Chapter 14: Writing the Essay
Today the articles are being published is in so many ways I'm happy; but in so many more I'm sad. I'm not effected by the titles given, unless because of that title they make false accusations, it's not a fair world, not one bit.
I'm sitting on the bed just waiting to receive comments about the news paper, quite similar to what I did last year, except they are all going to be about me probably, hopefully I'll get some good feedback because of the true articles' meaning. One can only hope as much.
"Lexy, can I come in?" I sighed and nodded, knowing he couldn't see me so I walked up over to the door and let him in. "This amount of stress on you isn't good for you, you know." I nodded and leaned my head against Jaden's shoulder.
"If it's anyone fault, it's mine, I knew, and I ignored how upset it would make me; but some things have to be done regardless of how you feel." Jaden smiled on seeing how strong I was being in this hard time.
"You could have edited it but you didn't, why Lexy?" I looked at him and just smiled.
"Maybe because it was nothing to be ashamed of, if they smart they know she's not my child now, but will they understand and use their brain, some may not believe it at all, others will but I'm not ashamed of Hailey or you Jaden. I'm afraid of how we'll be treated from now on. We may be looked down on in society but it's okay." Jaden hugged me and rested his head on top of mine.
"Society will understand Lexy, our school might not but your friends will and do; just don't forget that." I smiled and hugged Jaden. "Let's go down to the office and wait for those reviews to come in.
"Okay, but I'm scared." He took my hand and we walked down the hall, outside to the duel site to the office.
"See, you're fine and we're here." I nodded and we came in with everyone sitting on the couch.
"Hey Alexis, next time, be on time please."
"Don't be mean, she's had it rough and she was waiting for replies on the account in her room, it took quite a bit of pushing and pulling to get her here." They all nodded and then Kari came over to me and hugged me while Jaden sat down by Syrus and talked, that is something Jaden never gets tired of.
"How are you doing; anything yet?" I shook my head and took a deep breath. "You should relax more, we're only a few days into the school year and you're already stressed." She took me to the hallway.
"Stressed isn't the best word, worried would be. I worried how people will see Jaden and I from now on, we both were so highly respected, especially Jaden, I wouldn't want to ruin that for him." Kari sighed.
"I don't want to be hard on you Lex but to be perfectly honest…do you want the truth?" I nodded. "Jaden is respected because he is the best duelist we've seen in years, as long as he can still duel like that they'll respect him. Jaden doesn't have an ounce of worry in his body that isn't worrying about you. You are respected for being a duelist but also a very shy, lonely girl, the leader of Obelisk Blue, the scary fact is some might respect you for what the paper says, others will be disgusted and other might not care but there will always be someone who loves you no matter what, that's Jaden. You also have a whole room of friends in there who don't care, maybe that Marcelo kid cares but who cares about him?" I smiled everything she said was right.
"Thanks Kari, I feel a lot better." She smiled too then hugged me. I don't know how what she was saying made me feel better but it did, regardless of that I knew that there would be reviews so I went back in.
TK came up to me and dropped a load of papers in my hands, they were all reviews and then took Kari by the hand and I cleared off the table, a lot of them were just simple questions about when the next paper was coming out, the topic of it and such, some were questions to the other paper staff members; but still a quite a lot of them over a hundred were questions for Jaden and I.
Hold old is your child? 2 months old. Male or Female? Female. Name? Hailey. Where is she now? The first questions were very simple where is she now, was hard to answer. I decided I had no choice but to answer the question in my small article.
"How do I start this, Jaden?"
"Alexis, start from the beginning that way everyone understands everything." Kari said so that I wouldn't disagree and Jaden nodded make sense.
"Where is the beginning?" I asked not to ask a stupid question but where was the best place to start.
"What do you mean?" I sighed.
"From where I met Jaden, when I started dating Jaden, when I got Hailey, or when the craziness started?" Jaden shrugged and then looked at the paper that was blank.
"I say just explain who Hailey is, where she came from, where she is now, and how it happened like this." Jaden said making the most sense that I could.
"Kari and Jaden are right Alexis, you worry too much. Say everything you would say in your defense. This isn't just a interview with Hailey it's saying who Hailey is in defense, most of these people are accusing you of being pregnant with Hailey which is not exactly true in this year, is it?" Jaden and I blushed and I shook my head.
"Okay how is this to start, many of you have asked questions pertaining to Jaden and my child. Some are simple some are very complex questions that you want answered, over 100 have asked us questions and I hope this will help you understand this better."
"It's great, now introduce Hailey to the people." Kari suggested.
"Hailey is mine and Jaden's child, she is two month old has blonde hair and is only about the length from you elbow to your fingertip. She has very crystal like eyes and is always happy, never cries and sleeps peacefully and quietly every night, she's perfect."
"That's a good description of her Lex, go on."
"Hailey is not from this century, the keeper of time brought her here for Jaden and I to take care of until the time arose when it was safe for her to come back. She is mine and Jaden's daughter except not in this time period, she'll be born about 6 years from now, actually probably a lot more, we're not sure, one day she was here, a few weeks later she was gone without a trace, so we don't know where she is, Jaden and everyone who met her misses her, or don't remember her, the time travel made everyone who saw her as a problem forgot about her, it was strange but she's from the future and not born in this time period."
