Chapter 10: Slip on tongue.

"So, had fun?" Yugi asked when Joey finally came out of detention.

"I can tell you never had any detention." Joey said.

"Nope. So, Filion wasn't too hard with you?"

"Nah, he must have been in a good mood but I know Meyli's gonna get it tomorrow."

"Why is that?" Tea asked.

"She wasn't there."

"What do you mean she wasn't there?" Yugi asked.

"She skipped detention, she never showed up I don't know why. I also noticed she left her locker unlocked."

"You think something could have happened to her?" Yugi asked.

"I have no idea. Hey, where's Mokuba, he's usually there by now."

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Mokuba walked out of his school after detention, after all it was his fault if he got one, he was the one who oversleep. He looked up and saw Yugi and the other in front of the high school next door. Joey must have detention also. The little kid thought and walked to them

"Hey guys!" The little boy said.

They all looked down at him. "Hey, we were just wondering where you were." Joey said.

"I just got detention for being late this morning, I kinda overslept."

"So, that's why Meyli was late." Tea said.

"Which bring us back to the subject." Joey turned toward Mokuba. "If she isn't with you then where is she?"

"Probably home." Mokuba said.

"Maybe, but that doesn't explain why she skipped detention." Yugi said.

"So, she got in trouble because of me."

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Meyli wasn't home, in fact right now she couldn't even remember where home was, it wasn't like she wanted to go back or even cared anyway, after all, if she took the drug it was mainly to forget, unfortunately she forget more then she really wanted to but she was ready to do it if she could forget all those times. The only problem about when she was drugged was if she saw any boy she would start to have a bad trip so she always make sure to be alone. As for now she was just laying down staring at the now dark sky full of stars.

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Joey was walking slowly back home, his father had disappeared a few days ago on one of his drunken trip, he should be back in a week…or two, so Joey had no hurry to go back home. But of course, we all know that Joey is a wimp, (An: Those who read the manga know what I mean) so he decided to take a shortcut to get home faster.

He decided to cut trough a park that no one ever go in, as he was walking he kept humming a tune to ease himself. Meyli heard it and turned around to see where it came from. She quickly started to panic, just like every time she saw a boy, only her fear was stronger when she was alone with a guy or when she was drugged, and right now all of those three conditions were reunited.

Joey caught Meyli's movement when she turned around so he turned also but because of the dark he couldn't see her. Just to be sure he started to walk toward the movement, yet the source had disappeared. Joey looked around, wanting to make sure everything was alright, that's when he saw her, she had her back against a tree and had closed her eyes shut, trying to close herself to the world outside.

"Meyli?" Joey said when he recognised her.

Meyli looked up and panicked, not recognising the boy in front of her, that didn't really mattered anyway since she panicked each time she was near a boy, even if she didn't always showed it. She tried to get away but Joey was faster, Meyli only panicked even more when Joey grabbed her arm.

"Hey, what is wrong with you?" Joey tried to calm her down but to know avail, when he took a good look at her he understood everything for having already taken drugs himself when he was in Hirutani's gang. It was obvious that she was deadly afraid of him but he couldn't let her alone like that, sure no one ever came here but he did, and someone else not as good as him could come also.

"Come on, I'm taking you home."

"No, let he go." She yelled.

"You can yell all you want I'm not letting you here for the next drunken guy to find."

Meyli, however, didn't calm down in the least even after they finally reached Joey house so he had to lock her in his room. An hour later, after 15 minutes without hearing her he decided to check on her. When he saw that she had fallen asleep in a corner he gently took her in his arm and laid her on his bed before going to sleep on the couch.

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Meyli woke up the next morning in an unknown place, few memories of what happened the day before passed trough her mind, mostly about the guy that found her. Panik raised in her chest about what happened, what this guy may have done to her last night. She quickly got up and silently walked out of the room. She looked around, it was a small apartment.

"So, you're finally up."

Meyli turned around quickly and saw Joey behind her, even if Tea told her he was nice she couldn't stop her fears. "What did you do to me?" She was afraid to ask.

"Hey, I did absolutely nothing to you, don't get any funny idea, I'm not the kind of guy to go around and abuse of defenceless girl."

"Then why am I here?" She asked.

"Because I found you totally drugged in the park, would you have preferred me to leave you there for the next guy to come and rape you?"

Meyli stayed silent, she couldn't really argue with that.

"Does Kaiba know that you are taking drugs?" Joey asked suspiciously, he could easily sense how scared and tensed she was around him.

"He knows, but he said that if I ever take any again I could find myself a new home."

"Don't worry, I won't tell him."

"Thanks."

"You're lucky that I'm the one that found you, you have no idea what kind of guys are walking around here at night."

