Here's the next chapter. Sorry for the long update, I was having a case of writer's block. I hope you like this chapter and thanks for the nice reviews from the following:

dancers of the night

Tea-The Chosen One

Luckygirl777

AkioftheAkatsuki

Lady-Wicca666

Takashi Kusinagi

Egyptianprincess101

Summary: He had all of the fame and fortune in the world, but all he wanted was someone that would treat him like he was normal as anyone else. He might get his wish when he meets a cafe waitress who is having problems of her own. Will they be able to help each other?

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I just own the story.

Chapter 5

Atem woke up the next morning feeling a breeze coming through his window. As he was sitting up in his bed, he suddenly felt a sense of weirdness and he couldn't figure out why. He tried to think of what it was that would make him feel this way. He checked the horses before he went to sleep, he made sure to sign every paper before he left for the weekend, he made sure to remember to give Tea her book and invite her to Alicia's birthday party, then he...wait, that was it. That was why he was feeling weird this morning when he woke up. The one person who is always on his mind.

Tea.

He didn't feel that warm comfort he felt when he woke up this morning. The same comfort when he woke up yesterday with her on his chest was like they were both two missing pieces of a puzzle. He wish that she was here with him right now just laying next to him instead of sleeping in the room down the hall. It was becoming difficult to keep her out of his mind no matter how much he tried. Even when he was doing something important, she would always invade his thoughts. He leaned back on his pillow and gave out a sigh. He glanced over to the side of his bed to see that it was a little after eight and it was time to feed the horses. After he showered and dressed, he went on his way downstairs, but not without taking a peek into Tea's room to see she was still asleep. He smiled knowing that she was resting so peacefully and he left her room to let her sleep in. When he got downstairs, he noticed that Yugi wasn't around. Looking around the living room, he found a note sticking on the mantel so he picked it up to read it.

Hey Atem,

Sorry I wasn't here when you got up, but I had some important errands I had to run. It'll probably take me all

day to finish them, but I should get back before you get ready to leave later on. I leave everything in your care.

Thanks bro,

Yugi

P.S. Joey and Tristan came by before I left out and brought some breakfast over for you and Tea. Oh yeah, tell her

I said hi and have fun with her today. (wink,wink ;D)

Once Atem finished reading the note, he had a blush on his face and then crumpled up the note and vowed to get revenge on his little brother when he got home, but until then, he went over and saw the bag of food that was on the table that had breakfast sandwiches inside. He took one out to eat and when he heard movement coming from behind him and found that Tea had just came down form her room dressed in black jeans and a dark blue hoody top that hugged her curves along with a little bag draped over her shoulder. As he saw her, he felt something stir within him and it made him attracted to her more than ever before. He quickly shook his head as she walked over to him hoping she didn't notice the red blush that appeared on his face.

"Good morning Atem." she said.

"Morning Tea. Did you sleep okay last night?" he asked.

"Yeah, the best sleep I had in a while. It was nice not to wake up to a whole bunch of city traffic this morning. It's really quiet, where's Yugi?" she asked.

"Oh, he had to go into town this morning to take care of some errands. So it looks like it'll just be me and you today, but he said he should be back before we leave this evening." he said. Tea put on a playful pout.

"Aw, do we have to?" she asked. Atem laughed at the face she was making.

"Yeah, we do. Unfortunately, we have to get back to work tomorrow, but if it wasn't for my job, I would gladly stay here all the time. Hey, are you hungry? Joey and Tristan left some breakfast for us." he said.

"Yeah, that was really nice of them." Atem slid the bag over to Tea and she took out a sandwich for her to eat on. After they were finished, they both went outside to the stables where they saw the horses already awake ready to be fed. Tea walked over to Angel and greeted her with a gentle rub and Angel in return nuzzled her back.

"Morning girl, how are you today?" she asked. Tea reached over into the supplies for the horses and pulled out a carrot for Angel to eat on. While she was eating, Tea walked over to clean out Angel's stable. When she finished, she walked around to stand in front of Angel and rub her some more. Tea looked behind her to see Atem working to feed and clean the other horses. She turned back to Angel again.