"I think they'll understand that, but some of them are stupid so they won't. I'd give them some proof that she'd have to be born from the future." Kari said.
"Like what?" Jaden asked and I just looked at him very amused.
"Like the fact that Alexis would have to be pregnant for all of the school year to be able to have Hailey." TK said just sitting and listening, writing his story for Kari.
"How would you write that into the article Alexis?" I tried to think hard, Kari was right. Where in the article could I add this vital piece of information?
"I don't think I'm going to add it, if I expect them to trust me with mine and Jaden's story of Hailey if I prove them wrong, I have to give them the benefit of the doubt." Jaden kissed me on the cheek.
"If you're sure that's what you want, I think that trusting them is fine." TK said.
"Yah Alexis, how can you expect them to respect you if you don't respect them, it's a very good theory." I nodded and hugged Jaden.
"I think Alexis and Jaden should just stick to their own business and forget about everyone else and what they think about them." Syrus said jumping into the conversation, everyone else was in their own conversation but Syrus was listening and very concerned about us.
"I know longer worry about how other people see me, I only worry about how I see myself, which is the most important thing." Jaden grinned as he saw me realizing who I was.
"Lexy you're brilliant now finalize that article and the others will write their articles and we'll be good, oh and who's writing the article on the school wide dance?"
"I don't know, how about Danny, he didn't get an reviews and he's not busy, so why doesn't he?"
Chazz walked over to me and laughed. "Alexis, you have to try to think harder about who you put in charge of these articles, Danny has no clue what the dance is, you need to think, come on."
"You're right Chazz, will you do the honor of writing it? You know all about it, don't you?" Chazz shrugged then nodded and sat down to write it.
"Lexy, maybe you should rest, you look tired, and stressed out; you're not thinking straight. We don't have another class for 20 minutes, why don't you sit down and rest." I shook my head.
"Stressed is the right word to use now but I need to finish my article." Jaden sighed and went off to talk with Syrus.
Hello Readers, many of you have asked questions pertaining to Jaden and my child. Some are simple some are very complex questions that you want answered, over 100 have asked us questions and I hope this will help you understand this better. Hailey is not from this century, the keeper of time brought her here for Jaden and I to take care of until the time arose when it was safe for her to come back. She is mine and Jaden's daughter except not in this time period, she'll be born about 6 years from now, actually probably a lot more, we're not sure, one day she was here, a few weeks later she was gone without a trace, so we don't know where she is, Jaden and everyone who met her misses her, or don't remember her, the time travel made everyone who saw her as a problem forgot about her, it was strange but she's from the future and not born in this time period. Hailey is my daughter but only in the future for now she's back in here time period with us in the future where she belongs, I hope you understand that. I respect myself as does Jaden and we'd never do that but I need you to respect and understand me, that is all I ask. I love taking care of children, wither it's a sibling of someone's or even just a child who needs help. I owed this explanation and thanks for reading, Alexis Rhodes.
Kari and TK are writing the advice column of the news paper from now on, and Sebastian is keeping track of the reviews of our paper, Chazz, Jaden, Syrus, and Danny are free to write about whatever or what they are assigned to. I take care of putting the actual paper together and sometimes write an article if it needs doing but everyone else was just there for a week, like Marcelo.
Girls and Guys of DA we are having our 16th annual start of the school year dance, it happens every year with so many new students and the old we come together for one night and get along. It encourages guys and girls; to hang out with each other without being offended by each other, getting along is important because we'll all have to work together in the future so we have to start now. They'll be dancing, and fun so get a suit or dress and maybe a date and come to the start of the year dance. –Chazz Princeton-
Have you ever had a problem or a question that was too hard for you to solve, and you needed advice but didn't want to ask, e-mail us a question anonymously and we'll right the answer in the paper without your name or e-mail just the question and answer, it's our service to the school. Advice Columnists: TK Takashi and Kari Kamiya.
The next article was published and everyone liked it, we also started having students of the week, and tips for dueling; Dueling Tips by Jaden, Students of the Week were written about by Danny, and Syrus and Chazz were free to write about any event going down in the school.
"So Alexis, what's the next episode going to be, the main topic?" Syrus asked me.
"Well It's going to be on this dance, you two, are going to write how everyone got along and everything during the dance, special events and such. Make it appropriate for girl and boys please." Syrus and Chazz both blushed, Jaden laughed.
"Speaking of the dance, Alexis, I'm going to go shopping for a dress, do you want to come?" Kari asked happily about leaving campus, today was the day that students were allowed to leave on a boat into town to get a dress; it was a nice day off.
"I guess that'll be alright. Bye Jaden, I'll see you later, oh and check you're mail before you leave okay, your sister told me to tell you that, bye." He rolled eyes and waved.
(store) "So what kind of dress are you getting Alexis?" I shrugged and looked around.
"Anything that's not pink, or black, pink is too perky, and black is like too boring for the dance." Kari nodded.
