A/N: I'm glad someone enjoyed chapter one, So here is chapter two, please R&R and of course Enjoy.
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Chapter Two.
Tristan's POV
"We've been dating for a few months now, I think it's time we tell Joey." Serenity spoke up from the passenger's seat.
"What? We can't, he will freak out." Tristan said tearing his eyes away from the road. He preferred to ride his motorcycle but it made Serenity nervous so he was taking the car.
"We have to tell him sometime." Serenity said smoothing out her shirt. It was the first day of school and she was nervous.
"I agree, I just think that wouldn't be the best time to tell him." Tristan said turning his attention back to the road.
"Okay, we can wait a while longer, that way when we tell him he can see we've been together for a while." Serenity said smiling over at her boyfriend.
She had given him her virginity, She had been a little nervous about the idea, considering how often you heard stories of guys getting what they wanted and leaving the with a broken heart. She smiled over at her boyfriend again. He hadn't been like that, he was still by her side.
Tristan pulled into the student lot and parked the car. He leaned over and gave his girlfriend a chaste kiss on the cheek, knowing it would be impossible once they left the car, it was high school and everyone would gossip.
"Are you staying over again tonight?" Tristan asked hopefully.
"I can't mom only let me stay over because I told her I wanted to get ready for the first day with my friend." Serenity replied before leaving the car and hurrying for her friends.
Tristan waited a few more minutes before leaving his car, locking it behind himself.
When Tristan got out of the car his eyes narrowed in anger. A dark-haired boy with green eyes and a dice hanging from his ear was standing in front of Serenity holding her hands and speaking to her. Tristan stomped in that direction, he wasn't sure how to break that up without making a scene but he would do it.
"Yo! What the hell?! Get away from my sister!" Tristan paused as Joey shoved his way through the crowds standing and talking.
"I have a boyfriend." Serenity said tugging her hands away from dice boy. Tristan paled heart hammering in his chest.
Tristan watched as the Dice boy quickly fled the scene. Tristan followed behind as Joey and Serenity made their way into the school. He paused between to sets of lockers and watched as his girlfriend and her brother talked. Footsteps coming to a stop behind him caused him to turn. He frowned seeing the boy with the dice in his ear.
"Duke Devlin." The boy introduced. Tristan ignored the hand in front of him and turned back to watch Serenity.
"She has a boyfriend, she told me so herself." Duke said. Tristan didn't respond. He was trying to hear of Serenity was about to tell Joey about him.
"You have a boyfriend? Who?" Joey asked, eyes narrowed unhappily.
"Oh, um I don't really, I just wanted that kid to leave me alone." Serenity replied looking away. Tristan frowned knowing his girlfriend didn't like lying to her brother.
A gasp came from behind him before he heard Duke stomp away. Tristan smiled.
Serenity's POV
Serenity hurried to the gym, her first class was physical education. She was glad that Joey had bought her story but she felt guilty lying to him at the same time. She also knew Tristan wasn't ready to tell Joey yet. She sighed and slipped into the gym as the bell rang.
She joined her group of friends. Well, they were her friends but she felt different from them, they were always excited over everything. She didn't really fit in with them, but they were the only ones she knew. She snapped to attention as one of the girls asked if she was going to try out for cheer. She gave a non committed answer, she wasn't sure if she wanted to or not.
The teacher entered the gym quickly handing out locker assignments and locks. The girls filed into gym and found their lockers. She frowned, none of her friends were even in her row. She was between a girl with short brown hair and a girl with long blond.
Serenity quickly put her clothes into her locker to use tomorrow, they weren't dressing out on the first day.
"I'm serenity." Serenity introduced herself to her locker neighbors as they headed back to the gym.
"Mai." The tall blonde answered.
"I'm Tea." The brunet introduced.
"Are either of you going out for cheer?" She asked to make conversation as they entered the gym and sat down.
"No." Mai answered.
"No, I wouldn't have time, I dance." Tea said.
"Alright, two easy laps then you can sit and chat." The teacher said blowing her whistle.
Serenity stood from the bench and began her laps around the gym. She was in decent shape and could finish the two laps easily. She wondered if she should go out for cheer. It might be a good way to make new friends. She decided she would at least take a flyer home to read before she made her choice.
She finished her laps and settled back on the bench. Mai came in next and settled beside her breathing slowly. Serenity glanced over and let out a small gasp.
"What?" Mai asked.
"You're bleeding." Serenity said pointing at the blood staining the other girl's white arm cover.
"Oh, it's no big deal I scratched myself yesterday, I must have reopened it." Mai said giving her a shrug.
"Oh." Serenity said relaxing.
Tea finished her laps next. She sat heavily on the bench and tucked her head between her knees gasping for air.
"Are you okay? Should I get the teacher?" Serenity asked worriedly and Mai shot the brunet a worried look as well.