"I'm going to help Atem, but I'll be back over in a few, okay girl?" she said. Angel grunted in response. She walked over to where Atem was busy moving hay so that he would have some room to walk around. He turned around when he felt her tap him on the shoulder.

"Hey, do you need some help over here?" she asked offering her help. Atem smiled and nodded.

"Yeah thanks. I already did Bronco's and Stallion's stable already, so we can start on the other horses that haven't been fed yet." he said. They split up to take care of one horse at a time. It had been almost an hour of cleaning, feeding, brushing and making little small talk with the horses to keep them calm. Tea stepped out of Tidus's stable and turned over to where Atem was standing wiping his face with a towel. She took a chance to see his broad shoulders as he was moving the towel around and she could see how firm his chest was. She could feel herself staring intensely and thinking how his chest would feel against her hands, how she would move them slowly up to his neck and then back down again, how nice it would...Tea gasped and put her hand to her forehead when she snapped out of her daydream.

'Oh my god, I can't believe that I was just thinking that. What the heck is wrong with me? It's like I was undressing him with my eyes. I've never had this problem with guys before, not even when I was with Renku. I just have to remember that he's just a friend and nothing more, right?' she thought.

"Tea?" said Atem. She opened her eyes and was surprised when he was standing in front of her.

"Are you alright? I was calling you, but you weren't answering." he said. Tea was already blushing from that image of Atem in her mind, now she was even more red from having him so close to her like that. He reached out and put his hand on her forehead.

"You feel warm, do you have a fever?" he asked concerned.

"Uh, n-no. I-I guess it's just from working so hard and it's starting to get a little hot in here." she said nervously. Atem nodded.

"Well, I was going to ask if you wanted to take the horses out and ride them. I still want to show you that place I was telling you about." he said.

"Yeah, sounds like fun." she said. They went to take out Angel and Bronco form out of their stables and when they got outside, they hopped upon the horses to ride off in the fields. Atem was leading her down a pathway that she never been on before. The path was leading toward a wooded area and further away form the ranch. About five minutes later, they arrived and Tea gasped at what she saw what had the be the most magnificent place she has ever seen. All around were trees filled with cherry blossoms and from a far away view, you can see a huge lake sparkling like tiny diamonds from the sun above. They stopped at a big cherry tree and got down from their horses to let them go run around together. Atem walked over to Tea who was still looking out at the lake in amazement. She turned to him when she felt him standing next to him.

"This place is so beautiful. How did you find it?" she asked. He led her over to the biggest tree where there was a hole in front of it big enough for a small child to fit inside. He pulled out a blanket to spread on the ground for them to sit on while they watched the horses.

"I found it when I was little. I was always an adventurous kid back then so I would always try and find new places to explore. Well, when I found this wooded area, I decided to see what could be found, but I made sure to lead a trail for me to follow back in case I got lost. It really made my day when I found this place and this tree that we're sitting under is the same tree I would always climb up on where I would always sit and watch the lake for hours. Sometimes I would climb inside the hole to snooze inside too. This has always been a special place to me and I wanted to share it with you. Now that you're going to be spending the weekends with me, I thought that we could come here together." he said.

"I would really like that. It's the perfect place where I can read my new book." she said as she reached into her bag and pulled out the book that Atem gave to her. Atem let out a light chuckle.

"You brought your book?" he asked. Tea smiled.

"Yes I did. I can't seem to put it down even if I wanted to and it's one of my favorites so far." she said raising her book up proudly before she opened it and read a few passages. Atem leaned back against the tree and closed his eyes. It was only a few minutes as the both of them sat in a comfortable silence just listening to the calm flow of the water and the occasional grunts and neighs from the horses. Tea looked up from her book and looked beside her to see Atem so relaxed. It made her think about earlier, but she quickly shook her head and turned back to her book. Atem opened his eyes when he heard a slight movement and looked over to Tea to see her still reading her book. He came up with an idea on what they could do together.

