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:Chapter Six:
Joey, now sitting correctly on the couch, dialed Tea's new cell-phone number. He'd forgotten that the Rare Hunters had broken her old one... which must've been resurected for Marik's use... why? How should he know?
"Ummm...Hello? This is Tea... "
The sound of wind whistling could be heard on the other end. Joey counted to three, before he was finally convinced that it was indeed Tea on the other end.
"Tea, this is Joey."
"Joey! Yeah, what is it..." There was a muffed noise and the faint words, sounding suspiciously like "He's even more of an idiot than he seems ".
"What was that?"
"What was what?" Tea's tone was blandly innocent.
"Someone was saying something." Joey said suspiciously.
"Oh. That was the radio, the mounting price of gasoline, you know?" Tea's cheerful reply was followed by a muffled "Ow!".
"Tea, you ok?" Joey asked worriedly.
"Yeah sure." She answered, "I bumped my elbow, that's all."
"Oh."
There was another muffled sound, and Joey could hear the words "Shut up!" on the other end.
"What?"
"I asked what's up."
"Well, Tristan's calling everyone he knows to get Serenity's number. Could you not pick up the phone for a while? You know, help a big brother do his job?"
There was a pause.
"Sure. Though I don't think Serenity's even home…"
There was more conversation on the other end.
"Who are you talking to?"
"Hmm? I'm not talking to anyone."
He knew that tone of voice. The last time he heard it, he'd been on the receiving end of a practical joke. The time before that, he'd been threatened with his life- something about her job and the words "tell or die" written in ketchup on his burger. He wasn't too keen on remembering the details.
"Tea…"
There was a long-suffering sigh. "If you must know, Joey Wheeler, I'm preparing for an interview."
Oh. What was so bad about getting a job?
"An interview? For what?"
"A long term job, hopefully."
"What kind?"
"A…Kaiba-related one."
Joey let out a bark of laughter. "You're sneaking a job out from under Kaiba's nose?"
"Ah…in a manner of speaking."
"Damn. Kaiba's gonna get his pants all up in a twist if you get that job."
There was coughing on the other end. Joey frowned.
"Are you sure you're ok, Tea? Maybe you should go to bed."
The coughing continued, louder than ever.
Finally, Tea managed to gasp "Ok, thanks Joey. I'll be sure not to answer my phone."
"Thanks, bye Tea."
As Joey hung up the phone, he thought he heard a light giggle, accompanied by a voice that sounded suspiciously like Kaiba. 'Nah.' He mused. 'Since when did Kaiba chuckle…?'
He hoped Tea got better soon. She sounded so enthusiastic about getting that job.
He also felt like he was missing something…
:End Chapter Six: