- Chapter Three -

Old Memories, New Friends

Nina ran to her locker. She got her stuff and saw Yugi in the hallway. "Hi!" She smiled.

Yugi had a scared look on his face, "um... hi? Weren't you just mad at me?"

"That's exactly what I came to talk to you about. I'm so sorry that I blamed you for taking my deck... you see, a now not friend, told me that you took it. But she was the one who really did. She framed you just because she didn't want to take credit for her stupid mistake. But like I said, I'm so sorry that I yelled at you. And... if that invitation is still available, I'd love to have lunch with you..." Nina blushed. She felt so awkward inside.

Yugi stared at Nina. She looked so sad. "Of course you can have lunch with us!" He smiled.

Nina smiled back, "then I'll see you at lunch time!"

"Yep!" They both nodded, as the bell rang and they both headed to class.

~ oOo ~

This time when class ended, things were different. Instead of being in no rush whatsoever, Nina kept picking up her pace. Instead of sleeping during class, she stayed wide awake. Instead of listening to her death metal sound track, she listened to a rap sound track.

"What the hell is wrong with me today?" Nina thought as she grabbed her lunch tote bag. "Oh. I'm having lunch with Yugi and his friends! That's why I feel a little off, I'm excited! I haven't had lunch with people in about a year and a half!" Nina thought as she slightly blushed.

After a couple of minutes, Nina made it to the patio. She looked around, but couldn't see Yugi anywhere. She looked down after feeling a poke on her arm. "Oh, I didn't see you there!"

"Yeah, I get that a lot!" Yugi laughed.

"So, where are we gonna be eating?" Nina tilted her head, making her black and mid-lenght hair fall to the side.

"I'll show you!" Yugi grabbed Nina's hand, and led her to the table.

Nina felt like saying something like, "woah! Hey, slow down, buddy! We just met!" But she let him hold her hand since she felt bad for yelling at him.

Once they reached the table, everyone stared at Nina. "Hi," they all said at the same time.

"Hey!" Nina added on, trying to sound as happy as possible.

"So Nina let you hold her hand, huh? She must really like you!" Tristan whispered to Yugi, while raising his eyebrows up and down.

Yugi blushed, but pretended to not hear that. "So... Nina, what's your favorite food?" He was desperate for a conversation to start.

Nina thought for a moment, "probably sushi?"

"I don't have a favorite food, but sushi is really good!" Yugi smiled.

"Caaaaann you feeell the looooovvvveee toniight?" Joey and Tristan sung together, referring to Nina and Yugi.

"Oh cut it out, you two!" Tea snapped, and then turned to Nina. "So Nina, how do you feel about friendship?"

"Friendship?" Nina lifted an eyebrow, as Tea nodded with wide eyes.

"She doesn't care about your friendship speeches, Tea!" Tristan shouted.

"How dare you!" Tea frowned.

Tristan and Tea then started fighting. And out of nowhere, Joey joined in just for the fun of it.

"I'm sorry you have to see this..." Yugi slapped his forehead.

"Yugi, your friends are so weird!" Nina laughed loudly, causing everyone at the table to look at her. "In a good way," she added on.

After everyone shared a good laugh about the fight, it made Nina think of old times...

Nina had friends a year and a half ago, but things changed. Nina had three best friends named Norie, Margo, and Jube. They were inseparable! Or so Nina thought. One day, when Nina's ex dumped her, Margo started hitting on him. Nina didn't like that, so she stopped being friends with Margo. Then, June got mad because Nina was 'being mean' to Margo, and they fought. Then, they stopped friends after that fight. Norie actually stayed friends with Nina, but Nina's dad forced Nina to move with him to Domino City. The night Nina moved, a drunk driver hit Norie while she was crossing the street. Unfortunately, she didn't make it through the night... And since Nina had just moved, she didn't ever get the chance to say goodbye.

~ oOo ~

"Thanks for inviting me, guys! That was fun!" Nina said, grabbing her bag.

"No problem! You're welcome to come eat with us again anytime!" Joey grinned.

"That means invite her again, Yugi!" Tristan poked Yugi with his elbow.

"Nina, would you like to have lunch with us again tomorrow?" Yugi asked.

"Yes!" Nina giggled.

Nina was about to say goodbye, when, "wait! Nina, are we friends now?" Joey asked.

"Of course we're friends now!" Nina smiled. All of a sudden, Joey and Tristan ran up to Nina , pulling her in a group hug.

"You've got a friend in me! You've got a friend in me! When the road looks rough ahead, and you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed!" From there, Nina started singing. "You just remember what your old pal said," Yugi joined in too. "Boy you've got a friend in me! Yeah, you've got a friend in-"

"Okay, guys! That's enough... " Tea looked stressed.

"C'mon Tea, join in on da fun!" Joey opened his arms to leave space for Tea in the group hug.

"Erm... No thank you."

"What's the matter? You don't know the words?" Tristan suggested.

Tea just stared at them, and they all could've sworn they saw a vain pop out of her forehead.

"Oh my god, guys! She doesn't know the words to the song!" Tristan pointed at Tea, as the rest of the group gasped.

"What? No- of course I know the words, that song is a classic!" Tea crossed her arms, stared at the floor as a slight frown formed on her face.

"Get in here Tea, the song is literally called, 'You've Got A FRIEND In Me'! You love friendship!" Tristan claimed.

"Yes, I do love friendship. But- Ugh, whatever! I have to go to the bathroom," Tea stormed off.

"I wonder what that was all about..." Nina scratched her head.

"Yeah, we don even know!" Joey added on.

"That's strange," Yugi's eyes followed Tea, as she made her way out of the patio.

"Yeah. But do ya wanna know somethin even more strange, Yug? Tristan and I sing when we're happy." Joey said as he looked down, noticing that they all were still in the group hug. "As you can see."

"What? I don't sing when I'm happy. Only you do that, Joey!" Tristan protested.

"Awe man, dat just makes it even weirder..." Joey pouted.

"It's okay, Joey. When I'm happy, I listen to rap music!" Nina laughed at herself.

"If you listen to rap when you're happy, what do you listen to when you're feeling neutral?" Yugi asked with caution.

"DEATH METAL!" Nina grinned.

Everyone just have her a blank look, especially Joey. "What? At least I'm not the one who sings when I'm happy!" Nina teased.

"Good point." He added on.

~ oOo ~

After Yugi got home and did his homework, he went into his room. "See, Yami. Nina isn't so bad!"

"I suppose not..." Yami concluded.

"She still needs to meet you, you know."

"Who wouldn't want to meet me?" Yami laughed.

"You're so conceited!" Yugi smirked.

"I can't really argue with that," Yami chuckled.

"No you can't!" Yugi laughed.

Yugi checked the time, "nine already?! I should probably go to sleep now."

"Goodnight, Yugi."

"Goodnight, Yami," Yugi said as he crawled into his bed. He thought of lunch time, and how glad he was for how smoothly things went.

"Today was a good day," Yugi thought, as he finally fell asleep.

~ oOo ~

A/N: Wow, this chapter was literally a little bit more then five hundred words less then the other chapters! I really like this chapter, but I feel like things were rushed. I don't know, this was the first chapter I made where I didn't have writer's block, so that's why I probably feel like that. Also, this was the first chapter with comedy! The Toy Story and Lion King refferences, though! But yeah, another reason why I really enjoy this chapter is because I find the other ones very dramatic and serious, so I thought I'd lighten the story up a little bit. And again thank you for the follows, favorites, and reviews! Until next time!