After school, Yugi, Tristan, Bakura, Joey, and Duke were waiting at the gates for Tea and Miho.
"YUGI," Tea yelled as she waved her hand and started to jog over towards them with a big smile on her face.
"Hi guys," Miho said, once the two of them reached the rest. "How's the prom preparations going?"
"Mai's phone doesn't work, so Yugi and I are gonna look around for her," Joey answered.
"Can I come along," Tea asked. "It's been a while since we've seen Mai."
"Sure," Joey said with a smirk.
"And what about the rest of you guys? Any dates yet?"
"All of them shook their heads."
"I'm thinking about maybe one or two girls out of many," Duke stated as he started playing with his hair.
"You too," Miho asked. "I have at least fifteen."
Tristan's jaw dropped, "FIFTEEN?!"
Miho nodded, "Yeah, but he has to be the right guy. A prom picture can haunt the rest of your life."
"The rest of your life," Yugi, Tristan, Bakura, and Duke asked in unison.
"Mmm-hmm."
"Oh my god, what if I ask the wrong person," Tristan asked as he clutched Joey's shirt.
"HEY! Off the merchandise, Tristan! I still haven't asked Mai out yet! I wanna look my best!" Joey hits Tristan's hand away and soon he feels his hand grabbed and then held by a very soft hand. Tristan gets a big smile on his face, then notices that he is feeling two right hands.
"There you go. All paired up now," Tea says with a smile.
"Eeep," Tristan yells. Miho just blinks blindly at Tea, then at Tristan.
Tea winks at him and whispers, "Now's your chance. Ask her!"
"Um Miho, …I-I-I. I-I-I-."
Joey puts his arm around Tristan's shoulder, "I think what my buddy here is trying do is ask you to go to the prom with you."
"NO! No. I could never ask her that, Joey. But, if I know I wouldn't object if she wants to go with me."
"Can I think about it?"
"You've been saying that ALL day," Tea started to yell, "I mean if I had all the choices that you've-!"
"LOOK! It's Mai," Tristan points out. Mai takes the key out of the ignition of her red jeep and steps out of the car.
"That's right," Joey starts thinking to himself, "Here she comes. Stay cool, STAY cool! This is your lucky day, Joey." A big grin forms on his face. After Mai reaches them, she looks at everyone, then at Tristan and Miho holding hands.
"I see that you guys don't waste time," Mai said from behind her sunglasses. Trisian and Miho immediately release their hold on each other.
"Hey, Mai, I've been trying to call you all afternoon, what's wrong with your service?"
"Huh," Mai asked as she took off her sunglasses.
"Everytime I call your cell phone, it says that your number's not in service."
"You mean THIS cell phone, Joey," she inquisited him as she held up a working cell phone.
"Yeah."
"I've been getting all of my calls today, sweetheart. You must have been dialing the wrong number."
"No I haven't!"
"Yes, you've had. I bet you don't even know my number."
"Yes, I do. You told me it was five, five, five, three, seven, six, nine."
"Hmph. You heard me wrong. I clearly said: five, five, five, three, seven, six, FIVE."
"Five, five, five, three, seven, six, five," Joey starts to say to himself softly in a state of shock."
Mai looks over and winks at Yugi, "How have you been, Yugi?"
"I'm fine. How about you, Mai?"
"Lovely. Are you hooked up for the prom, like Tristan over there?"
"No."
Mai's right eyebrow cocks up in surprise, "Really?"
"Yep."
"Well, do you want to know what would be awesome?"
"What?"
Mai squats leans toward Yugi, "If we can go to the prom together."
"Huh?" Yugi blinks and starts to blush.
Mai smiles, "Hon? I just asked you to go to the prom with me."
"You? You just did?"
"WOULD, you, like, me, to, be, your, prom, date," Mai says mechanically, spelling it out for him. "Did you hear that time?"
"Yes-."
"Great," Mai said in a lighter voice as she stood. She waved her hand as she turned around, "I'll call you later, Yugi." She winks at him, then starts heading back towards her jeep.
"But-? What-? Huh-," Joey was besides himself and did not know what question to ask first.
"Wow," Miho said as she blinked. "If it was that easy for her to steal Tea's potential prom date, then I better ask someone out quickly." She looks at Tea and sees that she's blinking with astonishment at Mai.
"Oh my," Yugi says before falling towards the ground.
"Yugi," Duke yells as he catches him.
"I'm sorry, Tea," Miho says. "I'll help you find another prom date. BUT…first things first! Tristan, will you go to the prom with me!?"
"Oh, will I ever!"