"I guess, I see what you mean. I like pink though, it's so feminine. I don't see what you have against it, a really crystal blue would look nice on you with your blonde hair." I nodded and walked around the store more.
"I think with your hair Kari, colors like lilac or peach would match your skin and hair nicely. I'm not good with very girly things I'm just saying it would look very nice." Kari grinned when she saw a dress I couldn't see what she was looking at.
"This is perfect Alexis, go try it on." I sighed and took the dress; I didn't exactly like the style because it was a large scoop with translucent mini sleeves.
"I don't love it but it's very nice. What do you think?"
"I think you should bye it. It looks beautiful on you Alexis, I'm sure Jaden will love it too." I blushed and admired it fit me perfectly but it was just a different style then I'm use to and I spun around and I nodded.
"I'm going to buy it. Let's fine you one now."
"What about this one?" Kari held up a beautiful peach dress that was lacy and very beautiful.
"Try it on; you'd look nice on it." I sat down waiting for Kari to come out and thought about how different this was then the times before when I've gotten dresses with my dad, or Jane and Mimi.
Flashback
"Alexis, I called you friends to come over to buy dresses for the annual summer ball, let's go." My mom called for me to come down, I was only 12 at the time but I hated these balls, and fancy dresses all the same.
"I hate dresses and these stupid balls." I yelled downstairs.
"Alexis, this is your ball and if you won't dress up you'll dishonor yourself." My mom yelled up to me. She never understood me.
"Lex, if your not coming down then we're bringing you down." I sighed and walked down the stair angrily. They smiled and handed me my wallet with my credit card in it and I stuck it in my pocket.
"Dresses, despise them." Mimi, my mom, and Jane keep throwing dresses at me to try on. I must have tried on at least 16 dresses before I found one, it was a light green one, It was scoop neck and it had translucent shoulders all the way down to keep the heat out, it was okay, I hated dresses but I'd deal.
"Alexis you have the most beautiful figure, hair and style ever why do you hate dresses so much and try to hid them in your pants."
"I wish I could wear pants but I have to wear mini skirts for the school, if I get a choice in schools I'm going to make sure that's outlawed." Everyone laughs and I paid and left.
Flashback Ended
"Alexis, knock out of it." Kari yelled at me. I laughed and sighed standing up and examining the dress.
"I like it, what do you think?" She nodded and I begin to think about other years I had to wear dresses. "I don't like wearing dresses very much, I hate it really."
"So what did you wear last year?" Kari asked interested in what I was wearing my first year.
"The early year one everyone just wore a blue dress with the similar design of the school. The end of the year one I took Jaden to I wore a pink dress that was knee length no choice it was after shopping day and I was out of money so I had to wear it, to look nice."
"I don't remember that very well, but to see you in pink I'd laugh for hours." I just stared at her. "I don't see what you have against dresses?"
"It's just when I was 7 I had to wear this for 6 hours straight and we couldn't sit down, it was so heavy and tiring dragging it with me."
"Yikes, I'd hate dresses with that experience too." I laughed and stood up examining it on her.
"So that's it for our day of shopping, right?" Kari held up a finger and waved it.
"Of course not, shoes and maybe some jewelry; we're going next door to the accessory store." I sighed, I really didn't enjoy shopping like most girls did.
We quickly picked up shoes, and we both got a hair tie that matched our dress to tie up our hair. I thought about what to do with my hair, I decided to braid it and then leave my bangs down. Kari was going to curl her hair and it looked amazing.
"So Kari, I think your hair would be nice if you decided to grow it out, what do you think?"
"I don't know, I've never let it grow out; even my brother has never seen me with my hair grown out, I think I'd like it." I nodded and then I looked at her hair how it was the most beautiful brown color. "So what are you going to do with your hair?"
"I'm going to take up my hair into a ponytail, and then braid it; all except for my bangs." She smiled and then tried to picture me with my hair up like that."
"It would be better if you tied it up and curled the hair in the ponytail and leave the rest down straight, well I mean just the bangs." I twisted my hair around my finger and thought about it.
"I'm sure that would be really good to try, we'll have to try that on me and see how I like it. Yours would look nice if you curled it too." She smiled.
"Then that's what we'll do we'll curl both of our hair before the dance." I nodded.
We returned home, and we tried on the dresses and did our hair to make sure that everything was in order. We did our hair and made it so we could see how it looked on the date of the dance.
Kari had here hair long and curled it with her beautiful peach dress she looked wonderful. I wore my beautiful light blue dress curled the hair in a pony tail and let down my bangs and I looked wonderful. It took us each and hour to prepare.
"We look wonderful Kari, so how do you think Jaden and TK will react?" Kari just smiled and laughed.
"They won't be able to take their eyes off of us." She said with the confidence I've never seen in her, usually she's shy, it's strange to see her so confident and out spoken.
"They sure will be." I laughed and we talked like that for a while.
A/N: Well after a week of breaks and 2 new stories up, two completed I'm sure that you'll forgive me after this chapter, it was very touching, huh? I don't think it was as much as the last but I will deal.