A/N: So sorry for not updating in forever! I've had alot going on lately.. Anyway, enjoy the update!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Gi Oh GX.

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Alexis' POV
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"So you said Miss Olette is crazy, right?" Jesse asked as we walked down the hallway towards the lockers.

"Yeah. They say she used to be on drugs, actually. But it's probably just a rumor." I told him, stopping at a locker which had my name written on a sticky-note.

"So this is your locker?" he asked, looking at it carefully.

"Yep. Where's yours?" I asked.

"Uhh.. I'm not sure actually.." Jesse replied, scratching the back of his head.

"Oh.. well, let's change that."

I looked along the line of lockers until I saw the name on a sticky note written clearly and posted on the locker directly on my left. 'Jesse Andersen', it read.

"...Um..is your last name Andersen?" I asked.

"Yep. How'd ya know?" he asked.

"Because it's written on a sticky-note posted to the locker on my left."

"Whoa, we're next to each other! How cool is this?!"

"But right now the locker is empty. See, at the start of each year, we're each assigned a locker. It starts out empty, but later in the day we receive our textbooks. But right now, we have 10 minutes to decorate our lockers. And then, at the very end of the day, we receive our locks." I explained, setting the blue striped bookbag down beside me and opening the locker.

"Ohh.. I get it now! Thanks, Lex!" Jesse thanked me with a smile that reminded me so much of Jaden's. Secretly, my heart was racing, but I couldn't let him know that I was feeling this way.

"You're welcome.." I replied as calmly as I could. As quickly as possible, I kneeled down and started unpacking locker decorations from my bookbag. Once all of the decorations were out of the bag, I unfolded my blue locker shelf and placed it inside the opened-locker. Next came the mirror, then the pictures of me and my friends, and finally the small bulliten board that managed to fit in the very back.

"There. All done." I said with a small smile.

"Sooooo... what do we do for the next 4 minutes?" Jesse asked, leaning against the lockers.

"Well...how about we get to know each other?"

"Sure! That'd be cool!"

For the next four minutes, Jesse and I had a pleasant conversation. I learned that he used to be the top student at North High, and that he could see monster spirits which were considered to be his 'family'. I would have loved to hear more, but unfortunatly, we had to get to Miss Olette's class or else she'd scream chatspeak at us for being late. With that being known, Jesse and I walked through the door to the first class: where the craziness was bound to begin.

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The classroom looked the same as it did last year, aside from the fact that the tables were scattered all across the room and there were only two chairs at each table--- wait, what's going on here?!

"Hello, students! My name is Miss Olette, and I'm here to teach you math! And just to make sure that the math stays stuck inside your small brains instead of the thought of talking to a friend... I've seperated the tables so that you'll have to sit in pairs! And guess what that means? ASSIGNED SEATS! YAY!" Miss Olette explained, smiling like an idiot as her curly black hair drifted behind her while she was skipping around the room. Some of the students groaned, some muttered horrible things, and some just stood there staring at the crazy lady with an unreadable expression.

"Now, you'll be each given a number. The number you are given determines where you sit. Sooo...for example... say that you got '1A'. That would mean you go to the table that has the letter A on it and sit at the chair marked with a 1. Get the drift?" she asked, clicking her heals impatiently. All of us nodded.

"Good! Now... let's get started.." Miss Olette cleared her throat before continuing. "Alexis Rhodes, 2A.. Jesse Andersen, 1A."

Now this was just plain ridiculous. We had similar class schedules, we had lockers right next to each other, and now we even have assigned seats next to each other?! Well, I guess it couldn't be helped. Sighing, I walked over to the table marked with an A and sat down in the second chair, watching as Jesse followed.

"Good! Now, next is Haruhi Katsuya.."

"Hey.." I whispered, hoping to catch Jesse's attention. "isn't it weird that we ended up getting seats next to each other after we had lockers next to each other and almost identical class schedules?"

"Hey.. you're right.. wow! Maybe it's a sign that we should be best friends or somethin'!" he whispered back with a grin.

"Maybe---"

"OMG! MISS RHODES! MR. ANDERSEN! WTF ARE YOU DOING?!" Miss Olette questioned. (Note: She actually did pronounce OMG as Oh-em-gee and WTF as Double U-Tee-Ef)

"Um... nothin' at all, Miss 'lette." Jesse answered, still grinning.

"That's what I thought! Now, where was I..."

This was supposed to be the start of a new year, not the start of a new year with Miss Olette hating your guts.. great..just great..

"Sorry Lex..." I heard him whisper.

"It's not you're fault that she's so strict about people talking in class.." I whispered back.

For the next 10 minutes, Miss Olette was assigning seats to each and every one of the students, followed by groans and complaints. This was probably her goal for this year anyway..

"Now that we're all seated... let's introduce our new students for this year!" Miss Olette suggested with a smile.

"In alphabetical order, sorted by last name, lets start with Jesse Andersen! Come on down!"

Several of the students clapped, some girls fell over with hearts in their eyes, and I just smiled warmly. Jesse made his way toward the front, occasionaly receiving glares from the other boys.

