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Luckygirl777
Tea-The Chosen One
Lady-Wicca666
dancers of the night
AkioftheAkatsuki
Takashi Kusinagi
Lady Teela'Na
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 6
It has been exactly two days since Renku and those guys showed up and Atem and Tea have been keeping their guard up. Atem was sitting at home taking care of some work, but he wasn't able to concentrate. All he could think about is whether or not Renku decides to come back. Was he working alone or did he have someone working with him to keep him away from Tea? He didn't know exactly what was going on, but he does know that has to protect Tea no matter what. He wasn't going to lose the best thing that ever happened to him in his life to some obsessive guy who thinks he owns anything and anyone he sets his eyes on. He sighed a breath of relief when he finished his last paper so he set everything back in his briefcase and looked at the clock to see it was nine in the morning so he decided to head out. He had to pick out a birthday gift for Alicia and get ready to go to her party that will be starting at three. Also, he wanted to meet up with Tea before they go.
Since the cafe was closed for the week, Tea decided to use her free time to pick up a gift for little Alicia. She was at the mall's toy store to try and pick out a nice gift for her, but that was easier said than done. There were so many to choose from and it was no telling what she would like. Tea was having a tough time trying to decide if she could get her a doll or a talking children's book for her. She sighed when she couldn't figure out what to get her.
'This would be alot easier if I knew what she liked. I can't even remember what I played with when I was three.' she thought as she continued to walk around the toy aisle. There were so many toys to choose from, talking babies, stuffed animals, dolls and bouncing balls. She didn't realize how hard it was just to shop for a little girl. Just when she was about to bang her head against the wall, she felt someone place a hand on her shoulder and she turned to see Atem. She sighed in relief when she saw him thinking it was Renku again.
"Atem, you scared me." she said. Atem smiled at her.
"Sorry, it's just I saw you over here and thought we could shop together. Are you picking out a toy for yourself?" he asked jokingly. Tea glared at him playfully.
"Ha ha, very funny. I'm actually trying to pick out a gift for Alicia, but I just don't know what to get for her." she said. Atem grabbed her hand and led her through the toy store.
"I guess great minds do think alike. I'm here to pick out a gift too, but we're in the wrong section of the store. Let's go over to the other side and see what we can find." he said. So they both walked over to the side where all of the toy animals were displayed. There were so many animals on the shelves that it could be turned into a little mini zoo. Atem led her over to the tigers and stopped in front of them.
"If Alicia likes anything, she just adores tigers. No matter what it is, if it has a tiger on it, she'll be completely happy." he said. Tea giggled.
"Really? Wow, she sounds like she could be an adventurous little girl." she said.
"Oh yeah, she's the kind of girl who never sits still, but she's a good girl. So do you see anything here that she might like?" he asked. Tea looked over through each shelf carefully trying to find the right gift, until she found a section where you can pick out a stuffed animal and dress it up anyway that you choose to. She looked over to Atem when she figured out what to buy.
"Does Alicia like anything else besides tigers?" she asked. Atem stood for a second thinking.
"Um, she also likes fairy tale princesses, why?" he said. Tea smiled and walked over to the bears with Atem following her. She looked through every selection until she found a stuffed tiger. When Tea picked it up, she looked through the different color princess outfits and turned back to Atem again.
"I'm going to dress a tiger up for her. Do you know what her favorite color is?" she asked. Atem nodded.
"It's pink." he said. Tea turned back around and found the perfect pink princess dress. It short sleeved with little glittery flowers on the bottom of the dress and a white sash around the waistline. Tea knew that this was the perfect dress for the tiger so she dressed her up in it. Once that was done, she searched for a princess hat to match and picked up a pink one with a sparkling veil attached to it and put it on the tiger's head. She gazed at her work and turned around to show it to Atem.
"What do you think? You think she'll like it?" she asked. Atem was amazed at what she put together.
"It's beautiful, I think she'll love it. Now I have to find something for her." he said.
"Okay, I'm going to find a gift bag and put some more stuff inside it and I'll meet you at the check-out counter." she said.
"Alright, I'll be done in a few." he said and he walked over to where the other stuffed toys were. Tea went to pick out a pink gift bag big enough for her to put in the tiger princess and some other things she wanted to add. She walked through the aisles and found some tiger crayons, two tiger coloring books and tiger stickers. Once she got everything she needed, she walked over to the check-out counter to pay for her items. She felt something furry on her shoulder as she was walking to the counter and turned around to see a giant overstuffed tiger behind her and she freaked out.
"AHHHH!" she screamed. She fell to the ground dropping her stuff in the process and heard someone laughing behind the tiger. She saw Atem peek his head around it as she glared at him.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist." he said still laughing. After Tea picked up the stuff she dropped, she turned her back to him without saying a word. Atem noticed and tried to catch up to her.
