Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh or Jesse McCartney.
Chapter 3: That Was Then
Seto's POV
It is half past five and I'm ready to meet Tea. I should have told her not to dress formally. Knowing her she probably will. "As long as it doesn't rain everything will be fine not matter if she dresses up or not," I say to no one in particular. I grab my keys and I'm on my way to the garage. Soon I reach the garage and easily find my motorcycle right where I left it. I grab the helmet from its resting place, put it on, start up the engine, and ride out of the garage and onto the sunlight street. Soon I'm at the park. I park my bike in the parking lot. I forgot to tell her where to meet me. I mentally slap myself with the sudden realization. Maybe she will be at the lake, like earlier. Quickly deciding this is where I should go I begin my short walk to the lake Tea was at. When I get there, there she is sitting on a bench not to far away. Damn, she looks hot. Great. There I go again. She's wearing a knee length denim shirt, a pink halter top, and white flip flops. She has her beautiful brown hair down with a small head band in her hair to (probably) keep it out of her face. I'm almost compelled to get turn around and go home. But the key word there is almost. One thing I learned from Gozaburo that I'm actually going to listen to is to never ditch an appointment, especially if you made it. Unless it's a major emergency. And there is no emergency to run off to. Just my luck. So I start walking toward her. When I reach her I say, "Are you ready to go?"
Tea's POV
"Are you ready to go?" I hear someone ask. I look up and see who I think is Seto Kaiba. No it can't be. He'd never be caught in jeans. At least I don't think he would be. Sure enough a tall and hot man is standing in front of me. He has brown hair, ice blue eyes, and a muscular build. He's wearing a blank, black T-shirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers.
"Kaiba?" I ask unsure if my eyes are deceiving me or not. In all the years I've known him I've never seen him in jeans.
"Are we now having sight problems?" he asks. Okay, it's Kaiba.
"No. I just wasn't sure if it was you since I've never seen you in jeans and a T-shirt," I say staying up from the bench I was sitting on.
"Whatever. Come on, we don't have much time." With this said he starts walking to the parking lot. Fast too, might I add. I have to jog to keep up with him. Either he's actually running late for once or his timing for today is way off. Okay there is not much difference, but whatever. WTF! He is sitting on a blue MOTORCYCLE! Since when does he have a motorcycle?
"Since when do you have a motorcycle?" I say not believing my eyes. SETO KAIBA IS SITTING ON A MOTORCYCLE! What has the world come to!
"I've had it for years. Are you going to get on or what?" he says pulling out another helmet from no where. I take it and get on behind him. "Hold on."
"To where?" I've never been on one before. How do you not fall off?
"Where do you think?" he says like I'm stupid or something. Before I can answer he starts it and start to pull out of the parking lot. In no time at all we're speeding down the street. I quickly put my arms around his waist, bury my face in his back, and wait for him to stop the bike.
Seto's POV
"Hold on."
"To Where?"
"Where do you think?" Seriously, there aren't many places for a second passenger to hold on to. I then start up the bike and drive onto the road where I speed up. Eminently I feel Tea grab onto my waist and her head on my back. She must have never been on a motorcycle before. All too soon we reach our destination. The beach. "We're here." She doesn't let go. I can't turn around since she's holding onto my waist so hard. "Tea, we're here. You can let go." No response. I shake her. "Tea, open your eyes," I said this much more softly. She then lifts up her head, then let go of me and gets off the bike.
"Why are we at the beach?" she asks. You can tell she's confused.
"You don't remember? We came here for our first date."
"Now I remember. This is also where you dumped me."
"Oh yeah. Look Tea, I…"
"Don't 'Look Tea' me. If you brought me here to apologize and get me back… it's not going to happen," she says, interrupting me. I know she'd be stubborn. She knows me too well. Being me, I always have back up. I go to the bike and turn the CD player on. Being rich has its perks. It starts playing "That Was Then" by Jesse McCartney. Jesse's Tea's favorite singer.
'Guess you never really know just what you've got
'til you finally realize she could be gone
I know that I've been taking you for granted
For the longest time'
I've been listening to the song a lot lately, so I've learned the lyrics. So I start singing along with Jesse.
'All you wanted was someone who really cares
And I didn't even notice you were there
I promise that I'll never make that same mistake
Not twice…'
Suddenly I hear a third voice singing. It's Tea. Wow. She has a beautiful voice.
'That was then... this is now
Took some time to come around
All I wanna do…
Is try again…show you how
I know that it's all about
Giving attention to you
I was a fool for way too long
What you wanted, I could not see
That was then… this is now
Took some time to figure out love is all you need
Guess I never really thought about it before
I was thinking of myself, and nothing more
Didn't even wanna try to find out
How you really feel
Now I see that I'm the lucky one, it's true
And I never want to lose
I was trippin' in a fantasy…
And missing what was real
That was then…this is now
All I wanna do…
Is try again… show you how
I know that it's all about
Giving attention to you
I was a fool for way too long
What you wanted, I could not see
That was then…this is now
Took some time to figure out
Love is all you need
I used to be someone
Who only really thought about themselves
And no one else and you could tell baby
But that's before I understood
That when you got something this good
Gotta let her know…
And I want you to know
You're always my priority
And I wanna give more than all the love you need
Took a little time…
But now you finally see
That you're my world
I never want our love to fade ready, willing…
And I'm gonna do whatever it takes
No, I'm never gonna let it all slip away
'cause you're my girl
That was then… this is now
Took some time to come around
All I wanna do…
Is try again…show you how
I know it's all about
Giving attention to you
I was a fool for way too long
What you wanted, I could not see
That was then…this is now
Took some time to figure out
Love is all you need'
"Oh Seto, you remembered." With that said she jumps into my arms and hugs me tight.
That's it. Hope you enjoyed it.