"I guess I'm lucky." Meyli said, she knew Joey wouldn't hurt her but she couldn't stop being afraid, it was something that had been carved in her mind since she was still a kid.

"So, why did you took this shit anyway?"

"To forget, it always works, as long as I'm alone."

"Look, I called Mokuba and told him you were sick, I also took care of Filion and your detention, I have to go to school, you should take the day off, you can stay here until you feel good enough to go back home."

"Thanks."

What a strange girl. Joey thought as he walked out of the house. I'm going to have to talk to Tea about this.

Meyli sighed when the door closed behind Joey, her heart finally calmed down, that is until she remembered what Kaiba said about the mutt AND his drunken father. Deciding that she didn't wanted to risk meeting the guy she went back into the room and quickly prepared herself to leave. Something on the other side of the window caught her eyes, there was some guys, probably part of a gang that were outside, knowing this wasn't the best place for a girl to be alone, she thanked god that she was wearing a boy uniform so she hid her hair before going out.

The guys looked at her, from a little far away the difference of height she had with Kaiba was invisible and they all knew better than to mess with the young CEO so they just turned around and continued whatever they were doing, which was most likely something illegal.

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And once again Joey was late, but today was his lucky day, the teacher was late so he never knew, that was the first day in two months Joey didn't got detention for being late.

"What happened Joey, fell out of the bed?" Tristan joked after the first period.

More like couch. Joey thought. "Hey Tea can I talk to you, in private."

"Huh sure." Tea said.

Joey started to talk once he was sure they were alone. "It's about Meyli."

"You know were she is?" Tea asked worried.

"Well, yes and since you to are friends I thought I should tell you."

"Tell me what?" Tea asked, worry all over her face.

"Don't worry nothing bad happened to her." Joey said when he saw he face. "I found her yesterday when I was going back home and she was drugged."

"Really?"

Joey nodded. "I didn't understood anything, she panicked when she saw me, I took her home with me, this morning she said that it was to forget."

"Forget what?"

"I don't know, all I know is that she really was afraid of me, just as much as she was afraid of Jake when she first came here."

"I'll talk to her tonight."

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Mokuba came home after school and saw Meyli on the couch in the living room. "Feeling better?" He asked.

Meyli turned around with a confused look on her face.

"Joey said he found you and you were sick."

"Oh yea, still a little tired but I feel better." She said turning back to the TV.

Of course Mokuba didn't believe a word, he was smarted than he let people believe. "You weren't sick am I right."

"Mind you own business."

"But I just want to help you, what's going on?"

"Well maybe I don't want any help from a little demon like you, after all my life would be so much better had you never have been born."

Mokuba just sighed and went to his room to do his homework, he knew Kaiba told him to call if she was mean but he couldn't, for a reason that he didn't know he couldn't help but fell himself attached to her, it was a strange feeling that he couldn't remember ever experiencing before but at the same time it seemed familiar… and right. He just couldn't be mad at her, sure he felt sad that she was always rejecting her but he couldn't hate her. He knew there was something his brother wasn't telling him about that girl but he had no idea what it was.

Meyli sighed, she had done it again, at this right she wasn't going to stay here for much longer, but she just couldn't even bear the sigh of this kid, she decided to go and take a walk to clear her thought.

Meyli was walking without any destination in mind, she just wanted to be away from Mokuba, each time she saw him she couldn't stop thinking about her mother, why did he had to look so much like her, why did he had to even be born.

"Hey Meyli."

Meyli turned around and saw Tea walking up her way. "Hi."

"So, how are you?"

"Fine, I guess." Meyli answered.

Tea looked in front of her, as they started walking. "Joey told me, about yesterday and this morning."

Meyli sighed. "And how many people did he tell it to?"

"Only me, no one else know, he was just concern that all, and I was also. I thought you were more intelligent then that."

"What, you never saw anyone taking drugs?"

"Not any of my friends but that's not what I meant, you could at least went to the mansion before, do you have any idea of what could have happen if Joey hadn't found you?"

"Of course I know, but you wanted me to go to the mansion where Mokuba could see me so he could tell Kaiba."

"Does Kaiba even know about this?" Meyli nodded. "And he let you take care of Mokuba."

"Actually he did say he would throw me out if I ever take some again."

"But why did you do it?"

"I panicked ok, I just wanted to forget everything."

"To forget what?"

"Everything, from the day I was born to this very day, to forget that I lost everything, that I don't have a life or anyone that care about me."

"And you were ready to risk everything that you have today just to forget for a few hours?"

"Everything? I have absolutely nothing; why do you think I reduced myself to ask for help to a brother that doesn't even care about me?"

Just as Meyli said the last part she covered her mouth with her hand as Tea's eyes went wide.