Chapter 5-The Question
A/N: Yay! 42 reviews!!! (Shouts with joy!) Yay... thanks guys your reviews cheered me up!!!! :)
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ANSWERS TO REVIEWS...Cecilia DevilAngel: I don't think it's gonna end well... hehe! It's gonna be hell for both of them to work with each other...
Joey: Yeah! Then why did you make us partners?
cheerful angel57: 'Cause I want to... Hahaha! Joke... anyways hope you enjoy the next chapters!
marikandcloe: Yeah Seto does need to be nicer to her... but that's when he's gonna fall in love with her... That's ok, thanks for the comment! Really appreciated it :)
Freak09: Well sorry for making you wait long but yeah, sooner or later Kaiba can't deny the fact that he DOES remember her... sorry for the long waits, ok?
RiterAnonymous: Yep, it's SetoXSerenity. Haha! I don't like Tristan either...
Sorceress Vanessa: That's okay. Glad you enjoyed the story so far... :) thanks! Good luck on your fics too!
Mistress Luna: New name again! Hehe... Yep I read your fic... :) It's great by the way! Update soon! :)
Cute Peridot 816: Hey there! Thanks a lot for the review!! :) Yep, his real name is Joseph Wheeler, Joey for short. But for Kaiba, it will always be "dog" or "mutt" or "loser." Haha!
Everyone: Thanks for reviewing the fic! Glad you guys enjoyed it :) By the way, sorry for making you wait! I've got school and it's driving me nuts! But I'll really try to update soon... Good luck on all your fics! See ya! :)
LUNCH...
Duke Devlin was really excited. This was it! He was going with Serenity to the library. At last, he could spend some quality time with her. And maybe he could also ask her out on a date. He couldn't wait!!!
"Duke!" Serenity called, and he was ready to meet her with a ready smile.
She smiled back. He loved that sweet, sentimental smile and he asked himself how a woman could be that beautiful. Serenity was obviously gifted with lots of beauty.
'Snap out of it, dude, you're making her really uncomfortable.' Duke told himself, snapping back into reality. "Um, ok. Ready?"
"Yeah. Come on," she said, and motioned for him to follow her.
They arrived at the 3rd floor of Domino High School and there was not a sound to be heard. The library was quiet, with only a few people in it. Duke usually stereotyped them as nerds and geeks, since they had nothing to do but read. They didn't seem to have any social life. But this time, he felt that it was bad to tell Serenity about this. She was too innocent and sweet. Besides, she knew a few of the people in the library. He didn't want to stereotype her as a nerd either.
"Hi, Mrs. Kelly." She greeted the librarian, whom she gave a sweet smile. Everyone in there seemed to like her, because Mrs. Kelly, who Duke knew had a really bad temper, greeted Serenity in a polite manner. "Hello, Serenity. How can I help you today?" Mrs. Kelly asked. She gave Duke a peculiar stare.
"And who might this young man be?" she asked. Duke looked away from the old woman. He was afraid that she would remember him as the guy who once brought some soda drinks into the library.
"This is Duke Devlin. He's a really good friend of mine," Serenity answered cheerfully.
Mrs. Kelly peered at Duke behind her small glasses. "Okay. He must be a nice boy, if he is your friend." She finally concluded. Serenity gave one last smile and walked away, leading Duke away.
Duke heaved a sigh of relief. He was glad that the old woman had a lot of trust in Serenity or else she would have recognized him. He didn't want to look bad in front of Serenity.
"Here we go." She said, leading him into a narrow corridor of the library. It was full of uninteresting, thick books. Duke wasn't the least bit interested in them but he still followed her.
She picked up a big book from the aisle and led him to a table. He leaned over to see what book she got, and found out that it was just as uninteresting as the other books in the library.
Duke just didn't understand bookworms. There was no sense in reading books. You could see almost every single popular book being made into a movie. So what was the use of reading a book when you had other sources? Duke never understood why people should read books.
Serenity, on the other hand, seemed pretty interested in looking at the contents of the dusty volume. "See, Duke. All the information we need is here." She said excitedly.
Duke glanced over for a moment, expecting to find something really boring. Their assignment was to research on beautiful, historical spots in the world. Serenity was pointing at the black and white picture of a hidden valley. Duke now understood why she had starry-looking eyes. Just looking at the picture made you mesmerized enough to imagine it.
"Yeah. It is beautiful. Spectacular..." he commented.
Maybe this time he would realize the relevance of books.
DOMINO HIGH SCHOOL. IN ONE OF ITS CLASSROOMS...
"I assigned you your partners yesterday. So I want you to start working on this project together. I hope that you two will develop a good sense of cooperation and partnership to complete this project."
"Whatever. I'm never going to develop that while working with the mutt." Kaiba muttered under his breath. He was still fuming about the fact that Joey Wheeler was his partner. This project was going to be a living hell.
"Hey, Kaiba, hear that? PARTNERSHIP." Joey hissed in his ear. This made Kaiba boiling mad. "Shut up, mutt. Dogs aren't supposed to talk." Kaiba sneered back, making sure that the teacher didn't hear him.
Joey's temper hit the boiling point, and he knew he had to wait until after class to finally explode at Kaiba.
"So. What's this project about?" Kaiba inquired, ignoring Joey's demon stares.
"Mr. Kaiba, this project involves dissecting frogs." The whole class groaned. Kaiba's patience was really wearing out. Dissecting frogs???? He had dissected a frog when he was fourth grade. This was high school, for goodness' sake. Dissecting frogs was so OLD-FASHIONED.
The class was already bursting with discussion. While Kaiba was fuming to the boiling point... First, he had to team up with Joey Wheeler, now he had to dissect frogs?? How much more disastrous could this project be?
DOMINO HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY...
'Man... I feel like I'm totally falling for her.' Duke thought. 'Should I ask her the question? Or should I keep it to myself? Serenity is like the most perfect person I've ever met. I would be glad to be with her. I guess I should ask...' he thought, debating with himself, barely listening to what Serenity was saying to him.
"Hey, wait Serenity... I want to ask you an important question..." Duke finally blurted, avoiding the gaze of the pretty teenager.
"Yeah, what?" she replied, closing the book.
"Um... I don't know if I should ask this but..." He trailed off, unable to continue.
'What's the matter with you, you idiot??? Get those words out!!" An annoyed voice sprang in his head.
"Serenity... can I... can I court you?" he stammered, turning a deep shade of magenta. 'Why did I say that??? Why did I listen to that stupid voice in my head??? No, anything but rejection!!!' Duke thought, unable to meet her eyes.
Serenity meanwhile, was speechless. She didn't know what to say. She felt like she was paralyzed on the spot. 'Why did he ask that from me? He barely even knows me. I'm like, just a new acquaintance.' She thought.
"Um... I..." she stammered. She had no clue of what to respond to this question...
A/N: Another cliffie! I don't know why I love leaving cliff-hangers... haha! Please review, by the way! And you can also guess what will happen next... :) k see ya!