"Good evenin', everyone! My name's Jesse, and I'm a transfer from North High!" he greeted with a grin. Now the entire class was glaring at him, all except for me and Haruhi Katsuya, who sat at a table in the far back with another one of the transfer students...what was his name...oh, I remember. Jim 'Crocodile' Cook.

"Mr. Andersen, you've said enough. Sit down!" Miss Olette demanded, pointing towards the table I was sitting at.

"Uhh.. kay then, Miss 'Lette."

With every student still glaring at him, Jesse made his way back to our table...

Until Bobby Jimson decided to trip him.

"AAAAH!" Jesse yelled, landing on the floor with a 'thump!'

"Jesse! What happend?!" I asked, jumping out of my chair and running to his side.

"S-someone tripped me.." he answered, attempting to stand back up.

"Okay, who did it?!" I questioned, glaring at everyone in the room. Bobby raised his hand with a wicked smile.

"You did? Why?" I asked once more.

"Because he's a North High reject!" he answered, tossing his number 2 pencil at Jesse's head.

"Mr. Jimson, that isn't very nice... even if its true!" Miss Olette responded with a humorous smile. The rest of the class laughed and followed Bobby's lead, all except for Jim and Haruhi, who seemed to be disappointed.

"I can't believe you people! Jesse is a nice guy, you know! I don't understand why you all think people from North High are rejects!!" I yelled at every last one of them.

"Lex, you don't have to yell at them.. I don't mind, really." Jesse said with a sad smile.

"Miss Rhodes, Mr. Andersen, leave. Now." Miss Olette demanded. "I don't care where you go, just LEAVE!"

"You know what, Miss Olette? We will! Let's go, Jesse." I said, walking over to our table, grabbing both of our bookbags and soon grabbing ahold of Jesse's wrist and storming out of the classroom, slamming the door behind us.

"What are we gonna do now, Lex? I mean... ya just stormed out of a classroom and the teacher said to go somewhere.." Jesse asked, his voice full of concern.

"Let's go to the office. I'll write a note to give to Atticus and give it to the secretery/nurse, Ms. Fontaine. She'll make sure it gets to him, and afterwards, lets just leave and go to my place." I explained.

"W-wait, we're escaping school?!" Jesse questioned, his eyes wide.

"Yeah, that's right. I know they all think I'm perfect, but I've had it." I told him, pulling out a blue notebook and flipping to a fresh page. I pulled the pencil out of the spirals and wrote on the page:

Atty,

I took Jesse and left for home. I've had it with all of these guys calling him a 'North High reject' and I'm sick of all of it! So see you later and just ask my teachers for my homework and bring it home!

-Alexis

Afterwards, I tore it out and folded it in half, Jesse not knowing what was written.

"I don't know if this is such a good idea, Lex.." he told me, concerned as ever.

"Are you with me or not?" I questioned.

"...Yeah, I guess..."

"Then let's go."

We walked to the first floor, down the hall, and to the left, seeing a brown metal door that read in white letters 'Office'.

"Wait here, okay?" I requested, dropping my book bag and opening the office door. Inside was Ms. Fontaine, filing some paperwork at the desk in the center of the room.

"Hey, Ms. Fontaine." I greeted with a small smile. Ms. Fontaine looked up from her paperwork, smiling at me.

"Why hello there, Alexis. How may I help you?" she asked.

"Well... if you see my brother sometime today, I need you to give him this note." I replied, holding out the folded piece of paper.

"Oh, um..alright...but why me?" she asked once more.

"Because I won't see him until 5th period and this is really urgent." I answered.

"Well..alright...is that all?" she wondered, taking the paper from my hand.

"Yes, m'am. Oh, and also, please don't look inside." I requested before heading to the door and walking out. Jesse was still standing there, waiting for me.

"Ready?" he asked.

"Yeah. Let's go." I answered, picking up my bookbag and heading towards the front door.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!"

Jesse and I froze in place at the sound of a voice calling for us to stop. I spun around, only to see the hall monitor, better known as Chazz Princeton, standing 20 feet away from us.

"..Uh, hi Chazz. What did you want?" I asked.

"Just where are you going, my sweet?" Chazz asked with a bit of a suggestive tone.

"...To the doors, why?"

"Well, stop in the name of love!"

Now he was getting too far out of hand.

"No, Chazz, I'm not going to stop. So just go away, okay?" I requested.

"Welllllllll... say you love me, first!" he demanded.

"...Go to hell."

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"

"You heard me: go to hell."

"Grr..."

"If you don't quit, Slade and Jagger will be receiving a phone call tonight."

"FINE!"

"That's what I thought."

That was the last thing I said to Chazz before watching him storm off into the other hallway, heartbroken and rejected.

"Well.. are we gonna go or what?" Jesse asked, leaning against one of the double doors.

"Yeah, we are.. let's go." I told him, turning around to push open one of the double doors.

"Alexis."

I turned around, only to see the one and only Zane Truesdale, or as Atticus sometimes likes to call him, "emo boy".

"Zane, what are you doing here? Crowler is really strict about letting students leave..." I questioned. (1)

"I know, but we need to talk." he said, roughly grabbing me by the arm and walking over to the far corner of the hallway.

