A/N: Hello everyone! I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter:D It's funny because I was debating with myself over how Mai should take the 'discovery.' In the end, I was glad to have somebody realize it's Téa's choice! (sigh) oh well, the boys will take a little more work.

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Ch.13 Late Start

Monday

Téa woke up to the sound of her alarm clock going off. It was a loud, annoying beeping that quickly gave her a headache. She rolled over and hit the large button on the top in hopes of turning it off. She was successful and turned back over to get some more sleep.

Fortunately and unfortunately her brain kicked in. She jolted upright and rubbed her eyes looking at her clock. It was 30 minutes after she usually woke up, Téa was going to be late for school.

Téa cleaned up as fast as she could even though she knew it would be to no avail. Brushing her teeth and hair at the same time, there would be no time to eat breakfast or make sure all her school stuff was packed. She needed to go, now!

Racing down stairs, she almost tripped again, but was slightly more careful this time. She slid across the sleek floor in her socks and skated over to her sneakers. She slipped her feet in and jumped when she felt an arm on her shoulder.

Kaiba couldn't resist the urge to smirk at how jumpy she was, but was curious to why she was still here. "You should be at school."

Téa relaxed at the sound of his voice and finished adjusting her feet into her shoes. "I got up late. I only just heard my alarm clock." She turned around and slid her arms around to hug Kaiba. "Now I'm gunna have a but load of detention again." She looked up at Kaiba and furrowed her eyebrows, "Wait, you should be there too, why are you still here?"

Kaiba smirked, "I have to skip today, I have an important meeting to go to that will determine the future of my company. I doubt you have an excuse like that."

Téa smiled, "Nope, you win." She looked down at her watch and swore at the time, she had 10 minutes until the first class officially started.

Kaiba seemed to think for a moment, and then looked down at Téa. "You still have time, I'll take you, the limo's are too slow. My meeting doesn't start until later anyway."

"No way, really! Aw thank you, thank you, thank you!" She squeezed the air out of Kaiba's lungs then left him, so she could grab her stuff.

By the time she returned to that spot, Kaiba was honking the horn outside. She bolted outside the front door, which immediately switched to automatic lock afterward. Téa squealed as she hopped into his Jaguar XJR, another one of his many beautiful cars. Once she hopped in, Kaiba spun out of the driveway and toward Domino High.

"Here, eat this." Kaiba had reached down a side door compartment and handed her a cereal bar.

"You really are prepared for this stuff huh!" Téa was starving so she started to un-wrap the bar.

"Don't eat it in my car! Wait until you have passing time, god! What is it with everyone trying to trash my car! NO eating in my car!" Kaiba stressed the last sentence, he was really careful to keep his stuff clean.

Téa rolled her eyes but stuffed the bar into her backpack nonetheless. She had to focus on getting into class on time. Dealing with the crazed CEO would come later. Looking in her backpack she noticed something was missing. "Kaiba, did you see a stack of papers that were typed on the kitchen counter?"

Kaiba was looking for the fastest way to the school and didn't have time to chat. It was hard to concentrate unless he was yelling at someone; he was more used to that. So he stuck with one word answers. "Maybe."

She frowned, "Because that was my report on the 'business economy today'. I'm so screwed!" Téa let out a frustrated sigh and closed her bag back up.

Kaiba didn't see how this was a problem unless she had it before lunch. Then he would have to agree, she would be screwed. "Hour?"

Téa looked at him and then at the school up ahead. "4th...and that is Mr. S's class! He already hates me! I swear he's biased against all women, and you know wha-"

"The point is Téa that you have time to get it done. You still have the rough-draft, right? So just type it up at lunch." Kaiba said as he pulled into his reserved parking space. Yes, he got his own parking space.

She smiled as the sun seemed to shine down on her. It felt as though the weight of the world had been lifted off of her and she had the urge to hug Kaiba again. Then his words penetrated her walls of happiness. And all of a sudden the dark clouds were back.

"You're still late." Kaiba was being truthful and thought he should be the good guy and tell her. Ok, maybe not the good guy…but still.

Téa's eyes widened as she looked at the car's clock, two minutes until she was destined to get detention. She quickly unhooked her seat belt and opened the door. "Thank's soooooo much Seto! I owe you babe!"

Kaiba could not believe she just called him babe. "Sure as hell you do, and I'll make sure it's soon for that babe comment!"

Téa only smiled and rolled her eyes, she'd kiss him if they weren't on school grounds. She jetted out of the car and into the school as quickly as possible.

As soon as she stepped foot into the building, the final bell went off. She cursed as she tried to avoid the hall monitors and get to class at the same time. Her class was in view and she made a sprint toward it. The door was open, and she had no idea why, but she embraced it as a welcome. She got to the doorway and looked in to find the teacher wasn't there.

"Téa! You're here!" Tristan's voice rang out as he saw her in the doorway. "The teacher's getting something copied, hurry up and sit down!"

Téa obeyed and hastily slid into her assigned seat. She couldn't believe the luck she was having today, it was a miracle. She got out her homework from over the weekend and ignored Tristan's questions.

The door slammed shut and the class focused their attention on her. "Good morning class, I hope all of you had a good weekend."

Téa sighed and relaxed in her chair as the rest of the class burst into an uproar. 'You have no idea.'

Lunch rolled around and Téa was in the library working on her assignment. She was almost halfway but only had 20 minutes left until lunch ended.

Tables sat behind her with only two or three people sitting at them. They had been pretty quiet and working diligently on some project. They finished when Téa was about 3/4th's done and talked quietly. There subject though, caught Téa's attention.

"Have you seen Seto Kaiba today? He usually doesn't skip, well I mean, occasionally he does, but…." The brunette who was talking adjusted her glasses on her nose nervously.

The blonde sitting across her nodded, "I know, but you know he has that big company to run all by himself. I bet he's at an important meeting right this second!"

The boy next to her rolled his eyes at the two. "That idiot? I doubt it, he probably pays someone to go to his meetings for him. He probably pays someone to help him take baths too. He's so freakin spoiled! He's on every damn magazine these days, especially after Battle City."

Téa felt like slapping the shit out of the guy, but then realized that she used to think the exact same thing. Well, maybe not the bath thing, but she was pretty sure that he wasn't very independent. It was funny how different her view of him was now.

"I'd like the job of giving him bathes!" The blonde said rubbing her hands together evilly.

The two others along with Téa rolled their eyes.

The brunette spoke next, "I heard Joey Wheeler talking about something to do with Kaiba. I'm not sure exactly but it didn't sound good…."

The person across the table rubbed his eyes and leaned back in his chair. "Why should we care? Everyone talks bout that guy! Hell, we're talking about him right now! Wheeler always wants to get him anyway, you should know that!"

The girl adjusted her glasses again and looked down as her other two friends conversed about other topics.

Téa looked at the girl sitting there then returned to her paper. 'If they only knew.'

Yugi waved his hand to signal Téa where he was. As soon as she was in the classroom and nearing him he sped toward her. "Hey Téa, Dylan wants to talk to you tomorrow at lunch tomorrow. He said he would've today but he didn't see you."

Téa looked across the classroom at the spiky haired blonde boy in the back. She wondered what he would want with her. He wasn't exactly the friendliest person on the planet, but he was no Kaiba. This year actually hadn't been that bad, he had actually been pretty nice to her. Not her friends, but her.

"He said it was pretty important Téa." Yugi said looking thoughtful. "Oh and have you seen Kaiba today? I haven't. I'd say it was our lucky day eh?"

Téa faintly nodded, not paying attention to him, still looking at Dylan. Something wasn't quite right….

Dylan's head shot up and he looked at Téa and grinned. Téa gave a small smile back and turned to Yugi. "Do I have to go?"

Yugi nodded and then glanced at Joey who was now talking to Dylan enthusiastically.

Unaware of the knowing smile on Yugi's face, she sighed, "Wonderful."

That night at the mansion, Téa and Mokuba waited around for the arrival of Seto Kaiba. Téa was anxious to see how his meeting went; well at least that was her cover. She really just wanted to see him.

Not even Mokuba was supposed to know about their relationship. Téa didn't mind all that much, seeing she knew the many consequences of people knowing. Still sometime she wondered what it would be like if everyone knew. If she could give him a hug every once in awhile, without glancing around first.

2 hours later Mokuba and Téa were tired of waiting. They had eaten dinner 4 hours ago and watched 2 movies. They were running out of things to do.

"Alright squirt, time to go to bed, it's 11:oo. Your big brother will be ticked if he finds you up." Téa said messing up the boy's hair.

"AWWWWWWW! Do I HAVE to? Seto won't mind really!" Mokuba argued, sticking his bottom lip out.

She shook her head at his pitiful attempt at convincing her. "Nope, I'm not giving in that easy kid. You can try again tomorrow!" She laughed looking at his fake sad face.

Mokuba pouted but went up the stairs anyway. "Goodnight Téa!"

"Goodnight MoMo!" She giggled.

"Ahhh! I told you not to call me that!" Mokuba yelled back as he shut the door.

"Yea, Don't call him that!" Kaiba smirked walking into the room.

"Seto! Finally!" Téa said jumping on him causing him to fall over. She laughed as he glared up at her.

He shook his head, "You know, you could be more gentle."

"Yea, but what fun would that be?" She said giving him a kiss on his nose.

Kaiba scoffed, "You missed."

Téa rolled her eyes and definitely didn't miss this time.

Tuesday morning Téa and Kaiba had gotten to school differently, but left at the same time. Téa had Tristan pick her up and Kaiba had taken his limo. They couldn't risk people seeing them together.

Téa had told Tristan that she pulled an all-nighter babysitting Mokuba. No questions were asked and it seemed to work so Téa applauded her idea.

She and Kaiba agreed to seem at least somewhat civil but not be too overly friendly. Neither of them really liked the idea, but it had to be done.

Lunch came quickly and Téa remembered the meeting with Dylan. She looked around and saw him on his way outside. She followed him through the cafeteria and through the doors. "Dylan?"

Dylan turned around and smiled, "Hey babe! I just wanted to say that once I heard you liked me I was caught off guard. But you know, I thought about it for a little while last night and I've come to a conclusion."

Téa was dumbstruck, when did she ever tell ANYONE that she liked Dylan! She didn't! This was insane! Ludacris! She was too shocked to say anything.

"I'll let you be my girlfriend. Yea, I'm really generous huh. Well, only for you babe." Dylan said coming over to Téa and putting his arm around her.

As soon as she felt his arm Téa jerked around and punched him. "WHO told you this!"

Dylan stumbled backwards and wiped the blood from his nose. "Holy shit! It was that dude Joey! I swear! Damn that hurt!"

And the wheels started to turn as Téa saw Kaiba out of the corner of her eye watching her. Some blood would be spilt by the end of the day, and it wasn't going to be pretty.

A/N: Ah! The end of that chapter! I've been so busy, I'm sorry everyone. I was planning to get this out Friday, but it didn't work out. So two days later, here it is. Thanks to everyone who keep this story going and as always, R&R!

Wolfie: "Now I'm tired…"

Kaiba: "Then go to sleep."

Wolfie: "No! You can't make me!"

Kaiba: "I'll blackmail all the reviewers not to review!"

Wolfie: "Ok maybe you can…"