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Everyone Needs an Excuse

Chapter: Trapped!

Téa stared out the window, not really seeing anything. She really wanted to know who the mystery guy was that put the rose in her locker. Well, it could be someone suitable to go to the dance with her but other than that it was just out of interest as to who else was interested in her. Anyway, she couldn't go because of a School Dance Committee meeting to organize decorations for tomorrow night. Oh well, probably someone who just wants someone who can dance! (She was well known at the school for her dancing talents and many guys wanted her as a partner just because she could dance.) She looked back down at her work, after staring for so long into space just thinking to herself she needed to get on with what she was meant to be doing.

He silently sighed to himself as he peeked out the corner of his eyes, just watching her. She's so beautiful. He had been watching her for a good ten minutes when she turned her head slightly in his direction, her eyes moved from her work to him. Their eyes locked together for what seemed like forever before she blushed lightly, smiled and turned back to her work. His eyes widened as he realized what had just happened and he turned back to his work thinking.

Tristan smiled to himself. He had seen the way they looked at each other. They were just meant for each other, that's why his plan was going to work so smoothly… if Joey had managed to fulfill his task. Either way they were going to end up at the dance together, hopefully. He watched as Yugi whispered something, inaudible from behind (where Tristan sat), to Téa and as she scribbled something down and passed the note to Yugi. He smiled and continued to watch them, not knowing that his plan was being thrown out the window in a nearby classroom.

He slammed the note down onto the small space of desk that his laptop wasn't covering. What does she think she's playing at? Inviting Mokuba to a sleepover? To celebrate the end of school term? She is so irritating… He looked at his laptop screen. Hallelujah! The e-mail had finally opened! He read through it carefully, his secretary had searched throughout the whole of Domino with the criteria that he had set and only found… one person! Great! He thought sarcastically. They better be good. He scrolled down the page to where the information on the girl was.

"WHAT!" His chair was pushed back as he stood up in sudden shock, staring at the screen in disbelief, searching it, as if to see if this was some kind of joke. He scrolled up the page, then down again, but still it said the same thing:

Téa Gardner

"WHAT!"

Joey stopped outside a familiar classroom door and peered in to see who it was that was yelling. He laughed silently as he saw who it was. Moneybags got a problem with his laptop! Sure enough there was Kaiba standing behind a desk, chair discarded on the floor, and glaring murderously and in disbelief at his laptop.

Joey started laughing out loud and Kaiba heard him. He turned his head towards Joey and cast him a murderous glare.

"What's wrong, Moneybags? Laptop cheating on you?" He gasped out between laughs.

Kaiba shut the laptop forcefully and picked it up. He grabbed his briefcase and walked over to the doorway. Joey stepped into the doorway and blocked his path.

"Whoa, what's the hurry? Not in a talking mood all of a sudden?"

"Trust me Wheeler, if I was in a talking mood I wouldn't be standing here with you in my way. Now move before I make you!"

"Somebody's cranky! Forget to have an afternoon nap?"

"Aren't you late for class, or did you leave your brain at home?"

Joey looked at his watch. "Yikes! Later!" He dashed off and entered a classroom further down the hall.

Kaiba shook his head. Moron. He turned and started walking in the opposite direction that Joey went. Now to find out what's going on. After class.

"For being late to class you can go return these calculators to the storage cupboard."

Kaiba glared at him as he was handed the box of calculators. He whisked out of the room and hurriedly walked down the hall wanting to be rid of this stupid task that was below him.

At the same time in another room close by:

"Téa, could you please take these scissors back to the storage cupboard?"

"Sure!" She took the box from the teacher and turned to her friends. "Be back in a sec!" She smiled then went out of the classroom to the cupboard.

In the storage cupboard (it's a walk in cupboard):

Everything in here was quiet, except for the gentle squeak of slightly ajar door.

The door was roughly shoved open and someone walked in.

Kaiba walked through the doorway and flipped the light switch. Good thing the door was already open. He looked aroundand spied a reasonable sized gap on a shelf and walked over to it. He pushed the box into the shelf and turned around, ready to storm back out to the classroom, but someone else had just entered.

Téa walked straight through the doorway not noticing that someone was already in there. The sudden movement of Kaiba turning around startled her and she stumbled backwards, right into the door! The force of her falling on it made the door swing back to the doorframe and shut.

"Oh, it's just you, Kaiba." She walked over to a different shelf to him and put away the scissors. She turned around to see Kaiba still standing there glaring thoughtfully at her. "Er, is there something wrong?"

Kaiba snapped out his thoughts and ignored her, turning to the door and grabbing the handle. It didn't move. Kaiba had his patience though and he wrestled with the door handle. After a moment he stopped. Uh oh, patience gone. He banged into the door using his should but it still wouldn't open. He turned around to face Téa, who was looking a bit worried.

"Nice move Gardner. The door's locked."

Téa looked alarmed. She went over to the door and shoved Kaiba out of the way. She grabbed the door handle and tried to open it. And just as it hadn't for Kaiba, it didn't open for her. She stepped back and looked in her pocket for something. She pulled out her mobile phone. "Ah ha!"

Kaiba watched her as she pushed some buttons and held it to her ear. Her face fell as she pulled it away from her ear and looked at the screen. She sighed, frustrated and looked up at Kaiba.

"No battery. Have you got any bright ideas?"

And for once Kaiba didn't! "No." He said gruffly.

"Well I guess we wait then." She leant against the small space of wall next to the door. Great, stuck in a cupboard with Kaiba! And I have to be at the meeting in a few minutes. Sure enough, just after she had thought that, the bell rang for the end of school and the noise of people moving and talking came through the door.

Both of the teens decided independently that there was no hope of trying to get peoples attention by banging on the door or yelling 'help', so they both stood silently thinking about the exact same thing.

They were trapped

Whoopee! They're stuck in a cupboard; they're stuck in a cupboard! –points and laughs at them.

Kaiba and Téa: "Hey, you're the one that put us in there!" -Angry glares-

Heh heh… hope you all enjoyed that, and hopefully they'll get out soon so that Yugi can get on with asking. Don't forget to review!