AN: Yay! Chapter 6 is here! I loved writing it and I hope you don't mind that I don't go into detail of scenes you all know from the Anime. You're here to read a FanFiction :P not a written copy of the Anime, aren't you?

In this chapter things ARE getting serious and I decided to let Jess & Marik get closer to each other. I don't like FF's where nothing serious or fluffy ever happens between the OC and a character of the original story. So, why wait - let's make this a bit more interesting.

This chapter is also inspired by a few music titles I really really love and gave me inspiration for how to make my OC act or feel. Youtube them if you like metal core, screamo etc. :P

Thanks for favouring the story! Please make sure to review this chapter. I really like to know if you liked it! :-) Like I said in previous chapters: It keeps me motivated to update sooner than later.

Chapter updated: errors, style and details. :-)

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Chapter VI

Gorgeous Nightmare

After some more minutes wandering through the lonely corridors of god-knows-where, Jesara cringed and suddenly hold her breath when she heard snickering voices of various men - maybe four or five of them were loudly chatting loudly in a room nearby. As she took more and more cautious steps through the long corridor the voices grew louder, telling her she came closer to the source of the unknown voices. Jesara then came across a room on the left side, its door was standing ajar and she saw light coming from inside. Anxious she sneaked up the door crack and held her breath, trying to be as silent as possible.

"Hahahahahhaha, using hidden cameras for this duel was one of Master Marik's greatest ideas ever!" One male voice chuckled; it sounded like he munched on something crispy while he spoke. It was one thing that disgusted her the most; speaking while having the mouth stuffed with food.

'Hidden cameras for a duel? What the hell is this creep taking about?' Jesara thought to herself while she eavesdropped at the door. Her heart was racing from the risk to get caught by one of Marik's Rare Hunters and to be locked back inside his room again. It would possibly not be that easy to escape a second time.

"This is the best entertainment Master Marik has ever provided us with! Seeing him kick his enemy's ass is epic!" Another male voice spoke up, also laughing in an evil manner. "He really should do things like that more often!"

"I tell you what! THIS set up for the duel is extraordinary! He's a genius! See! This tiny kiddie with this terrible haircut is already struggling! Hahahahaha!" And then another, higher male voice cheered. "Thanks to that fancy 4K resolution stuff you're able to see every single sweat beads on that kid's forehead! See!"

Jesara could hear glasses clicking inside the room and the sound of a television or radio or something. They were watching something on TV and Jesara got an uneasy feeling about what they were actually watching in there since one of them said something about a kid with a bad haircut. Were they talking about Yugi?

She tried her best to glance through the slightly ajar door to see what was going on in there without making any noise. There really was a TV in the room and she could make out 4 silhouettes in front of the glimmering light of it, sitting on a couch and lounge chairs. All of them wore the same deep purple cloak like Odion. Those guys definitely were Rare Hunters.

"What do you think? Will Master Marik beat him in time or will both of them drown in the sea?" One of the men chuckled while he munched away a mouth full of popcorn.

"However this duel ends Master Marik will win, come what may." The guy next to him cheered and took a big gulp of his bear. "Master Marik always gets his will."

Jesara was shocked when she saw what they were watching on the flat screen in front of them. It was a duel between… 'Yugi! A-nd… Joey!? Why are they duelling?' And what the hell was the location all about? Yugi and Joey stood on a peer or something, square shaped with a puncture in the middle of it, revealing the ocean between the both teens. Above them in the middle of the 'platform' she could make out something that looked like an anchor, which was connected to two iron chains. Jesara's eyes widened when she realised that Yugi and Joey were bound to the anchor by their ankle. What the hell was going on there?

"Joey! Make up your mind and fight against his control! I know you're still deep in there and that you can hear me, Joey! We don't have to do this! YOU don't have to!" Yami's voice yelled from the TV.

"Little Joey can't hear you, Pharaoh! So you better start duelling before time is up! Or did you forget that you AND your best friend will drown in the sea when the anchor drops?" Joey chuckled, but his voice was so different, he didn't sound like the Joey she knew for almost two years. 'Oh Ra… Now he totally lost his freaking mind!' Jesara growled mentally, fury built up inside of her.

"Marik, you'll pay for this!" Yami growled, Jesara never saw him that furious. "You're nothing but a little coward! Why do you hide behind others!? Be a man and show yourself!"

Joey chuckled heavily again. Also his body language changed completely, like he was somebody else. He didn't act like himself anymore, but by what Jesara was able to see through the little gap she could tell that it was Marik's arrogant, but classy body language plastered onto Joey. He controlled one of her friends and put his life at risk for that sick duel.

"I will show myself to you when the right time has come, I promise. But I guess that it won't be necessary after this duel, Pharaoh! Hahaahaha" he laughed wildly and Jesara held her breath once wasn't sure if hear ears failed her, but did they really say that the looser of this duel will die when the anchor drops into the sea? Her palm met her mouth again to hold back a little whimper. She felt how her cheeks started to burn and her heart pounding like a sledgehammer from the disgust and anger that built up inside of her body.

"Our master really has a taste in extravagant ways to get what he wants." One of the men in the room declared, again taking a gulp of his beer.

"Totally agree with you!" The guy on the right side of the room cheered.

For her it was hard to believe what she saw and heard. 'Was this duel Marik's way to teach Yugi a lesson? Like he said before…?' Her eyes narrowed dangerously.

At this moment Jesara saw red and again anger filled her whole body. He really was capable of murder; he'd do whatever was necessary to get whatever he wants.

"And now I'll get you rid of 500 of your life points, using my Hinotama magic card!" Joey stated laughing heavily and then a huge fireball formed above him. It hit Yami with a loud bang.

'That's enough… I need to find him and end this!' Jesara told herself and turned on heel to find Marik, he couldn't be far.

Again she turned right when she reached the end of the corridor where she came across another stair case. Jesara climbed them hasty and found herself in a luxurious lounge room. Fancy and modern furniture surrounded her and now she was sure that Marik brought her to a boat or a yacht. So this was how he was traveling with his whole organisation.

Through the windows she saw the inside of some kind of hangar in which they hid the yacht to remain unnoticed.

In front of her Jesara saw big glass sliding doors which led to the deck of the yacht - and there he was. Marik still wore the same black pants and shoes, combined with a quite short top in a light lavender shade which revealed a bit of his adorable well toned stomach. His back faced her and in his right hand he held the millennium rod, a faint light glowed from the anubis eye on top of it. An evil chuckle left his throat and echoed through the hangar.

Jesara's eyes narrowed and shot daggers of the sandy blonde when she saw him standing right in front of her, but she hesitated to approach him. What could she actually say or do to make him stop? Marik still had the power of the millennium rod and it would be easy for him to knock her out with it. It wouldn't take him more effort than a snip with his finger.

"Yugi! When will you realise that there's no way out of this!" Marik roared with laugher and glanced into nothing in particular in front of him. "I'll get your puzzle and Slifer however this duel ends up! You can hand it over to me now and you both will get out alive! Or you can fight until the end and drown in the sea!"

His words made her shiver to the bones and it was so freaky to see him talking to himself. He had control over one of her best friends and he won't hesitate to sacrifice him to take the puzzle and win Slifer back. All of his former empathy was gone, there obviously wasn't a single trace of it anymore. She pressed her lips into a wry line when she thought back to the time and how he used to be back then. Besides feeling nothing but disgust for him it made her sad to see him that way.

'I have no idea what to do now… But trying is better than letting down my friends. Marik crossed a red line." Jesara tried to command all her courage although she was sure to be knocked out by him before she could finish just one single word. Marik has done worse things to her in the past. 'At least I have to do just something... I guess there's nothing to loose… save your friends or die trying…'

With a jolt she slid the glass door open and stepped onto the deck of yacht, Marik seemed to be too focused on controlling Joey to become aware of her presence.

"Stop it, Marik! That's enough!" She exclaimed from behind him. Marik's lavender eyes met hers when he looked over his shoulder to see who had the brass to disturb his duel. His gaze grew darker when their eyes locked.

"How did you break free? Which fool let you out?" He asked in a vexed tone, still observing her from over his shoulder with his arms crossed in front of his chest.

Jesara clinched her fists beside her body - so hard her fingernails dug into her palms and her knuckled went white from the pressure.

"I escaped from you once and I'll do it again and again." She couldn't snitch on Odion right now, so better say nothing by saying something. "Release Joey and my friends! You crossed a red line!"

Marik chuckled and turned his gaze back to the harbour in front of him. In the distance she could catch a sight of the ongoing duel between Yugi and Joey. The hangar was far enough away to make sure to remain unrecognised. Her friends had no idea that Marik could see them from afar.

"Nope." He said cooly without looking at her. "I'm just one step away from defeating Yugi and become Pharaoh."

"This power isn't meant to be yours, Marik!" Jesara yelled and made another step towards him; she was just about 2 meters away from him. "Stop it, now!"

"Ts ts ts. So demanding, but yet so naive, my dear Jesara." Marik lifted his right hand and wagged with his forefinger to provoke her.

"That's not the right time to tell jokes!" Jesara knew that he teased her and it pissed her off more and more by the minute. Marik said nothing, but responded with an evil giggle, his back still facing her.

An annoyed growl left her throat, he was playing with her.

"You're too sweet when you're angry, my sweet little Jesara." He teased again. Jesara wasn't sure what annoyed her the most - his arrogant behaviour or how he said and pronounced her name.

"And you're disgusting, Marik…" she whispered to herself, but loud enough to be heard by him, but he again only smirked and glanced at her over his shoulder with an arrogantly arched brow.

"Hahahahahaha!" All of the sudden Marik broke out into laughter. "Now it's time to say goodbye, Pharaoh!"

Jesara cringed when he started to talk out of context. 'What the…? Wait!' His words were directed to Yugi! He spoke through Joey! And his words predicted nothing good, that was for sure.

"And now little Joey, play Meteor of Destruction!" Marik commanded in a loud voice.

Her amber-olive eyes widened; she knew this rare card. 'This card destroys 1000 of your opponents life points!' She panicked. Was Marik just an inch away from defeating the Pharaoh? If he WAS about to win, the anchor will drop to the ground of the sea and it will take Yugi with him. Jesara needed to act, or needed to do at least something - NOW.

With a jolt she sprinted forward and shoved Marik as hard as she could. She reached out and tried to wrench the rod out of his hand while she wrestled with him - but to no avail.

Then she felt a strong thrust, causing her to loose all of her balance. Jesara dashed to the ground beside of Marik, who frowned down to her. "I'll make you regret this one, Jesara." He snarled before his attention went back to the duel. The beam of the millennium rod intensified once more.

"Obey me! Play Meteor of Destruction and wipe away all of his life points!" Marik growled loudly. "Do it! NOW!"

Jesara's scared eyes were fixed to the raging sandy blonde in front of her when she slowly rose to her feet. Something wasn't going to plan for Marik. He repeated his command to Joey over and over again and she could feel him getting more and more tense.

"You can't resist, Wheeler! Play the card and destroy him!"

What was going on? Marik's outrage baffled her. Did Joey fight against Marik's control on his mind? Could it be that her friends will was strong enough to put up resistance against the power of a millennium item? Again the light that came from Marik's rod enhanced once more and his arm began to shake like it weighed a ton. Joey was fighting against his control, but Marik tightened his grip on her friends mind.

Jesara must support Joey to win the battle and break free from Marik's control. But she didn't dare to attack him once more.

'Wait a second…' she gasped when her conversation with Odion earlier crossed her mind again.

