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Chapter 9- Tutor

-Thursday-

-Serenity-

"Attention all Seniors. Attention all Seniors. We have an important announcement to make. Prom will be next Friday. So, if you already bought your tickets from either Ms. Yokho or Ms. Asakura, please hold on to them.

Another announcement is, if you haven't turned your books into the library, please do so. The library will be opened after school today and tomorrow. It will also be opened till next Tuesday, so have your books ready. If a senior does not turn in their books, the senior won't be allowed to graduate. If you lost book and haven't paid for it, the senior won't also be allowed to graduate. There will be flyers in what you need to turn into to graduate. That is all," a female voice said as she clicked off air.

"Aww.. now I only have this weekend to find a dress!" a girl's voice said as I could tell she wasn't proud..

"Ugh! This weekend is the first opening to Kaibaland and I was supposed to go. Now I have to wait till next Saturday," another girl said in annoyed.

I shrugged the thought away, not caring for prom… but something was keeping me off track from my classwork. Kaibaland? Seto didn't mention anything about that to me. I guess I haven't paid too much to the advertisements, not that I care. I checked my watch and started to put my pencils away in backpack. Only one more minute till the bell rings.

"Okay class, next week, will have a final. You final is a to draw, and paint what describes you. However, you will not, I repeat, you will not take it home to finish it. You will leave your finals here. That is all," my art teacher said and smiled to me.

I nodded to her and took my Calculus and English book out. Those were the only classes I had for my books. I knew that Calculus was going to be easy and same thing with English. The only problem was that I didn't know how to do a painting of what described me.

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I gather all my stuff and put my backpack over me. I held my both my books in my right hand and in the other was my big art sketchbook. I walked to library quickly and already there was a line.

I blinked and saw 5 librarians helping.

Oh good. The line would at least go a little faster.

"Next," I heard one of the librarians say.

I quickly ran to her, carefully not to trip. But all of sudden, I did. Both my books flew out of my hands, and were at least four feet away from me. I quickly grabbed things and stood up. I walked to my books, only to feel someone push me down.

"Ha ha! Ha ha!" I heard some of the students laugh.

"She is so clumsily," I heard a male voice said and laugh like a goose.

I shrugged at the thought, not caring since I am going to graduate. Not only I'm graduating, a lot of people, except for my brother and his friends, knew that I was suppose to be junior. But I just have the smarts, not the looks.

I grabbed my books and walked to the desk.

"Last name First, First name last" the librarian said to me as she opened the Calculus books and flipped through the pages.

"Wheeler, Serenity," I told her as she quickly opened my English IV book and again, flipped through pages.

"Alright Miss Wheeler. Looks like you have taken care of these books, but it looks like some of the pages have been damaged meaning you only have till Tuesday to pay for both of these books," the librarian said as I just stood there in shocked.

"But didn't you see-," I started to explain, but she interrupted me.

"No but's, Miss Wheeler, I don't want to hear excuses. Now, you can pay till Tuesday or stay here for another year," she said and typed in some information.

I just stood there, thinking. Now, I need to find a job that way I can for books. But a job only pays once, every two weeks. How am I going to find a job since now I have to tutor Mokuba? How? I can't ask Joey, because I'm not that kind of a person. I mean, I won't mind paying him back. And I don't want Kaiba's money.

"Next!" I heard her saying as I moved away, still thinking.

"Well, well, if it isn't the duckling. I just knew you'd be here," I heard a certain C.E.O. say to me.

I looked up with wide eyes as I was still thinking. I noticed the smirk on his face and I calmly let my face into a sad frown.

"What's with the frown, duckling?" he asked as the librarian asked for his name.

"Oh miss. Here's your receipt on much the damages are," she said handing me a paper and I took it from her.

A hundred dollars! A hundred dollars!

I took off my glasses and realized that the damages are a hundred dollars. I quickly put my glasses back on and looked up only to see Seto smirking at me. I decided to leave when I felt his hand grabbed my wrist.

"You are coming with me," he whispered in my ear as if it sounded seductive.