"I'm.. fine.. I missed breakfast.." Tea said between breaths blinking rapidly.
"If you're sure.." Serenity said biting her lip.
"I am." Tea said finally sitting upright.
Serenity sat in silence waiting for the bell to ring and release her to the next class. She grabbed her bag as it rang and hurried out of the gym pausing to grab a flyer for cheer.
Ryou's POV
Ryou entered his second class there were tables sat up, three to a table. He picked an empty table and settled down to wait for the class to start.
The class filled up rapidly, he was glad when no one sat next to him.
+The teacher entered soon after, a middle aged woman with a stern look.
"Thank you all for choosing seats, but I will be assigning them, everyone stand up and stand at the front of the room. Ryou groaned with the rest of the class but picked up his bag and joined his classmates standing at the front of the room.
"Yugi, Ryou, then Malik." The teacher said pointing out the seats. Ryou quit studying the floor and moved the place the teacher had indicated.
Ryou sat quietly in his seat studying the desk as his new partners sat on either side of him. He took a quick peak at both of them. Yugi had multi colored hair that stood straight up. Malik had blonde hair that fell framing his face. Ryou thought they both looked like they were trying a bit too hard to be noticed.
"Hi I'm Malik, I think this is going to be a great year." Malik said as if they couldn't tell from the teacher's placement of them.
"I'm Yugi." Yugi said sounding excited.
"My names Ryou." Ryou said deciding he should at least try to get along with his partners for the class.
It would be fine he decided, they would work together for this class he didn't have to make friends with them, it would be for the best.
Duke's POV
Duke walked into his third class. He could already hear the whispers, he grinned, he knew he was attractive, people had been talking about him all morning long. He picked a seat in the center of the classroom, he smirked as he was surrounded by girls.
All in all it had been a successful morning he had gotten at least ten phone numbers and he knew how to get more.
"Who would be willing to give me their number, you know for when I miss class or need help with an assignment?" Duke asked flicking the dice hanging from his ear.
He had just gotten the sentence out of his mouth when there was the sound of furious writing. Soon enough phone numbers were landing on his desk. He winked and started entering the numbers into his phone. It had been a good day, the only thing left was to decide who to sit with at lunch and he had gotten plenty of offers.
The only thing that had so far been a bad mark on his day was that girl, Serenity. Girls were always all over him. He had been completely surprised when she had rejected him. Then even more surprised when he heard she didn't actually have a boyfriend, She was trying to get rid of him. Duke sighed, immediately girls began asking what was wrong. Okay, that was getting annoying. He shrugged it off he would get Serenity to like him, she would come around, he was sure of it.
Yugi's POV
Yugi exited the line with his tray in his hand. He stood letting his eyes scan the lunch room trying to find somewhere to sit. His eyes found the object of his crush sitting at a table alone. He quickly made his way over to the table.
"Can I sit here?" Yugi asked.
Tea nodded. Yugi set his tray down across from her and sat down.
Yugi ate in silence, his crush was finally in front of him but he couldn't think of anything to say. She had hardly acknowledged him. She was mostly studying her food and pushing it around on her plate. He hated that he was so shy why couldn't he just think of something to say.
He lifted his head and caught Malik shouting something across the cafeteria. His thoughts turned to his second class of the day. Malik had been overly friendly and Ryou had seemed unfriendly. He turned his attention back to his crush.
"You should eat you know, it;s not terrible." Yugi said sighing when his voice broke. He rubbed his hands on his pants.
"I had a big breakfast, I'm not really hungry." Tea said offering him a shrug.
"Oh." Yugi said awkwardly.
"So how was your..." Yugi trailed of noticing Tea's attention focused behind him.
Yugi turned around and saw his brother sitting with his head down on the lunch table.
"He's gay you know." Yugi said then immediately regretted it. Yami wasn't gay, at least he didn't think so, Yugi blushed at his lie.
"Really?" Tea asked looking startled.
"Um.. yeah." Yugi said the blush deepening.
"Oh, well actually I was wondering why he's sleeping through lunch, isn't lunch supposedly best hour of school?" Tea asked.
"I think it is." Yugi said blushing again.
Tea's POV
Tea looked up when Yugi asked to sit down, she nodded and consent and turned back to studying her food. She pushed it around, she didn't really want to eat it. She worried about what her mother would be making for dinner.
Yugi commented on her not eating, she needed to be more careful, first physical education, and now lunch. She lied stating she had a big breakfast hopefully Yugi didn't know that girl from physical ed, and if he did they wouldn't talk about her.
A boy a few tables back caught her attention, he was sleeping. Who slept through lunch? Who could anyway the cafeteria was always noisy. She noticed too late that Yugi was talking to her.