/ flashback

"Well… long story short. Master Marik first was out of his mind when he found out that you were gone without a trace. But then I saw sorrow and grief - emotions I didn't see in him for years and you know best how his own anger possessed him. Master Marik's feelings for you are still there, although they're well covered under his hate. But when he hurt you and you left I saw them crawling back to the surface. So I thought…" Odion explained to her, giving her a warming glance, but then she cut him off.

"So you though when we see each other again our reunion could make him giving up on his plans and bring his good side back…" Jesara continued for him and he answered with a stern nod.

/ end flashback

Jesara examined the infuriated Marik in front of her when suddenly an idea came to her mind. 'What if Ishizu and Odion are right…?'

Without thinking twice she made three steps forward, closing every distance between her and Marik. Her left hand softly met his shoulder while her other one met his tanned cheek; she gently pressed her whole body against his and it made her flesh crawl when she felt the warmth of his skin on hers. Within a split second her heart started to beat a million miles a minute when Jesara pressed her lips on his - she couldn't believe what she was doing right now.

Jesara felt how Marik's body froze and tensed up instantly by the second; she could tell that he really wasn't expecting THIS. For a moment either her nor Marik moved for only one millimetre. She wasn't sure about his reaction, because she tried her best to keep her eyes pressed shut and survive that situation without dying from a sudden heart attack.

Suddenly she felt his hand touching her back, pulling her body even closer to his when he started to deepen their kiss. The wings of the rod squeezed into her back when Marik pulled her closer and closer, then his other hand met the back part of her head holding her in a tight, but sensual grip. Oh how she hated everything about her action, but she forced herself to play along if this was - hopefully - distracting Marik enough from the duel so that Joey could regain control over his body. If it helped to interfere with Marik's plans and maybe save her friends lifes, kissing your no.1 persona-non-grata was a bearable price she was willing to pay.

A faint whimper left her throat when she felt his tounge forcing its way into her mouth. But with this she felt how the feeling of disgust and wrath vanished from her body with every of their ‚movements'; it turned into something else - something warm - something that felt like… joy? Her body started to relax as she began to kiss him back in the same sultry way like he did.

Did she really start to ‚enjoy' what was going on there? She was well aware of the fact that her sudden idea & plan in distracting Marik as good as possible to help Joey to break free from his control seemed to work out just fine, but enjoying it wasn't part of the plan. And hell, she didn't even want to feel anything like that - not in a hundred years. But it was there. Joy, pleasure, desire, hormones - whatever it was it washed away every tension from her body. Jesara's heart echoed even louder in her ears when she placed her left hand on his toned chest. She could feel his heart bumping in his chest like crazy too. Jesara's right hand dug roughly into his sandy blonde hair as she pressed out a slight pleasureful moan. Every touch of his hands and lips turned her brain into a firework.

But then she suddenly broke the kiss when loud cheers and applause from the distance met her hears. Her eyes shot open, meeting puzzled lavender orbs locking with hers. Yep - he really didn't see this coming. They looked at each other in surprise, just minimal distance separated their faces. Both of them were somehow out of breath from that little encounter. Marik's gaze turned into a fierce one when reality hit him. Jesara could tell that he just realised what happened, without a doubt Joey made it out of his mind control and broke free. Marik lost him.

He loosened his touch on Jesara and with a hop he jumped forward to the railing, his furious gaze met the harbour in front of him, staring in the direction of the duel he actually lost control about. The grip on his millennium rod tightened, his knuckles turned white and his muscular arms tensed in fury.

"NO! I lost control over Wheeler! I've been so close!" He growled out loud, still focusing into the direction of the insane duel he had put up for her friends.

Jesara stared at him from behind with a startled expression and also trying to conceive the fact that she kissed him just a minute ago, that Joey was able to break out of Marik's control because of it, that her plan worked out… and the fact, that something in her enjoyed it.

On the other hand she felt somewhat proud of the fact that for once in her lifetime she had some sort of control about him. She stopped him and he didn't resist for some reason.