My eyes widened. I forgot about that. I was just thinking of the damages. I looked at him with sad eyes and nodded in 'you win'.

-Kaiba's Mansion-

Mokuba was a slow learner, but I didn't mind. He was studying all four basic subjects: English, History, Math, and Science. We just finished doing Science and History because he wanted to do those first.

"Okay, my essay test is going to be about- Uh," Mokuba said as took his thumb and index finger and stroked his chin like if he had a beard.

I smiled and giggled.

"What's so funny?" he asked and smirked.

"Oh nothing," I said to him as he gave me thumbs up.

I laughed at this. He was the complete opposite from his brother. He was kind and polite, and lighthearted. He took a chocolate bar and bit it down, breaking a piece of it.

"Wan- zum can-d?" he asked trying to speak while chewing on candy, as he took another bar from his bag.

"Why thank you, Mokuba," I said happily as I gently to it.

He grinned as his teeth were covered in chocolate. I laughed at this and smiled at him.

"Want to take a break?" I asked him as he quickly nodded.

"Hey, don't choke now. Take your time on chewing," I said kindly as I took the foil off the chocolate bar and bit a piece of it.

He grinned again and took another chocolate bar out of his bag.

-Seto-

I stood there leaning against the gray wall, while Mokuba's door was slightly opened. I saw her tuck in Mokuba as she smiled down upon him.

"Thank you Serenity for helping me," he said as she began to pick his books up.

"Your welcome, Mokuba," she happily said and laid the books next to his backpack.

"Serenity… do you like my brother?" he asked her as sat up.

She stood there quietly and blinked.

"Mokuba… I…," she started to say and sat down on the floor, next to him.

"I know he's mean, but in reality he's not like that all," Mokuba happily said.

I saw the duckling smiled and blushed lightly.

"I don't know what to say Mokuba. I do like him a little," she said kindly.

"A little?" my brother said to her knowing that he was begging her to say the truth.

"Well… what about you? Do you like someone that goes to your school," she said quickly changing the subject.

My brother sat up and took his Blue Eyes White Dragon plush that I gave to him last Christmas.

"Yeah! There is this girl that I like. I mean, I had a crush on for like 2 years, ever since 6th grade. Her name is Rebecca and she wants to become an archeologist just like her grandfather. She gives attitude towards guys when the come up to her. But she never once gave me attitude, well, I take that back. She did when I first tried to talk to her, then it go to point where she was used to it. Then we became friends. Good friends, and today wonderful something happened," he said grinning.

"Oh and what was it?" Serenity asked kindly wanting to know.

"Today, during lunch, I was sitting beside her. We were eating sandwiches and this guy came up to her. He asked if she would to go to prom with him and she said no. And then, she turns to me and asks me, while the guy was still there! I said yes, but I thought it was just an excuse for the guy to leave her alone. But I really did want to ask her. He actually cried and walked away. And then she told me this, 'You know, I wasn't joking. Would go to prom with me Mokie?' I quickly nodded and smiled at her. She smiled back at me and went back to eating sandwiches. After that, we started to discuss about what color we should wear. We both agreed on red," he said happily and Serenity smiled.

"Aw. She even has a nickname for you. How adorable," Serenity said delighted as she clapped her hands together.

I saw my brother blushed bright red. I smiled at this.

"What about you?" Mokuba asked her know that he wanted the answer.

"Mokuba, it's time for you to go to bed," she getting up and walked over to the lamp.

"Goodnight Mokuba," she said as she turned off the lamp.

"Goodnight Serenity. And oh, Serenity," he said as he turned on the lamp.

"Yes Mokuba?" she said and sat back down on the floor.

"You're beautiful," he said sitting up again.

What! What is my brother thinking!

"Excuse me?" she asked him and gave him a confused look.

"You're beautiful. I mean, you are beautiful on the inside. You are nice, polite and cool! You are a lot better tutor than Tea Gardner. How I hated her. She always was mean to me, saying that I was a slow learner and had to pick up the pace. So, when I told my brother, he fired her, and was still with her. I don't see what he saw in her, but man, I'm glad he broke up with her," Mokuba said laying back down.

