A/N : Hihi, here I am again ^^. For this chapter and story I did a bit of research on Juilliard, since that's where Tea wants to go to. There are some 'Application & Audition Requirements' involved. I know in the canon she planned to go to NY after graduation but that's not really possible in real life. And since the school is real, I wrote this based on the real requirements. Here under I'm only going to state the few that are important for this story.

1. All applicants must have prior dance training. A minimum of three years experience with ballet and modern dance vocabulary is required.

2. Online Application, including essay is needed with a deadline of 1 December.

3. All applicants to the Dance Division must submit TWO letters of recommendation:

- A recommendation letter from a high school academic teacher, preferably in English, history, or other language arts course work, must be submitted.

- In addition to a letter from an academic teacher, Dance applicants must also submit a letter of recommendation from a dance teacher.

4. All applicants for the Dance Division MUST attend one of the scheduled live auditions.

So here I present Chapter 3 of You Can't Buy Me

BOLD = flashback

"…" = speaking

'…' = thinking

Everything is more or less in Seto's POV, so if it says "He/him" it's mostly Seto, except for the diary fragments and when it's obvious it's not Seto.

PS : Disclaimer : I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, or the characters of Yu-Gi-Oh. I do own the plot however since it was my daydream ^^

'It's her diary!' He gasped.

'This doesn't make any sense.' He thought. 'Why on earth would she give me her diary as birthday present? His reluctance to read it increased now that it turned out to be her diary, but his curiosity increased with each minute as well. Finally his curiosity won since it was his book now. She gave it to him so that must have meant that she had wanted him to read and know her most intimate thoughts. There was of course the possibility that it wouldn't apply anymore now that she had left him but he decided to ignore it. He turned the first page.

Dear Diary, 18 August 2009

Should I have called you diary? Or did you actually prefer another name? I have no idea what I should call you since I've never had a diary before. To be honest I don't even know why I'm writing in you right now. I guess it's because I don't have to lie to Yugi now if he asks me if I've already written in you. You're his you know? I mean you were his birthday present to me. Why on earth he would buy me a PINK diary I have no idea. I don't even like pink, nor do I like writing a diary. I can't believe he didn't know that about me but I couldn't tell him that now could I. I can't tell him anything now. It's quite awkward between us ever since his proposal. I needed some time to think, since I'm going to audition for Julliard after all. I could see he was disappointed I didn't accept immediately. Serenity says it's actually because he doesn't want me to leave and had hoped a proposal would made me stay. She's my best female friend by the way and my other best friend Joey's little sister. I have 3 male best friends (Yugi Moto, Joey Wheeler and Tristan Taylor), one best female friend (Serenity Wheeler) and three normal friends of which 2 male (Ryo Bakura and Duke Devlin) and one female (Mai Valentine). I guess I'm a male friend kind of girl although I do often remind myself that I need more female friends. Yugi, Joey, Tristan, my best friends, and I go way back to senior high. Tristan and Joey go even way back to junior high. It was in tenth grade that we all became friends with each other although not without some difficulties. In the middle of the year, we all found out about Joey's little affair with Mai, our new school nurse. That's when we accepted another member to our little friend group. At first I was shocked since she was eight years his senior but after seeing them together, I gradually opened up to them. They're just so cute together. Ryo and Duke, our classmates, only became our friends at the end of first year. Serenity I met in my second year of senior high and we hit it off almost immediately. Oh boy, I have to go or I'm going to be late for my dance lessons. Bye

Tea

'That was completely useless' He grimaced. He really didn't need to know all that information about her friends. In fact he already knew everything there is to know about her. Of course he knew about Yugi and his proposal, it was what brought him to Tea in the first place. It was his own motif for marrying her. He sighed. Maybe he should just try another entry. He flipped through a few other dates.

Dear Diary, 2 September 2009

I broke up with him, I broke up with Yugi today. My boyfriend of three and a half years. I broke up with him after avoiding him for two weeks and I'm really a mess right now. I have no idea whether to laugh, to cry or both. You know the kind of hysteric cry laughing of a madwoman. What have I done, I just blurted out that I wanted to break up, just like that without even a warning. He was heartbroken, and it broke mine too, to see him break apart like that. I've never seen him so devastated, like his world just crumbled apart. His face was drained of all color and he looked practically sick, I think he actually felt sick at that moment. I think I even heard his heart breaking if that is even possible. He tried to keep his face blank but I could see he was feeling really venerable at that moment. I cried, I began sobbing really hard after seeing him like that. I tried my best to stop the tears from falling and the whimper from escaping but even with my hand before my mouth it was all unavailing. The worst part was that he didn't blame me. I wanted him to shout at me, to be mad at me, to throw some things (but not at me). Why wasn't he angry? I wanted him to protest, to make some fuss, to at least put up some fight. That's why I hated seeing that defeated look on his face, seeing him nodding his head looking at the ground because he couldn't look me in the eye. I wonder if he was crying too but I couldn't see anything because of my own tears. He muttered that he understood. That he saw it coming but hadn't expected me to be that blunt and that he was letting me go. And I felt so guilty at that moment, I still do. I broke his heart and he was still so good to me, so gentle, trying to hide his sadness to prevent me from feeling bad. But I still felt bad even after him telling me a few times that he was ok, I still felt really bad. I felt guilty because I was supposed to love him but I still felt relieved that he didn't try to change my mind. I felt guilty because I still love him but not enough anymore…

Tea

"Yugi must have not really loved her if he let her slip through his hands without even a fight." He mumbled. "He must have been out of his mind to let such a women get away. I would have nev-"

'Wait what?' He shook his head to clear his mind.