"Hey Tea, have you ever skipped pebbles before?" he asked. Tea turned to him.

"Yeah, my dad taught me at the beach one summer when I was small. He said I had a knack at it. Why?" she said. Atem chuckled and stood up form his seat. Tea was watching him as he looked inside the tree-hole and pulled out a box. He opened it up to reveal a collection of pebbles inside.

"I saved these when I was little. Whenever I come out here, I would spend time skipping these pebbles. So, I was wondering if you wanted to challenge me." he said.

"You want me to challenge you at skipping pebbles?" she asked.

"Yeah I do. You're not afraid of a little game, are you?" he asked trying to get her to play. Tea laughed.

"No, actually I'm kinda of afraid that you'll be crying when I beat you." she said.

"Oh really, well let's make a little wager." Tea thought about it and then smirked.

"Alright, if I win, you have to buy me two more books of my choice." she said. Atem smiled and nodded.

"Okay." he said. They both stood up with the box of pebbles in Atem's hand and walked over to the edge of the lake.Atem took out two pebbles for Tea and himself.

"We'll have five rounds and tally up the scores at the end of the game. First person with the most points wins." he said. Tea got ready to play, but a thought came to her and she turned back to Atem.

"Wait a minute, what do you get if you win?" she asked. Atem tossed his pebble up in the air few times to catch it and looked over to Tea.

"I'd rather wait and see if I'll win before I decide on that, but don't worry, it's not going to be anything bad. So let's start the game, ladies first." he said. Tea shrugged her shoulders and prepared to throw her pebble. She slung her arm out and the pebble flew out of her hand. They counted how many times the pebble skipped before it disappeared in the water. The pebble had skipped five times. Atem turned to her and was impressed by her skills.

"Impressive, I guess it's my turn." he said. He got into position to throw his pebble. It flew out of his hand once he had it aimed and counted six skips before it went underwater. Tea turned to Atem with a game face while preparing her next throw. Many throws and skips later and Tea was now leading by a few points.

T A
5 6
4 5
4 4
8 2
21 17

It was now the last round and Tea was just about to step up, when she turned to look at Atem with a smile on her face and he smiled back. She got into position and threw her pebble which took three skips before it went in the water. Now her score was twenty-four. She walked over to Atem with a smirk.

"Well, it looks like I'm in the lead. Unless you can make seven skips or better, I think you and I will be making another trip to the book store." she said. Atem reached inside the box to pull out his last pebble and turned back to Tea with a smirk of his own.

"It's not over 'til it's over sweetie. This last shot will decide everything." he said. So he stood at the edge again and prepared to make his last throw. Tea stood next to him as he threw out the pebble into the water. She counted the number of skips silently to herself.

'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!' After the pebble made its last skip, it went into the water. Tea stood wide-eyed while Atem still had his smirk. The scoreboard was now tallied up.

T A
5 6
4 5
4 4
8 2
3 10
24 27

"I don't believe it, that was the most skips I've ever seen. Not even my dad could do that." she said. Atem held his arms behind his head.

"Yeah, I had alot of practice. I could teach you how to do it sometime." he said.

"Okay, that'll be great. So, I guess you won. What would the almighty Atem like to have as a prize for his victory?" she asked. Atem smiled and gently held both of her hands looking deeply into her eyes while leaning closer to her face. Tea shivered under the intense stare he was giving to her.

"Tea," he whispered. Tea's heart was racing wondering what he was going to say. He leaned even closer to her until she could feel him near her ear.

"Tag, you're it." he whispered again. He broke away to start running while he was laughing at the expression on her face. Tea still stood there flabbergasted until everything registered into her mind on what just happened. She had been tricked into playing another game with Atem and he made her think that he was going to do something else. Well, two can play that game.

"Oh you are so going to get it!"she said. She started to run in order to catch him. Atem was keeping his distance so Tea wouldn't catch him easily by dodging behind trees. He hid behind one to try and lose her, but when he couldn't hear her anymore, he peeked from where he was standing to see that she was nowhere in sight. Atem was confused and wondered how she vanished like that so he crept out form his hiding place to see where she was. Suddenly, he felt something pounce on him from behind and he fell to the ground rolling in the grass ending up on his back. Above him, he found the something, or rather someone that fell on him looking down with a smirk.

"Tag, now you're it." said Tea. She now laughed at the expression on his face. Atem laid with her on top of him for a second before he laughed along with her. Tea got up from him to sit on the grass and Atem sat up next to her.

"How did you do that?" he asked. Tea giggled.

"Well, while you were running, I kinda hid behind one of the trees and peeked around watching where you were running to. So, once you hid behind the tree too, I snuck around more trees and ended up behind you just when you were coming out of your hiding spot." she said. Atem chuckled.

"Smart, very smart. I guess that was payback, huh?" he said. Tea put on a playful glare and poked him in the chest.

"Yes it was. What was all that about anyway?" she asked.

"Well, I had to figure out some way to get you easily. Are you disappointed?"

"About what?" she asked. He leaned over to her ear.

"That I didn't kiss you." he whispered.Tea's face was as red as a tomato when she turned to look at Atem with wide eyes.

"Wha-you-I... why would I be disappointed about that? That was the last thing on my mind." she said as she crossed her arms turning her head away from him trying to hide her blush. Atem chuckled and wrapped his arm around her.

"Come on, tell me what you really thought." he said. Tea sighed and turned back to him.

"To be honest, I didn't know what to think. I mean the way you were looking at me, I just had this feeling flow through me and I was confused on how to react to it. I'm not sure what I feel for you." she said. Atem grabbed her hand to hold on to.

"I think I know what you mean. I feel that way whenever we're together like this. So since I won the skipping pebbles game and our wager is still on, I thought that you and I could go out together." he said. Tea was surprised at what he said.

"You mean like a date?" she asked.

"Well if you want it to be. I thought that if we went out together, it would help us figure out what these feelings mean, but I don't want to rush you into anything you want to do seeing that you just broke it off with your ex." he said. Tea was thinking it over for a second. Going out with Atem might be just what she needed. She wanted to forget everything about what her ex put her through so she turned to Atem and smiled.

"I think that would be really good for me. Besides, I need to get over my ex and this is the only way to do it. Just, when we do go out, let's not make it too fancy or anything. I just want to take things slow." she said. Atem nodded.

"Of course, actually I think I have the perfect place that we can go, but I'll need a week to plan it, if that's okay." he said.

"Alright, that's fine." she replied. Tea turned when she heard the horses neighing. She smiled when she saw Bronco giving Angel an affectionate nuzzle.

"Aw, look at that. Seems like those two are in love." she said. Atem looked over to his horse and gave out a smile too.

"Well what do you know? I had no idea they felt that way towards each other." he said.

"It must be nice to be in love with someone who loves you back. You know it's funny, when I was with Renku, not once in our relationship has he ever said 'I love you' to me. It just hurts now that I think about it knowing that he had never cared about me, but I can move on and pretend like he never existed in my life." she said. Atem put his hand on her face to turn her to him.

"You will be able to hear that from someone that loves you. Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow, but you will hear those words. You just have to wait for him a little bit longer because he is coming for you, okay?" he said. Tea looked down sheepishly.

"You really think that's going to happen to me one day?" she asked. Atem shook his head.

"I don't think that, I know that. It's going to happen, trust me." he reassured her.

"I already trust you." she said. The rest of the day consisted of riding on the backs of their horses, another game of skipping pebbles and just laying around on the grass relaxing in the shade of a tree. Before they knew it, it was time for them to head back to the ranch to put Bronco and Angel back in their stables. Atem and Tea went inside the house to pack up their stuff so they could go back to the city. It was around four in the afternoon when Yugi came back from doing his errands along with Joey and Tristan.They both came outside to get ready to go.

"Hey guys, how was your day?" he asked.

"Hi Yugi, our day was great, but I never thought it would be so hard to take care of horses." said Tea. Yugi laughed.

"Yeah, but you get used to it. I really hope you enjoyed it here and decide to come back again." he said. Tea nodded.

"Definitely, especially since I now have my own horse to help take care of. I can't wait to come back next weekend." she said.

"Cool, next time you come and visit, we can hang out more." said Joey. Tristan nodded in agreement. Yugi turned to Atem.

"Hey, I want to talk to you before you leave." Atem nodded and turned to Tea.

"I'll be at the car in a minute." He gave her the keys so she could open the trunk and put her bag in. Atem turned back to the others who had mischievous smirks on their faces.

"So, tell us how your day really was." said Yugi. Atem stood there looking confused.

"What are you talking about?" he asked. Joey came over and patted his back.

"Don't play dumb with us. All alone all day with a girl, come on give us details." he said.

"If you're insinuating that something happened between Tea and me, then you're wrong. We just hung out all day with the horses and skipped pebbles in the lake, nothing more." Yugi, Joey and Tristan all stood not believing a word Atem said.

"So you're saying nothing happened. Did you at least ask her out?" asked Tristan.

"Well, I did do that, but she just wants to take it slow and I'm going to respect her wishes." he said.

"At least it's a start. I can tell you care about her alot." Yugi said. Atem nodded and looked over to see Tea still waiting by the car reading her book.

"I do and I'm going to make sure she never gets hurt again. I'll see you guys next weekend." he said.

"See ya Atem." They all said. Atem walked over to his car and tapped Tea on her shoulder. She looked up and smiled while closing her book.

"Hey, ready to go?" he asked. She nodded her head and handed his keys back to him. Once they got in the car, Atem started it up and were now on their way back home. Tea was looking out the window as she saw the ranch disappear in the distance as they drove away. Atem saw the sad longing look in her face and tried to cheer her up.

"Don't look so sad, we'll come back." he said. She turned to him with a small smile.

"I know, it's just I'm going to miss Angel. I never thought that I would create such a strong bond with her." she said.

"Yeah, that's how I am with Bronco." he said. It was about an hour since they left the ranch and they were almost home. Suddenly, Tea's cellphone rang and she looked on her screen to see the number to the cafe.

"Hello." she answered.

"Tea, it's Mrs. Kat. How are you dear?"

"I'm good ma'am, is there something wrong?"

"Oh, yes there is. You see Lisa has the flu so she wasn't able to come in and the cafe has been very busy today with all of the customers coming in. I was wondering if you could come in and help Cathy out with the tables."

"Sure, I'll be there. Could you give me about twenty minutes to get ready?"

"Of course dear. Thank-you so much."

"Anytime, I'll be there soon." she said as she hung up the phone. She turned to Atem who heard the conversation.

"Could you swing past the cafe? It's getting pretty crowded down there." she asked.

"Yeah, no problem." When they finally arrived in the city, Atem drove Tea to the cafe and dropped her off.

"I'll be back later to pick you up and take you home, okay?" Tea nodded and went inside to see so many customers packed inside and Cathy struggling to take so many orders. Tea quickly went in the back to let Mrs. Kat know that she was here before she took her apron and went over to the customers and take their orders. About two hours later, all of the customers were served and it was now time to close up. Tea was wiping down the tables and straightening the chairs while Cathy washed the dishes. After she was finished, she came out from behind the kitchen and stood next to Tea.

"Thanks for the help today girl. Those customers were crazy and I just couldn't handle all those orders." she said. Tea smiled.

"It was no trouble. Besides, I couldn't just let you do this all on your own." Cathy nodded.

"So, what have you been up to this weekend?" she asked. Tea shrugged her shoulders.

"Nothing much, I just went to a ranch with Atem." Cathy stood wide-eyed and squealed so loudly you would be able to hear it all over the world.

"Ohmygosh, ohmygosh, ohmygosh, Oh.My.Gosh! You spent the whole weekend with Atem!" she screamed. Tea had covered her ears until she stopped screaming.

"Yes, but it wasn't a big deal. He just showed me his horses that's all. Now, don't you have to visit Lisa and see how she's doing?" she said trying to get her to change the subject.

"Oh, you're right. I got to go. You can take care of everything, can't you?' she asked. Tea nodded.

"Yeah go ahead and tell Lisa I said to get well soon." Cathy left the cafe for the night. Mrs. Kat came out of her office and walked up to Tea.

"Thank-you again Tea for coming in." she said.

"You're welcome ma'am, I was happy to help."

"Did you have a nice weekend?" she asked.

"Yes I did. Atem and I had a good time." Mrs. Kat had a smile on her face.

"Well I'm glad you two are warming up to each other. I have to get ready to leave to pick up my grandson so could you do me a favor and lock up the cafe when you're done?" she asked.

"Sure, I have to wait on Atem anyway so you go on ahead." Tea said. Mrs. Kat left the keys to Tea and left the cafe also. Now Tea was alone and it gave her sometime to think peacefully without any noise. Little did she know that someone was watching her every move.

Atem came out of the store to head over to his car and pick up Tea from the cafe. As he was walking, he thought he heard a noise from behind him and turned around to see nothing there. He shook off the thought thinking that it was just a cat in the alley, but as he continued walking, he heard the noise again, but this time it sounded like someone was following him. Atem stopped to turn around again, but he still couldn't see anyone so he figured they were hiding.

"Why don't you come out and face me? I know you're there so quit hiding like a bunch of cowards." he said. Suddenly, Atem saw three figures coming out of the shadows and surround him. Atem quickly put his guard up not trusting a single one of them.

"Who are you and why are you following me?" he asked. The three guys started laughing.

"By any chance, is your name Atem?" one of them asked.

"Who wants to know?" said Atem. They walked a little closer to him.

"We were given orders to keep you busy for a while. Our boss wants to be alone with that pretty little waitress at the little cafe not too far from here so come with us and maybe we'll go easy on you." the second guy said. Atem's eyes widened when they were talking about Tea. When they got close enough to him, Atem punched the guy on his right and kicked in the gut. The other two ran over to him to try and attack him. One of the guys grabbed Atem's left arm, but he punched him with his right. The last guy came to try and bring him down and Atem helicopter kick him in the face knocking him out cold. Atem was just about to leave when the first two guys that he punched out got back up and ran over to him. Atem back flipped when they tried to grab him and he took both of their heads and rammed them into each other and knocking their lights out. Once they were taken care of, Atem rushed over to his car to get inside and rushed down to the cafe.

'Hold on Tea, I'm coming.' he thought as he sped through the streets.

Tea made sure everything was closed and secured before she locked up for the night. Just as she was finishing up, she heard the bell from the door signaling that a customer was coming in. She looked up and saw a shadowed figure standing in the door.

"I'm sorry, but were closed. You'll have to come back tomorrow." she said, but the figure came closer to her and she was starting to get nervous. When he stepped into the light, Tea backed up to the counter.

"Renku, what are you doing here?" she asked still backing away from him. Renku smirked as he continued walking to her.

"Well, I thought I come in and see how my woman is doing. I told you I'd be back." he said.

"Don't come anywhere near me and if you don't want to get hurt, I suggest you walk back out that door now." she said coldly. Renku sighed.

"Why do you have to be like that to me? We used to be so happy together." he said. Tea glared at him.

"Yeah, until you messed it up by thinking you can have me and another woman on the side." He put his hands on her arms while Tea struggled against him.

"We can have it again, just you and me. Get rid of that asshole you're with and I'll make it worth your while." he said.

"Forget it, you had your chance with me and I'm not willing to give you another one. Atem is much more of a man than you'll ever be and I would never think about having him out of my life." she said. Renku was furious with her answer and tightened his grip on her arms.

"Well that's too bad, 'cause you don't have a choice in the matter." he said. Just as he was about to drag Tea out the door, he was stopped by someone who came inside. As he looked closer, he saw that it was Atem and he was not very happy.

"Get your hands off of her." Atem hissed at him. Renku was shocked to see him standing there.

