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Chapter Two

The next day when they got to school, Serenity ran to see her friends and as they stood there talking, she saw Tea walking over to sit with Joey and the others and then one of Serenity's friends said "Did you hear that Susie Thompson was seen holding hands with Donna Benson?"

Serenity looked at Vicky and she said "What's wrong with that, their cousins."

Vicky couldn't believe that Serenity was so nonchalant about what she just said and then Vicky said "That would make them gay wouldn't it?"

Serenity couldn't believe what she was hearing, Vicky was one of her friends yet she was trying to get the others to start spreading rumors about Susie and her cousin and she just got up and started walking towards where her brother was when Vicky grabbed her arm and she said "Where are you going?"

Serenity looked down at Vicky's hand on her arm and Serenity said "If you don't take your hand off my arm I'm going to make you wish you had."

Vicky laughed it off and Serenity went over and sat down next to Joey and who had been watching what was going on and as she sat down he asked "Anything wrong?"

Serenity smiled up at him and she said "Vicky's being a bitch again. She's trying to make this girl Susie Thompson sound like she's a lesbian just because she holds her cousins hand."

Tea looked at Serenity out of the corner of her eye and she knew that they needed to rethink this whole idea about them because Tea wasn't going to let her get hurt but things others say about her.

Bakura spoke up then and he said "Sounds like someone needs to talk to Vicky and sit her straight about spreading rumors about other people and how it can really be destructive."

Ryou had to agree with Bakura and he said "You need to go talk to Susie and let her know what's going on before things escalate and people start to believe what Vicky says."

Rene smiled at Ryou and she kissed his cheek as she got up and she said "Thanks and Bakura thank you too."

Then she went over to where Susie and Donna were sitting and she sat down and she said "I need to tell you both something."

When she was done, both Susie and Donna didn't know what to do and that's when Serenity said "Go talk to Vicky and if that doesn't stop then talk to the Principal and see what he can do to stop Vicky from spreading rumors."

They thanked Rene and when Vicky found out what she had done well lets just say that Rene had made an enemy, she had crossed the line and now it was going to be an all out war.

The bell rang and everyone went to their first period class and as Serenity walked into the room, Vicky whispered "You damn traitor, you better watch your back."

She sat down and as Miss Thorn started writing the assignment on the board, Vicky glared at Serenity who just completely ignored her and that just made Vicky all the more angry. By the time class was over and as they left the room on their way to their next class, Vicky caught up with Serenity and she said softly so that no one else could hear "Meet me in the bathroom by the Science Room after lunch we need to talk."

Serenity just kept walking because she knew if she stopped she'd probably get into a fight and Joey didn't like her fighting. As she got to her next class, she noticed that some of her friends were giving her the cold shoulder and she just ignored them and started doing the pop quiz. When the bell rang and it was time for lunch, Serenity went to her locker and that's when Tea came walking by and she said "We need to talk."

Serenity opened her locker to find a note and as she read it she got angrier and angrier and before she could destroy it Tea grabbed the note and as she read it she decided right then and there she said "You need to talk to Joey and let him see this note, this is really serious." Serenity nodded and together they walk to the cafeteria and went to find Joey.

Joey, Seto, Yugi, Yami, Ryou, Bakura, Malik and Marik were all sitting at the same table when they came walking up and Joey could see that Serenity was really upset and so as she and Tea sat down he said "What's wrong?"

Serenity handed Joey the note and as he read it he was livid and when Seto took the note and he read it too, he said "You need to give this to the Principal, if you don't stop this now someone is going to get hurt."

Tea was sitting next to Serenity and she automatically put her arm around Serenity's waist to keep from falling off the seat and that's when Vicky came walking by with some of Serenity's other friends and Vicky said "Look girls, Serenity got a girlfriend."

Principal Walker was walking by when he heard what Vicky said and he stopped and said "What did you mean by that remark?"

Vicky jumped and she started stammering and couldn't think of what to say when Serenity said "I found this in my locker a few minutes ago." She gave Principal Walker the note and when he read it he looked at Vicky and he said "Come with me, I think your parents need to find out what's been going on don't you?" They both walked back to his Office and Serenity knew that she was in for a real fight.

As Serenity got up to go to the bathroom, Tea excused herself and went to the bathroom too and when she closed the door she said "Rene, we have to stop this right now, or you're going to get hurt and I don't want that to happen."

Serenity looked in the mirror at Tea and she said "What about us, won't that hurt me if we stop seeing each other?"

Tea took a deep breath and she said "I don't know what to do, but one thing I know is that you're not going to get hurt because of us."

Serenity then dried her hands and she went over to Tea and she said "I don't want to stop seeing you, and I don't care what some of those simple minded idiots say."

Tea then said "What about your brother. What will he say?"

Serenity then smiled at her and she said "I know that Joey wants me to be happy and if he can't see that loving you doesn't make me happy then that's just to damn bad."

Serenity went over to Tea and hugged her and she kissed Tea on the lips and as Tea put her arms around Serenity and she kissed her back, they didn't hear the door open or see that someone saw them.

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Chapter Three Coming Up...Rumors spread like wildfire...