly entered the classroom.
"It's so nice of you to join us Mister wheeler."
"I know: detention, after school, in your class."
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The rest of the day wasn't any easier for Meyli, since she couldn't give any explanation as to why she was living with Kaiba, everyone took it as if she screamed all over the city she was going out with him, something the girls of the Kaiba fan club didn't appreciate, especially Jenna.
"Would you leave me alone?" Meyli shouted at the five girls following her and giving her nasty glares.
Jenna, who was the leader of the small group, was the one to talk. "I thought I told you to stay away from my Seto Kaiba."
"And I thought I already told you I had no interest in him and he has no interest in me either, we're not even friends."
"Then why are you staying with him?"
This time Meyli had more then enough. "Fine, have it your way, you're right, I'm going out with Seto Kaiba and we had sex every single day since the last two month, happy now?"
Jenna was so shocked she just turned around and walked the other way. Sure, if any reporter ever had news of what she said it would be all over the news but Jenna wasn't going to prove what had been, so far, nothing more then a rumour because it would mean she couldn't get Kaiba.
"Nice shot." Tea said coming behind her. "Don't worry, no one else heard and I doubt Jenna will tell anyone about it, that would mean that she couldn't get Kaiba."
"Well now I hope she'll leave me alone."
"Actually no, she'll try to destroy your relationship with Kaiba."
She's too late, any relationship I ever had with Seto had been destroyed long ago by my so called little brother. Meyli thought. "Well she'll have problem finding it in the first place."
"So, is it true?" Tea asked
"What is true?"
"What you said about you and Kaiba?"
"Of course not. I'm not going out with him." Meyli said.
"You do know unless you can give people a good enough reason why Kaiba let you live with him no one will believe you?"
"Yes I do, but I can't tell, Seto would kill me."
"Well anyway I have to go, dance practice, see ya later."
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School was now over, at least for everyone who wasn't named Meyli or Joey; she still had to go to her detention. She was getting her things while all the other students were going out. Just as she expected the rest of the day was horrible, and it wasn't getting any better with Jake coming her way but she was to busy thinking to notice him.
"So, is it true? You are going out with Kaiba?"
Meyli looked uneasy at him, she was very uncomfortable around guys, she couldn't stand to be near one or even talk to one, but Jake was even worst. She didn't respond.
"What does he have that I don't?"
Still she remained silent.
"Hey, I'm talking to you." Jake said as he grabbed her upper arm and forced her to look at him. It wasn't really a strong grip but it was more then needed to make her feel really uncomfortable.
"I'm not going out with him, end of the story, now let me go."
"So if you're not going out with him that means there is nothing stopping us from learning to know each other." Jake said as he took a step closer to her, still holding her hand.
"Let me go." She shouted, but all the students were already gone.
"Come on, be a good girl, we both know you want it, or maybe you like it better when people are mean with you." Meyli was completely disgusted but she was too afraid to even move.
Of course Jake, who was used to girl always melting in his arm, didn't know the meaning of the word no. So he didn't have any second thought before kissing her. Meyli was totally paralysed by fear as memories flashed trough her mind, she closed her eyes tight, trying to ignore the images.
No, I don't want to…let me go! Her mind screamed as the memories continued, she was completely trapped in another world, it was no longer Jake in front of her but someone she thought cared about her, she was no longer 16 but only a frightened little 12 years old girl. After what seemed like an eternity to her, she regained enough of her senses to push him away from her, before Jake could even realise what was going on she had already disappeared.
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Meyli ran out of school and crossed half of the schoolyard before letting herself down behind a three, she couldn't go any further. She sat there, crying, trying to stop the memories that kept coming back from her mind where she tried to bury them.
Her hand reached for something in her pocket, she didn't care even if Seto would kill her if he ever found out, she didn't cared about her detention, all she wanted was those memories to stop so she gladly took the two pills.
An: the pills are drug for those who can't catch a hint. Anyway that's another chapter finished.