Marik was still furious like hell at the fact, that his game was over - again. He didn't even turn back to her. This was the perfect time to do a runner, who knows what he'd do to her. It was her 'fault' that his plan didn't work out. So she creeped away and off the yacht as silent as possible and started a sprint when she was out of his sight and dashed away into the direction of her friends.

"YUGI! JOEY!" She exclaimed when she arrived quite breathless at the duelling platform which Marik out up for his unfair game. "Are you okay!?"

"Jess! You escaped!?" Tea shouted at the top of her lungs from across the pear. She was pinioned to an iron chair, a large container hung about 3 meters above her, ready to drop down at any time. One of Marik's rare hunters stood by the crane which held the container in place, in his hands he held a remote. Marik really prepared for every case. 'But he didn't expect the… thing I did.'

"Yes! I was lucky!" Jesara lied and thought back to what Ishizu and Odion begged her for. "How about you guys?"

Yugi and Joey were still duelling, both of them were out of breath and looked frazzled. When Jesara glanced over to them she was wondering why Joey wore Yugi's millennium puzzle around his neck, but she was somewhat relieved when she realised that he was himself again - free of a mind controlling freak that forced him to duel.

Jesara's gaze wandered over the audience, they were all here… Tristan, Duke Devlin, Mai and even Kaiba & Mokuba were present. Also another quite young girl with brunette hair was with Tristan & Duke - could this be Joey's sister? Jesara never met her before. She was sure that it was her because of her bandaged eye-area.

Suddenly a deafening dull sound met her ears. All of a sudden a helicopter of Kaiba Corp appeared above them and crashed into the crane, which held the container over Tea in place. With a loud bang both crashed into the sea, followed by an enormous fountain.

"You creep won't ruin MY tournament!" Kaiba yelled and with only one punch in the face he knocked out the Rare Hunter who had operated the crane. "Bastard!"

Nobody thought it would happen in a lifetime, but everybody cheered on Kaiba who just saved Tea and sacrificed one of his fancy helicopters to do so.

While Kaiba and Tristan unleashed Tea from the metal chair Jesara scanned the duelling field to get a clue about the current status of the game, but much to her regret she noticed that Joey DID play Meteor of Destruction, which destroys 1000 of Yugi's life points and THAT means he was about to loose the duel!

But Yugi managed to block the attack with his trap card, which absorbed the power of the Meteor - ready to reflect its power in any direction he wanted.

Jesara was shocked when she finally understood what was about to happen next and what it meant for her friends.

'Yugi's next decision will determine who's going to win this duel… but… the looser will drown when the anchor drops…' she thought to herself and gazed at her two friends with a terrified expression. 'Marik you… no word could describe how fucked up you are…'

"Joey, you will forever be my best friend!" Yugi said and smiled at Joey in front of him, his eyes were filled with tears. "I'm choosing me as the target of Meteor of Destruction!"

"NO!" Everyone screamed in union - but to no avail. A huge fire ball covered Yugi's side of the field immediately and his life points counter dropped to zero within a second. Yugi fell to the ground in total exhaustion. Joey and everybody around them panicked when the countdown of the anchor started.

"Yugi!" Tea cried and panic overwhelmed her.

With another beeping sound the box in front of Joey popped open and revealed a key to unlock the hobble on his ankle. "Yugi! I won't let you down! We're both getting out of here alive! I promise!"

And Joey was right. There actually WAS an opportunity to save Yugi too and the blonde teen figured out how. Yugi still had the Red Eyes Black Dragon in the field and Joey instantly ordered it to attack him directly. With another huge fireball Joey's life points reached zero too and Yugi's key box popped open.

Joey grabbed his shackle and hopped over to his unconscious friend using all his power, he managed to grab the key out of Yugi's box last-minute and then - with a loud bang - the anchor dropped. Jesara and her friends panicked when they saw how Yugi and Joey disappeared under water. Everybody hold their breath.

Tea and Serenity panicked like hell, fear was written all over their face.