"Thank you Mokuba for the complement," she gladly said and stood up.

"Goodnight Serenity," he said and closed his eyes.

Serenity looked down and smiled at him.

"Goodnight Mokuba," she quietly said and turned off the lamp.

I quickly went back to my office.

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I heard my door bang quietly.

"C'mon," I said not looking up, knowing who it is.

"Kaiba, I'm done for the night. I'm going to get going now," she said nicely to me.

"Duckling. I need to talk to you about something," I said as I typed in some information for Kaibaland.

I heard my door close, and I looked up. She stood there with both her hands behind her.

"Yes?" she asked politely.

"It's about yesterday. What you told me last night about me falling in love with you. What made you think that?" I said coldly as I stood up and walked to the front of my desk.

I leaned on the desk and crossed my arms.

"Well… I… uh…," she began to stutter.

"Trying to think up words Duckling? How sad," I added and grinned evilly.

"Please. I don't want your money and I don't want you to fall in love with me. That is all," she said panicking and started to sweat.

I walked to her and she moved. I continued to follow her until she was cornered.

"Why would I fall in love with an Ugly Duckling like you?" I asked harshly as her eyes widened.

-Serenity-

My eyes widened at what he said. It hurt for him to say such a thing. Is this why he calls me duckling? And what about the mutt? Who is the mutt exactly? I looked down and wrapped my arms around myself.

"Duckling, answer me," he said coldly.

I looked up and his eyes were so serious.

"Is this why you call me Duckling? Because I am ugly? How can you be so mean?" I asked frightful, as my eyes got sad.

"That's none of your concern. Thank you for tutoring Mokuba. Here's your payment," he said handing me an envelope.

I smack his hand and ran to the door. I opened and ran downstairs. I grabbed my stuff and left slamming the door that way Seto can hear it.

Just then it started to pour.

"Just great," I said as walked along the sidewalk, home.

-Seto-

What just happened? One minute she's here, the next she's not. I couldn't believe what I had said to her. But I couldn't tell her the truth. I didn't want her knowing the truth about the bet that Duke set up and I agreed upon.

"Fuck!" I yelled as I heard thunder coming from outside.

I picked up my cell phone and called the driver.

"I'll be there in less than a minute," I said over the cell and closed it.

I saw her walking and was soaked. She held onto her stuff since it was pretty windy outside. That's when I pushed the button to roll down.

"Serenity get in," I said as she stopped and looked at me.

"Why? After what you said to me? You cold-hearted… person!" she angrily said as she turned the other way around.

She was at least telling the truth, but she never knew the other side of me. I quickly came up with an answer.

"Because I don't want you to get sick," I said as she stopped walking.

I opened the door and she was soaked. Her clothes clung to her skin and she dropped everything on the floor. She sat on the floor with them, and I felt bad for her. I hated this feeling. I quickly took a towel from the underneath the seat and pulled out a few towels. I put the towel on the seat next to me.

"Here. Sit. And here's a towel for you," I said to her showing some politeness and she took it gently and I let go.

"Thank you," she said kindly and started to pat herself.

After patting herself, I gave her another dry towel and she put it over herself. She leaned back and looked down.

"Do you really mean it Seto?" she asked sadly to me, still looking down.

"What?" I asked knowing what she was talking about.

"Me… being Ugly?" she asked quietly and looked out the window.

I just sat there. She turned around to face me and I just stared at her. She looked down. I never answered her, so she's probably thinking that she is ugly. In reality, she wasn't ugly. My brother is right. She is beautiful on the inside. She's nice, polite, well mannered, lighthearted and warm hearted. Then I noticed that she felt asleep on right shoulder.

"I didn't mean it. I apologize. And you are not ugly," I quietly said as we drove her home.

Wow! 8 pages typed! I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. I apologize for the grammar and mistakes. I do however would like to have a beta reader. If anyone would like to be my beta reader, e-mail me at Wingz

Sorry. I don't have preview for chapter 10. But it will be up next week!