"I mean, see she mustn't have been that special if no man loves her enough to want her to stay. Yes that's what I meant." He exhaled convincingly.

Dear Diary, 8 September 2009

If it was awkward between Yugi and me before the break-up, it's now ten times worse. He's has been avoiding me and I don't blame him for it. Even when we're with our friends, he tries to get as far away from me as possible. Serenity says I should give it some time, we were together for over three years after all. I think she's right, we had been together for that long and it'll take some time to get used to not being together anymore. Three-and-a-half long years ago we started dating just before our graduation. I can't believe it had been that long, but actually I've been in love with him for even longer. I've been in love with him the moment we became friends and so did he. That's right, we've been in love with each other for over six years. Looking back it was really stupid of us to have liked each other already for two-and-a-half years before admitting it to each other. I bet you're wondering now why I broke up with him then. Well it's like this, I'm leaving Domino City. I'm planning to audition for The Juilliard School, my three years of dance lessons are finished and now I'm going to take a chance. It has always been my dream to become a professional dancer and now that I have a chance I'm going to take it. I've worked really hard to earn the money for my plane ticket and my 'tuition, fees, and expenses there'. Ok, you're right, they're all excuses. I couldn't do it ok? I should have tried to find some solution to our situation but I just couldn't. The thought of it just freaked me out. I was rejecting every possibility I could think of and it made me want to pull my hair out. That's when I realized I didn't really want a solution. I really didn't want a long distance relationship with him nor did I want him to move with me which he would have if I had asked him to. But I was happy I was finally able to be free. I still love him, and I think I always will, but I guess not enough to make me want to stay with him no matter what. It wouldn't have been fair of me to keep getting his hopes up, so I refused his proposal and broke up with him.

Tea

'She loved him' He snorted.

"She never told me she loved me." He grumbled indignantly. "Not that I care-. "

'What does he have that I don't? Haven't I been really good to her?' He huffed annoyed. 'Haven't I given you everything you have ever wanted? What has he ever given you? I bet he doesn't even care for you as much as-.'

'Damn what am I thinking? I must be still tired. I need some fresh air.'

He threw the diary on his bed and turned to leave but saw at the last moment that the diary had fell open on a page that was ripped out of the diary. That raised his curiosity again. What could have been written there that was ripped out again after writing it. What did she not want him to know? What was she hiding? He went back to retrieve the diary and sat on his bed to inspect the page. However the entry before the torn page caught his attention. More specifically three large words caught it.

Dear Diary, 9 October 2010

I LOVE HIM. There I said it! I finally admitted to myself. Aren't you proud of me? I'm going to say it again, I LOVE HIM! I'm in love with my husband and oh God I'm so screwed. I have no idea if he loves me too. I don't even know if he's capable of loving another human being other than himself and Mokuba. What if this was only one-sided? I'm so stupid for falling in love with him. Oh God I'm bound to get hurt now. How on earth did this happen? This whole marriage was fail proof. I promised myself I wouldn't emotionally get involved in this. Get in, use him, get what I want and then get out. It was that simple, where did everything go wrong. Well it could have been-. No! No time for that, I have to get out of here, now that I still can in one piece. Luckily I have thought of an escape plan. You see, I've been investing and saving money for situations like this. Not the love part, just the escape part. I've only used $200 of the $1000 per month he gave me. That means I had $800 over every month to invest in stocks and boy did I get lucky. I've got every dollar back from the living expenses he has ever given me. Just a few more months and I've got the tutoring money back too. Just a few more months and I'm out of here. Then I'll be in New York just like I originally planned it. You think I'm a coward don't you? You don't understand, I was going to leave him anyway, I know he told me he didn't mind me being in New York but I didn't want to be attached. I'm not trying to run away from my problems, I'm trying to avoid them, I can't get distracted now, I've come too far for that. And by the way, I don't really think he love me back anyway. He cares, he can be sweet sometimes and we have really good times together but it's not enough. I feel really sick right now, really nauseous. It's been happening to me quite often lately. I've been throwing up after eating, feeling very tired and having headaches all the time. It's terrible. Seto says it's probably the stomach flu. Maybe he's right. Got to go to the loo now.

Tea

'What?' He dropped the diary to the floor out of shock and a folded piece of paper fell out of it. He was still stunned after reading her last entry that he didn't realize he had picked up the folded piece of paper until it was already in his hand. Another surprise? He didn't know how much more information he could handle. He was still having trouble processing her latest confession. The stomach flu he remembered, he had tried to let his own medical team examine her but she refused, stating she would rather go somewhere else. After that she told him to never mention it again, and he had complied. Still dumbfounded he carefully unfolded the piece of paper. It was the piece that was ripped off.