"That's not possible. You're not supposed to be here." he said. He was so shocked that he didn't even realize that Tea was free from his grip giving Atem the perfect chance to grab him by the collar and throw him across the room knocking out a few tables. Renku didn't get a chance to get up because Atem grabbed him again and punched repeatedly and kicking him in the gut. He grabbed his collar again and pushed him against the wall.

"Did you think those guys would hold me off while you came in here and harass Tea? Did you not remember our first meeting? I guess I needed to make it clear to you that I wasn't joking." he coldly said. Renku was breathing heavily and dripping blood from his nose and mouth.

"How did you escape from them? Those were top guys I hired to get rid of you." he said. Atem chuckled coldly.

"Well, I guess they didn't live up to their status because I beat them in ten seconds flat. You're messing with the wrong person. I gave you a warning before, but it seems that you didn't listen and now you're facing the consequences. Now I'm going to warn you again, if you come anywhere near Tea again or if I hear that you came near her, the next time we meet, I'll be sure to put you in the hospital. So if you care about your pathetic life, you'll take my advice. Now get out." he said viciously. He dropped Renku to the ground and he got up and ran out the door. It was quiet for a few minutes before Atem turned around to see Tea at the counter. His expression turned soft as he walked over to her.

"Are you okay?" he asked. Tea nodded.

"Yeah, I am. What happened before you got here?" she asked concerned. Atem sighed as he helped her clean up the mess that was caused during the fight.

"I was stopped by some guys when I was on my way to pick you up. They told me that someone was here talking to you and I had to get here as fast as could to get to you, right after I had a little wrestling match with them." he said.

"They didn't hurt you, did they?" she asked. Atem shook his head.

"No, I was more worried about you. This was no doubt a set-up." he said.

"Do you think that they'll come back?" Tea asked.

"I don't know, but be careful and stay on guard fro anything that seems suspicious to you. Why were you here by yourself anyway?" he asked.

"Cathy and Mrs.Kat had to leave so I volunteered to close up. I was about to leave and wait for you when Renku showed up." she explained. Atem nodded.

"Well, I'm glad you're okay. Come on, I'll take you home now." he said. Tea went behind the counter to grab her stuff and they both walked outside to get in the car, but not without someone watching them first.

Renku watched from the shadows as Atem and Tea drove away from the cafe. He walked over to the limo that was hiding in the dark parking lot and got inside to see his cousin filing her nails. She looked up when he closed the door and sat back in the seat.

"Damn, what happened to you?" she asked. Renku glared before he leaned back in the seat with his arm covering his eyes.

"I'll give you three guesses, I can't believe I got beaten by that jerk again. I got to find a way to get back at him." he said.

"So I'm guessing the plan didn't work. I told you those fools would mess up. Atem won't be taken down so easily, but don't worry, I'll just have to think up another fool proof plan." she said as she looked at her manicured nails.

"Well it better be good, 'cause I'm getting tired of running into that guy." Renku said as he wiped the blood from his mouth.

"Oh it will, trust me it will." she said with an evil smirk.

Atem and Tea arrived at her apartment door and Tea turned to Atem before she opened it.

"Thanks for driving me home and thanks for the spectacular weekend. I really enjoyed myself." she replied.

"Anytime, and I also enjoyed myself too. I can't wait to do it again." Atem said. Tea smiled.

"Me too, well I better get inside before it gets too late." she said. Atem nodded.

"Okay, you have a goodnight sleep and I'll see you tomorrow." he said. Then he leaned down to kiss her lightly on the cheek which made Tea blush. He pulled back and smiled softly to her.

"Goodnight Tea." he said.

"Goodnight Atem and thank you for tonight." she said back.

"You're welcome, sweet dreams." he said. He gave her one more look for the night before he turned and walked back outside to his car. As he got inside, he sighed thinking about what just happened tonight and it gave him more reason to stay by Tea at all cost. He wasn't willing to let anything happen to her. He started up his car and made his way home.

Whew, this was a long chapter to write. Tell me what you think and I'll update more soon. :D