But then Yugi emerged back to the surface, fighting for air. Tristan and Duke immediately pulled him out of the water. But Joey was no where to be seen.

"Oh my god! Joey forgot to take his key with him!" Tristan yelled. "Somebody has to…"

Before Tristan could finish the sentence they saw Serenity plunging into the water; her right hand held the key from Joey's box and even her bandages were gone. Nothing meant more to her than her brother, risking her life to save him wasn't questionable for her.

Again Jesara and their friends stared to the surface of the sea, hoping for the best.

The following seconds felt like an eternity for the gang. But then Joey and his sister came back to the surface again, inhaling a deep breath. They were save!

The gang cheered in excitement and relief. The nightmare was over - Yugi and Joey made it out alive. Tristan and Duke helped he siblings out of the water and tried to comfort them as good as possible.

"Joey, when will you start to take your fucking keys with you? Sometimes to do so could be life saving, you know…" Duke clapped Joey on the back and kindly teased the blonde, soaking wet teen. Serenity pulled her brother into a tight hug.

"Thank you, Joey…" Yugi smiled gratefully at his blonde friend. "You saved my life."

"Anytime! That's what friends are for…" Joey replied with a smile.

"You guys must be freezing! We should get you some dry clothes and a hot chocolate to warm you up!" Tea cheered and hugged them too. Everyone agreed to her with a nod.

/ at the game shop

Tea handed everyone a cup of hot chocolate and then sat down beside Yugi and Joey. Both teens covered themselves in a thick and fluffy blanket to get warm. The hot beverage was a welcomed treat.

"Guys…" Joey muttered and rubbed his cold hands on the warm cup. "Three words… Worst. Day. Ever."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Tea sighed and took a sip from her hot chocolate. "True… But this Marik guy won't stop… I guess you'll have to fight him in the finals…"

"That's for sure…" Joey growled and glanced over to Jesara, who stared into her cup and seemed to be lost in thoughts. "Hey Jess!"

She cringed and looked up at the blonde. "Huh?"

"I'm glad you're okay." Joey cracked a smile at her and took a sip from his cup.

"By the way…" Yugi spoke up and looked over to Jesara, mustering her. "How did you manage to escape?"

"Uh…well…" she stuttered while she stared over to Yugi.

"I didn't see you anywhere… They locked Mokuba and me together in some kind of room… Where have you been?" Tea asked and eyed her curiously.

Jesara held her breath and tightened the grip on the hot cup in her hand. She didn't think about a plausible explanation or 'excuse' and the truth wasn't the best choice after what happened just one hour ago.

"Believe me or not…" she spoke up and rubbed the back of her head with her right hand. "But one of those fools left the door open." Jesara forced a smile and chuckled, hoping their friends would believe her and stop questioning her.

The gang frowned at her in disbelief, but Jesara immediately decided to change the topic. She hated lying, but her explanation for how she managed to escape wasn't actually a lie. Odion let her out and held the door open for her.

"Yugi, Joey? Did you already qualify for the finals? They're starting tomorrow evening, right?" She asked and smiled at her two friends who still shivered under their fluffy blankets.

"We both qualified for the finals!" Yugi replied and returned a gentle smile to her. "And yes, the finals are starting tomorrow evening. We need to use all six locator cards on our duel disks to find out about the secret location of the finals."

"I can't wait to kick Marik's ass!" Joey exclaimed and balled a fist to show how totally pissed off he was by the mind controlling stranger. "What about you, Jess?"

Oh shit! So much happened today - she totally forgot about the fact that she needed two more locator cards to enter the finals.

"Oh. I still have four locator cards… But I'll try to win them tomorrow. There's still a bit of time." She answered and finished her sweet hot beverage, then placed the empty mug onto a nearby table. "Well then… it's been a quite exhausting day. I literally can hear me bed crying for me. Guess we'll see each other tomorrow somewhere in downtown? I'd love to have all of you as a emotional support, you know." Jesara grinned at her friends and waved at them when she walked out of the room. „See you! Good night! And don't catch a cold, Joey!". She then left the game shop and took the fastest way home.