"He's gay you know." Yugi said. Tea was startled, she hadn't been thinking of him that way, anyway how would he know.
It hit her then, he was Yugi's older brother, Yami. Hmm.. he was kind of cute, he looked almost exotic.. it was too bad he was gay. Yugi was blushing, she wondered if the conversation was making him uncomfortable.
She explained what she had been thinking. Yugi said he thought lunch was the best hour, he blushed again, Yugi's blush made her feel funny, like she had butterflys, he was sweet maybe she would invite him to their next dance recital.
Kaiba's POV
Kaiba sat in his seat typing away he was preparing another email for his employee's. He had worked through lunch, he was catching up, but he would still have a lot to do that night. He still had Mokuba's game to go to.
He knew he needed to talk to the creative team to work on the promotional posters. He made a mental note to take care of that when he went to KaibaCorp after the game. He also needed to set up a meeting with Pegasus before the launch to go over the final details. He sent his email and started on the one to Pegasus inquiring about his schedule.
The seat next to him pulled out and he glanced over as a crimson eyed boy dropped into the seat next to him. Kaiba frowned, no one sat next to him. His eyes narrowed in distaste figuring his trademark glare would be enough to get the boy to move.
The boy narrowed his own eyes before letting out a yawn and turning back to face forward. Kaiba wondered if the kid was stupid or something. He finished his email to Pegasus and closed his laptop and placed it back in the case knowing he wouldn't have time to do anything else.
Kaiba heard a quiet rattle sound next to him. He glanced over, The crimson eyed boy was shaking a few pills into his hand. The bottle disappeared and a water bottle replaced it. The boy moved his hand to put the pills in his mouth.
"What are you doing" Kaiba hissed out trying not to draw attention to their table.
"Headache." The boy lied, looking like he didn't care if Kaiba believed him or not.
"Lies." Kaiba said eyes narrowed, he knew better, those weren't painkillers.
The boy shrugged and swallowed them then put his head down.
"Why did you take those?" Kaiba demanded.
"Mind your own business." The boy replied opening one crimson eye.
"Head up Yami." The teacher said he started the lesson.
Yami's POV
Yami stood as the bell rang. He grabbed his bag and started to leave. He picked up his pace as he heard Kaiba call after him. He slipped out the door and into the crowd of students moving down the halls. He slipped between and around everyone to avoid Kaiba letting out a sigh of relief as he made it to his fifth class.
The desks were set up individually. He was grateful for that. He picked a seat near a window and settled down. A tanned boy with spiked blonde hair dropped in the desk next to him. Yami turned back to the window.
Yami knew the pills were kicking in when he began to tap his foot on the floor impatiently. He soon joined in by taping his pen on the table. The boy next to him scowled and opened his bag pulling out a water bottle. Yami stopped tapping his pen when the smell hit him, that wasn't water.
Yami eyed the bottle pointedly. The boy took a large swallow. Yami rolled his eyes the kid was drinking in class, although he thought, he wasn't much better.
"Names Marik." The boy slurred. Yami hoped for Marik's sake that the teacher didn't call on him.
"Yami." Yami replied returning to tapping his pen and waiting for the class to start.
Marik's POV
Marik made it to the sixth and final class. He was glad it was the last class of the day, really he just wanted to go home so he could relax. He grinned thinking about the class before. Yeah so he had been caught that Yami kid had known he was drinking.
He was also sure that Yami wouldn't say anything. It was pretty obvious, at least to him that Yami was on some kind of drug. He tapped his pen until class started, then he tapped his foot until class was over, his hand had shook when he wrote, and his eyes were dull and glazed.
Marik grinned at first, then he paused he drank to get away from his memories, he was suddenly curious why was Yami using drugs.
Bakura's POV
Bakura filed out of his last class and headed for his locker. He opened it quickly and grabbed the books he would need before shutting it again. He forced his way back into the group heading for the exit. Someone bumped into him sending them both to the floor.
"What the hell is your problem?!" Bakura demanded standing up.
He glanced around for the culprit, he found him sitting back against the locker, the blond boy flinched when Bakura's eyes landed on him. Bakura took a step towards him sticking a hand out to help the boy up. He boy pushed back against the lockers mumbling his apologies.
"Get the hell away from my brother!" Bakura found himself shoved hard. He dropped his bag on the ground and turned to the boy who pushed him.
"I was trying to help him up." Bakura spat swinging at the older boy, landing a blow on his chin.
"Marik!" Bakura heard the blonde against the lockers call out.
The older boy gave him a nasty grin, licking the blood off of his lips. Bakura threw his arms up to block his face as Marik aimed for him. Marik nailed him in the stomach. Bakura bent over hand pressed against his stomach. Bakura moved quickly shoving his shoulder into Marik's stomach taking Marik down with him. Bakura straddled Marik and punched him in the face again, the boy reached out and shoved him backwards. Bakura went to swing again only to be pulled back. Bakura turned on his heel intending to punch the intruder. He paused seeing Ryou.