Dear Diary, 15 October 2010

I just came back from the doctor and I don't know if I just laugh, cry or jubilate. I'm shocked, I'm surprised, I'm terrified and I have no idea what to do. Should I tell Seto? How will he take this news? How will he react when I tell him I'm pregnant? I'm pregnant. OMG there is a living being growing inside of me. What should I do, what should I do? What about my escape plan, can I still leave him now? And what about my audition? I can't go audition if I'm pregnant. Maybe I shouldn't keep it, it would make everything much more easier, just get rid of it and nobody ever has to know. I need a moment to calm down.

No, I've been thinking about it and I don't know what I was thinking, of course I'm keeping it. It's my baby, I can't get rid of my miracle. What was I thinking. But what should I do now? Giving up my dancing and stay with Seto? I can't go to my parents, they don't even know I'm married. Oh god they're going to be so pissed off if I ever tell them I'm not only married but pregnant too without them even knowing. They'll never help me after that! I can't go raise my baby alone without any money, a job nor a place to stay and the baby will need a father. At least if Seto wants to keep it too. So I guess I have no choice but to stay with Seto, at least for now. My baby is my everything now, I have to do what's best for the baby. I'm going to try to make it work with Seto now that there is someone more important to think of. I'm going to find a way to create a wonderful family for you to be born into my little miracle. Just you wait. And even if he doesn't want you, I'll always be there for you.

Tea

There was something scribbled really quickly under that last entry

Happy Birthday Seto,

I wanted to make this work, for the baby, so I'm putting my heart on the line here and letting you read all my most intimate thoughts. I hope after this, you'll try to make it work too. Maybe I'm doing something really stupid, but I was going to give you the diary anyway as explanation if I had really left you. So please let make this work for the baby. If this is not possible, please know that I'll keep the baby anyway and leave to a place where you'll never find us. To protect him or her.

I Love you

Tea

He was going to throw up. This couldn't be happening. His brain was shutting off and he was feeling incredibly sick. Everything blanked out, only two words kept repeating over and over again in his head. He was a complete mess.

I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant…

And that's how Mokuba found him two hours later. A complete mess. Sprawled on his bed with his legs over the edge, the diary on the ground and a piece of paper crumbled in his right fist. His hair in all direction due having ruffled through it too much.

'He must have passed out' Mokuba thought. 'That letter in his hand must have been the thing that pushed him over the edge. I'm not surprised he passed out, he hadn't been able to sleep for a while after all. And he still kept working. Better let him sleep for a while.'

Mokuba carefully putted a blanket on him and quietly left the room.

5 November 2010, 06.24 am

The Kaiba Mansion, his old bedroom

He shot awake abruptly and blinked confused. Where was he and what was the time? What happened? Where, still in his bedroom. Time, 06.24. What happened. Shit. Everything came back crashing down on him. The diary, her confession, the baby. THE BABY! He shot out of his bed immediately.

'I have to find her.' He panicked. Damn it he never panicked and still he was panicking now.

One sentence rang clearly in his head.

If this is not possible, please know that I'll keep the baby anyway and leave to a place where you'll never find us.

Obvious it didn't work out for the best since she left him. He still had a lot of questions and a lot to think of. But that were worries for later. First he had to find her and quickly. He jumped in some suitable clothes and ran downstairs to his garage. Hopefully she was still with her parents. Yes that must have been it. After all she had said she didn't have any money, a job or a place to stay. He jumped in his car and steered out of his garage toward The Garner's house.

5 November 2010, 20.57 pm

Someplace unknown

A hooded person could be seen following a young women in her early twenties with brown shoulder length hair. Of course she wasn't suspecting anything because who was now expecting to be stalked by a creepy hooded person with turquoise hair. You couldn't really see his or her face so an age was impossible to guess. But he did kind of have a body of a man, young or old. The man chuckled maniacally, he finally had his prey where he wanted her, alone on a deserted street and near a dark alley. The hunting time was fun but now it was time to end it. It was time to reel the fish in. His fish unfortunately didn't let herself get caught without a fight. It seems she was better prepared after all. But even a few blows to his chest and stomach, an attempt at kneeing his groin, a few scratch and bite marks, a few kicks on his tibia and a head-butt couldn't stop him from catching his prey. Damn this woman could fight. What a turn on.

N/A: So ^^ This was it :p again a cliffy huh? ^^ I'm bad aren't I ? But don't worry :p the previews of last chapter still stand and I'm busy with chapter 4 :p . How was it ? Was there something you didn't like ? Don't be afraid to let me know :p. I'm open for all suggestions ^^. Oh boy my head is spinning right now with all these plot lines I have in my head. :p Uh. But anyway I'm going to stop my rambling now :p. You don't have to review if you don't want to :) but it's always nice to have them :p. A good motivation ^^

PS : If you hadn't figured it out yet :p I'm spelling it out now, they're all 22 years old now. Making Mokuba 17 years now.

PSS : I wanted to thank and hug my beta 'Chaos Terror Destruction', for putting up with me and my nagging^^ and for betaing soooooo good for me^^. (she's really a sweetheart!)

Bye bye.