Mel's POV

My driver pulled up to my huge mansion. I loved it. I was a 3 story brick house, taking up 9 acres. It has a tennis court, an indoor and outdoor pool, 12 bedrooms-for who I don't know- 7.5 baths, 2 kitchens, a game room, a workout room, and I don't know what else. I didn't explore all of it yet.

Mom loved this house, I thought, trying not to cry, because truth-be-told, I really didn't know she loved this house, it's what I heard. My mom died a few days after I was born, from a disease, but I was sent to live with my aunt. You would think that my dad would have kept me, but he couldn't. He worked too hard and too late in his business in dueling, or something. Then, my aunt died, so I'm here, living with my father. I barely know the guy! My mom died days after they were married so I was sent to my aunt's house when I was just under one-year-old. I only know him by pictures, and I saw him once.

I sighed.

I can still feel my mom's presence here. I did live in this house before, when I was a baby. But I was too little to remember. I wish I did though.

"Would you like to stay in the car Miss. Melody?" James, the driver, asked.

"Oh, no, I'm getting out…if you would move!" I pushed the man out of my way, and marched up the driveway to the house. I didn't mean to be that angry, I'm usually not. Well, I wasn't at all until I met my dad. He told me that it was the Kaiba's fault my mom wasn't here. And after meeting Mokuba, I was switched to evil mode.

I walked up the marble steps, leading up to the door, and let Anthony open the door for me. When I stepped inside, I heard two voices, one of which was my father's. Being the nosy twelve-year-old I am, I decided to eavesdrop. They were coming from the study, not very far from where I was standing, so I snuck up to the door, and pressed my ear against it. I knew other maids were wondering what I was doing, but they were smart enough not to say a word. If they did, they would get me in trouble, and if I got in trouble, I would get upset, and if I got upset then they would get it from my father. His philosophy was if I'm happy, I do what he wants. That's not completely true, but I want him to think that it is.

"I told you! She will do it once she goes out with him! She just went to his school today, and she isn't even home yet! Just give it some time!" My dad shouted.

"We don't have time! The big deal is in two weeks! She has to do it now!" The other man shouted.

"That Kaiba kid is the only key we have. If she goes in by herself, she will get caught. She has to be with the kid," My father explained.

They were talking about me, they were talking about Mokuba, and they were talking about the plan. I'm actually excited. I mean I get to do spy work and stuff. Not to mention the reward, my mom. How he would get her back to life, I do not know, but I didn't care. I just want her.

"Ok, fine. Once she goes out with this boy, what will happen? I don't think Kaiba will let a little girl just snoop around his office," The other man said.

"God, Damien, I don't know what I hire you for," My father mumbled, "The kid! Mokuba! Kaiba won't even touch her!"

There was a pause, probably where Damien gave my dad a confused look.

"Oh god Damien! Do I really have to explain this again! I just told you this! OK, I'll explain it one last time. The only person Kaiba cares about is Mokuba; he would never want to hurt him. So if Melody goes out with Mokuba, and does what we tell her to do, nothing can ever happen to her. Kaiba cares too much about Mokuba to hurt him by telling him it's her. Not to mention he won't have any evidence," He explained, really slowly.

"Oh! I get it! Good plan! But like I said, it better happen fast. If Kaiba seals that deal, we are through. So make it work!" Damien shouted.

I figured this was the end of the meeting, so I dashed into the kitchen and pulled out a snack, and sat at the granite counter, to seem like I was there the whole time. Ha! I was right. Just after I ran in here, they came out.

"Hi dad," I greeted. He walked right past me. I guess he still wasn't used to having me around.

"Huh? Oh hi Melody. Didn't see you there," He told me, "So how did it go today? Did you meet the boy I told you about?"

"Oh yes, actually I did. His name is Mokuba, right? Kaiba's little brother?" I asked.

His face lit up, and he scooted in the wooden barstool next to me.

"Yes, yes, that's right. Did he say anything? Did he ask you out?" My dad questioned, in a more excited tone this time.

"He seemed to like me a lot. Every time I spoke, he seemed to go off to this la-la land, I'm guessing about me. And then…."

"Yes, yes…" My father was acting like a little kid waiting for an answer to a big decision by his parents.

"My assumptions were true, when he waited for me after class. Then he asked me out. It was cute really, he got all nervous, and-"
He snapped his finger in front of my face.

"You said yes right?" He asked, in a serious tone.

"Heh, heh, well funny story….. I kind of said the opposite of yes…" I said as I waited for the human volcano to erupt. And it did.

"You said no! How could you do this to me! To us! To your mother! Do you care nothing about her! We are ruined and it's all your fault!" He screamed. He was about to storm out of the room when…

"WAIT!" I shouted, "There's a reason I said no. I told him that I wanted to get to know him some more, and then he could ask me out again. This way I can learn more about his brother, and still go out with him," I took a deep breath, hoping that this would work.

He sat back down.

"Hmm, I must say, you are smarter then I thought Melody. He seemed like he would ask you out again right?"

I nodded.

"Good. Nice work. You are a good thinker," He complimented, patted my head, and then walked out of the room.

Phew. That was close. I thought as I wiped pretend sweat off my forehead.