Joey's face instantly flushed with a bright shade of red and his smirk reached from his right ear to the other. „Awwwww, guys! I told ya she loves me!"

„Oh Joey…" his friends sighed, rolled their eyes in unison and face-palmed.

Night had already begun and the streets of Domino were illuminated by streetlights. There still were a lot of people wandering about the town, some of them were dueling, others made their own way home. Jesara welcomed the fact that she was on her own now and decided to walk home, she hated the subway anyways. So she put in her wireless earpods and clicked the random button in her music playlist.

Music has always been a way to deal with her feelings and thoughts. And today she had a lot of things going on on her mind to deal with and her phone seemed to have a quite good suggestion for the next song. It randomly chose the track ‚Gorgeous Nightmare' by one of her favorite band ‚Escape the Fate' and a sarcastic smirk crossed her face - this song could possibly be written for her right now.

About ten minutes later she arrived at her flat and took off her duel disk, leather jacket and shows off first. Her stomach started to growl heavily - she didn't really had a meal the whole day and actually nothing to eat in her fridge. Food management wasn't her a talent of her, she usually ended up ordering a pizza or chinese food. So she grabbed her phone and called the nearby italian restaurant and ordered a pizza margarita - problem solved.

She had about 30 minutes until her well deserved meal would arrive, so she decided to wash the day away with a long, hot shower. Jesara took off all of her clothes and stuffed them into her clothes hamper. She placed her phone next to the shower and connected it to her sound system, which she was so thankful for in that moment. ‚Best investment ever…'
After she moved to Domino she decided to install a sound system that covered her whole flat, so music could be heard in perfect quality in every room - even in the bathroom.

Hot steam started to fill the bathroom while Jesara tried to wash away what happened today and even feelings she didn't want to feel. She rolled her eyes and sighed when her playlist decided to play ‚Broken Heart', also by Escape The Fate, next. Another song that fitted so perfectly for her right now. (AN: If you don't know those songs I'm writing about here, youtube them. The track Broken Heart gave me some inspiration for this scene and in fact the whole story. AND damn, the music video is AMAZING!)

The kiss she and Marik shared before crossed her mind and it didn't let go of it. She thought about every single detail of it; about his reaction, the fact that he didn't even resisted, how he smelled, how it felt, how he touched her and at least the detail about it she hated the most; what it made her feel. Her forefinger met her lips when she remembered the touch of the kiss; they felt like they weren't attached to her brain anymore. Why did it made her feel so comfortable while she hated him so much? Something in her desired more of it and something else wanted to hate everything about it, but failed. It gave her goosebumps when Odion's words crossed her mind again.

‚I know you do' he had said to her today.

„I don't - I should know best about this…" she murmured to herself while the hot water ran down her body and covered her slightly tanned skin into warmth, but even this remembered her of the warmth she felt while she actually forced herself to kiss him to cross his plans. „Hopefully I do know…"

After the shower she dried herself, brushed her still wet hair and put on a short grey pyjama bottom and a oversized black tank top. Pizza should arrive any minute and her stomach started to growl even more by the thought of basil and mozzarella.

A familiar melody filled her ears when her phone chose ‚I Hate Everything About You' by Three Days Grace to play next and again she let out a heavy sigh. „Oh come on! Stop kidding me! Don't make me hate you…" Fine, now she started to talk to and insult her own playlist - she was so done for today. (AN: You should also youtube this one, the lyrics fit perfect for what she feels right now.)

A bright smile crossed her face when she heard her doorbell rang, it must be the well awaited pizza boy to save her day. She grabbed her purse, hopped to her door and opened it without looking through the spyhole first. She gasped and froze when she realised that it wasn't pizza boy, instead her eyes locked with familiar lavender orbs and a smug grin.

AN: Hope you enjoyed! :-) make my day great and leave a review :*