"What's this about, anyway?" I asked, confused by his awkward behavior.

"...Just figured I'd let you know that I saw Jaden making out with Tear Mikuru in Crowler's class."

"WHAT?!"

I nearly dropped my bookbag at hearing this. Jaden...and Tear? No way, those two could never work... ever... Tear is way too serious about her studies, and Jaden is a carefree and happy kind of guy...

"Yeah, that's what Atticus said when he saw the whole scene. He was going to tell you when he got the chance, but it looks like I told you first." Zane explained, his expression unchanged.

"...Well, I hope those two are happy together.." I said in a whisper.

"...You know, Alexis, you need a guy who will always be loyal to you... and that guy could be me, if you gave me the chance." he said, coming just a bit closer. Instantly, I pushed him away from me.

"Sorry Zane, but you and I are just friends. Nothing more." I told him with a sad smile.

"...Yeah, and I bet you'll say the opposite about that kid with the blue hair who you were with.." Zane muttered.

"Jesse? Um.. sorry to disappoint you, but the two of us are just friends.. maybe even best friends." I said, my expression becoming more serious.

"...Fine. But this isn't over, understood? You'll be mine someday, whether you like it or not." he said one last time before walking back towards Crowler's room. When will he ever learn that we're just friends? (2)

"Lex! What happend?" Jesse asked, running towards where I stood.

"...Zane said he saw Jaden and Tear Mikuru, one of my friends, making out in Crowler's class." I replied with a frown.

"I didn't think Jaden would ever cheat on ya... I mean, ya both seemed like the perfect couple! But cheer up, the right guy is out there somewhere. Maybe in this high school." he assured me with a smile.

"...Yeah, maybe.."

"See? That's the spirit!"

I don't know why, but just hearing his words made me smile. I guess he's just got the charm--- hey..wait... I don't even like Jesse that way!! We're just friends..

"Thanks, Jess. I feel alot better." I said, still smiling.

"No problem! Now c'mon, let's go!"

Without even realizing it, Jesse grabbed ahold of my hand and sped towards the double doors, ready to bust through at any second. Just a few seconds later, he pushed the metal handle inwards and caused the door to fly open.

"Wow, that was quick.." I commented as soon as we were outdoors.

"Yep, it was. I got that trick from my bro, Johan!" Jesse stated proudly (3)

"Well... anyways... I know that there's a local bus that comes past this high school around this time to pick up the elderly woman who lives next door to take her to the local bingo club. I think we might be able to catch a ride back to my place if we submit a request." I explained, walking towards the street as I did so.

"That'd be co-- hey, look, there it is!" Jesse pointed out, pointing towards the blue and white striped bus that stopped just by the old woman's house.

"C'mon, let's catch the bus before it goes!"

Still not letting go of my hand, Jesse ran towards the oddly designed bus, dragging me along for the ride. Just as we made it to the bus, the elderly woman was stepping on, and we had made it just in the nick of time. Once the old lady was on and in her seat, Jesse and I stepped onto the bus, while the bus driver gave us a strange look.

"Don't you kids go to this high school?" he asked.

"Yes, but we're brother and sister, and we just found out that our grandmother went to the emergency room and we are to meet our parents at our house rather than taking the bus to the hospital." I lied.

"Oh. Alright. What's your address?" the bus driver asked.

"12673 Teamo Av." I told him. (4)

"Alright then. That'll be 50 cents from each of you."

I took out a dollar bill from my jean pocket and handed it to him, covering the cost of two people.

"What are your names?" the bus driver asked.

"Alexis and Jesse Andersen."

"Alright. Your names will be called when we reach your destination. Till then, please have a seat."

Jesse and I made our way to the back of the bus, where no one was sitting.

"I've got both of us covered for now." I whispered to him.

"Thanks, Lex."

"No problem."

Once we had finally found a seat, Jesse took the window and I took the aisle, and we patiently waited for the bus to drive us home.

"Do you think we did the right thing?" I asked.

"What do ya mean?"

"You know, about...this."

"Oh...well, desperate times call for desperate measures, ya know."

"True."

Neither of us said anything for the rest of the ride to my house. An empty silence between us, that's what there was. And I sure didn't like it. But I just couldn't find the right topic to talk to him about at the moment..

"Alexis and Jesse Andersen, we've reached your destination. Please report to the front of the bus and have a nice day."

We both stood up and walked down the aisle, occasionaly receiving strange looks from the rest of the passengers. Once we reached the front, I smiled at the bus driver and made my way down the steps with Jesse following close behind.

"Well, here we are. This is my house." I said, gazing apon the two-story house in front of us.

"Nice pla-- hey, wait a sec... I know this house.. it's right next door to mine!"

My eyes were wide by now.

"Say what?! You mean we're neighbors?!"

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A/N: I know, crappy as always DX Oh well. Here are the notes:

1.) This is an AU, so, Zane's still here and stuff.

2.) I added Royalshipping just for my bff, Samia AKA FuturisticAngel. Love ya! (as a friend of course)

3.) Just for the heck of it, I gave Jesse a brother with his Japanese name XD

4.) Teamo is actually "Te Amo" which means 'I love you' in some other language.