"Come on." Ryou urged using as much force as he could to pull Bakura away from Marik.
Ryou paused only long enough to grab Bakura's bag from the floor where he had dropped it.
Malik's POV
Malik got into the driver's seat taking the keys from his brother. He knew Marik had been drinking and wouldn't be safe to drive. Malik started the car and drove, heading for their apartment.
"I'm so so sorry about the trouble after school." Malik said keeping his eyes trained on the road.
"It wasn't your fault." Marik replied leaning his head against the window.
"I bumped into him." Malik said.
"It was an accident." Marik said.
"Maybe dad was right, I'm nothing but trouble." Malik said frowning to himself.
"Don't you ever say that again!" Marik shouted sitting up straight.
Malik flinched at the tone and tightened his hand on the steering wheel.
"I'm sorry." Malik finally said.
"It's fine, but don't think like that, he was wrong." Marik said sitting back.
"I met two people today in my second class, they seemed nice, hopefully we can all be friends." Malik said thinking about his class with Yugi and Ryou.
"That's great Malik." Marik said glad they were off the topic of their father.
"I met someone in my fifth class he seemed alright, a drug addict though I think, Mutou or something." Marik said.
Wait, Yugi's a drug addict? Malik thought.
Joey's POV
Joey walked down the sidewalk, it was after dark. He had dropped off all the packages the boss had ordered. He had gotten his cut of the profit he had enough money to buy the food he needed, at least enough to do for the week, that put a smile on his face.
He continued walking looking for the car that had been described to him. If he could get the car and get it back to his boss he would have the money he needed for the electricity, if not well he would have to use his food money. He didn't want to use the food money because that meant he would need to find some other way to get food.
He paused spotting the purple convertible in a drive way. He glanced at the house, it was pretty big. He didn't even have to get into the garage to get the car he needed, he could do it without the risk of setting off any alarms. He headed for the car and started checking it out.
Mai's POV
Mai parked her car in the drive way and hurried inside. She dropped her bag and headed for her room. She shut the door behind herself and dropped onto her bed and stared at the clock. An hour later she was still waiting. She glanced outside it was already dark. The phone rang and she jumped before snatching it up.
"Hello." Mai answered.
"Sorry were late calling dear, the meeting went over." Mai's mother said.
"It's fine." Mai replied holding back a sigh.
"Oh sweetie I have great news, the deal is closing! It's so close It will only take a few more weeks, isn't that great?" Mai's mother continued.
"Yeah great." Mai said glancing at the calendar where Saturday was circled" She blinked back her tears.
"You know I think I'm going to go to bed early." Mai said hanging up without waiting for a reply.
Mai yanked off her while arm warmers scowling at the blood stain. She dug through her drawer producing her knife, she pressed it against her arm. She sighed letting her tears fall. Mai glanced up and looked out her window. Movement caught her eye and she dropped the knife on the bed and hurried out the door running outside.
"What are you doing?!" Mai yelled startling the boy leaning over the car. The boy jumped back scowling.
"Look, just go back inside and I won't have to hurt you." The blonde boy said narrowing his eyes.
"You can't have my car!" She shouted stomping a boot clad foot.
"I'm calling the police! I know what you look like!" She shouted turning to run.
Mai was grabbed from behind. She hissed in pain at the grip on her arm. The boy jerked back apologizing. Mai was startled the thief was apologizing. She let out a startled laugh.
"What are you laughing at?!" The boy demanded blocking her path.
"Your trying to steal my car and you apologizing." Mai said.
"Look I didn't intend to hurt anyone." The boy scowled narrowing his eyes.
"What you do to your arm?" He asked capturing Mai's wrist.
"I.." Mai started searching her mind for an excuse.
"You're too pretty to be doing that" The blond said running a thumb over the cuts.
"I'm Joey by the way." The blond boy whispered.
"You're telling me your name?" Mai asked gasping.
"I'm not going to take your car." He whispered giving a sigh.
"Why were you trying to steal it anyway?" Mai asked.
"My boss ordered it." Joey admitted, he didn't want to lie to this girl.
"Come here." Mai said turning and walking back the way they came.
Mai opened the garage door revealing two more cars. One was a newer convertible, this one pointed in red. She walked into the garage and grabbed the keys to the convertible and tossed them to Joey.
"What?" Joey asked startled.
"It's my mom's, I'm mad at her now, she can just go buy a new one, its not like she can't afford it, her new deal that she's missing my birthday for will bring in plenty of money for it." Mai said bitterly.
"T-thanks." Joey said
"My names Mai by the way." Mai said as she watched the blonde boy drive away in her mothers car, she deserves it anyway, Mai decided