Pharaoh Felicia-(Drinks as much of the root beer as possible) Mmmm... sorry for the last short chapter and this one.

dragonlady222-"Hey, dad, that necklace you got me, it has an ancient egypatian spirit in it and it tried to kill me but now we're friends" Hah, imagine saying that to your parents.

ahilty-Hiltay? Actually, Yugi's mom is on screen for about 3 seconds in the episode where Yugi's grandpa gets out of the hospital. Until I read the manga, I htought she was a nurse -.-

D.H. Knightly-Sometimes I forget Ryou has a dad. But really, that's an awesome name.

Chapter 12

Read alert situation. The idea was that with everyone picking on Ryou for being pregnant he'd come to all his friends for support, and when I was the best friend he'd start to spend more time with me.

Now he seemed interested only in hanging out with Yugi. The two even skipped school together.

Ryou wasn't even here now. His dad came back and insisted that he spend the rest of the week at home. Since he's pregnant the school lets him get away with that sort of thing.

As the bell rang signaling the end of school I stopped by the teachers desk while the rest of the students left the room "Ma'am, there's something you should know about Yugi and Ryou"

"Yugi's the father?"

"No" the father ought to be me, but I had my suspects "Personally, I think Malik is, but I have no proof. What I wanted to say was, Yugi and Ryou were playing hooky the other day"

The teacher looked at me long and hard "I think we can make an exception for this. Since, as you said, there is no proof that Malik is the father we must continue to assume he was raped. Being pregnant, Ryou's situation is one that is very stressful. The rumors around school can't be helping. A day off from school is probably healthy for him, it was sweet of Yugi to think of that"

I nodded and left, trying not to scream in fury. How could everyone be so lax? I turned left right outside the doorway and tripped.

It wasn't like me to trip, and less like me to not have noticed Malik right there "Hey" he crouched down so that his face was a little closer to mine, which was on the floor "I heard that, you know. Just because Ryou and I aren't to close right now doesn't mean I'm not looking out for him. Aren't you his friend? Why are you trying to get him in trouble?"

"He and Yugi shouldn't be skipping school. He'll have a tough time not falling behind once the baby is born, I'm just trying to make sure he continues with his education" I lied "Besides, at least I'm not turning my back on my baby. In fact, I'm a good enough boy not to have one"

Malik kicked me, breaking a rib or too "That's not my baby. Besides, at least I'm not the one spreading rumors. You're the one who told everyone he was pregnant, aren't you?"

Malik ran off without giving me another chance to defend myself.

What goes above red alert? Crap. If Ryou found out I told everyone he'd never want to come near me. Well there was only one thing to do at a time like this.

I pulled out my cell phone and called a close friend of mine "Hey, I have a job for you"

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SnowCreek: Once again, a short chapter. I know you guys hate these, but it's really tough to write even a page of the story while doing it from certain characters POV