"Hey, you're not mad at me, are you? C'mon, it was just a joke." he said. Tea was still walking trying to think of something to get him back with when she saw a bunch of toy spiders all gathered in a bucket. She pretended to walk over to look for something else with Atem following her again.
"Please don't give me the silent treatment, I didn't mean to scare you." he said as he desperately tried to get her to talk to him. What he didn't know was that she silently picked a rubber spider and held it in her hand waiting for the perfect moment to throw it at him. When she turned around he was still telling her how sorry he was so she took the initiative to throw the spider at him.
"I promise I won't do it again so please don't-AHHHH SPIDER!" he yelled as he fell to the floor when he felt it hit his chest. He noticed that it was just a toy and looked up to see Tea laughing.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist." she mockingly said as she continued laughing. Atem was stunned for a second before he started laughing along with her. She helped him up off the floor and put the spider back in the bucket.
"Okay, okay I deserved that. Let's call it even." he said as he held out his hand to her. Tea giggled as she took his hand into hers.
"Alright, we're even, now let's go pay for this stuff. By the way, what made you pick up that huge stuffed tiger?" she asked. Atem laughed again while he carried the tiger on his back.
"Well, Alicia also likes big things that she can climb on so I thought that this would make her happy." he said. After they got in line and paid for the items, they left the toy sore and walked around the mall.
"So, no work today?" he asked. Tea shook her head.
"No, the cafe's closed for the week. Mrs. Kat is out of town visiting her family and Cathy and Lisa have gone for a dancing audition in California." she said.
"Well, it looks like you're free the whole day. You don't mind tagging along with me today, do you?" he asked as he raised his eyebrows. Tea giggled at the look he was giving her.
"I guess I don't since I have nothing better to do." she said. As they were walking, Atem's cellphone rang and he put down the tiger he was carrying to answer it. He looked down on the screen to see that it was Katie calling.
"Hello." he answered.
"Hey Atem, I was wondering if you could come over and help Koji and I with decorating the party."she asked.
"Yeah sure, is it alot to do?"
"Uh-huh, plus the birthday girl doesn't want to keep still. Oh yeah, you could bring Tea over too. It would be the perfect time to meet her."
"Well, she's standing right here next to me. I'm sure won't mind coming to help out." He turned to her to see if she would and she nodded her head agreeing with him.
"Thanks boss, I'll see you soon."
"Alright, we'll be there in a few." he said and hung up to end the call. He turned back to look at Tea when he put his phone back in his pocket.
"Well it looks like we'll be helping set up the party. Plus my secretary is dying to meet you ever since I told her about you." he said picking up the stuffed tiger again. They walked out of the mall to the parking lot and Atem put the tiger in the backseat of the car. He and Tea got inside and started up the car to drive down to Katie's house. As they were leaving, they were being watched by two people hiding in a limo in a shaded area of the parking lot. The window went down to reveal Rachel with a sneer look on her face and she turned in her seat to look at Renku.
"I'm getting really sick of your wench hanging around my Atem." she said. Renku scoffed at her.
"Well then come up with an idea and you won't have to worry about it." he said. Rachel tapped her chin and suddenly had a smirk planted on her face.
"I just came up with a great plan. That cafe she works at is closed for a few days, right?" she asked.
"Yeah, so what?"
"Here's what I'm going to do. Atem's going to that little brat's birthday party today and I'm going to show up too." she said. Renku laughed.
"A kiddy party, huh? You know that's not a bad idea. I need something to do anyway." Rachel turned and glared at him.
"No you dumb-ass, you can't go along because they will get suspicious and know that were plotting together. Besides, you won't be bored because I have something for you to do along with some friends I hired to take care of a little task I had in mind and it involves that wonderful little cafe." she said. Renku watch her with a half-lidded confused look as she said that.
"And what do you want me to do?" he asked.
"I'll explain the details later. If everything goes as planned at this party, there won't be any use to it, but if it doesn't, well I guess I'll have to be bringing some fireworks." she said. Then she told the limo driver take her to the birthday party.
Atem and Tea arrived at Katie's house and they stepped out the car to walk up to the door and ring the bell. They waited for a few seconds, but not without hearing a few thumps and squeals coming from inside. Atem and Tea turned to each other and then back at the door.
"I guess Katie wasn't lying when she said Alicia wouldn't keep still." he said. Just as he said that, the door opened revealing Koji all covered with silly string. He led them inside and closed the door.
"What happened to you?" asked Atem. Koji sighed and pointed to the kitchen.
"Apparently, Alicia found some silly string and thought it would be fun to spray it everywhere." he said. Atem chuckled lightly while Tea covered her mouth trying not to laugh.
"I guess the birthday girl wanted to celebrate her own way, huh?" he said.
"Yeah, I guess." Koji turned when he noticed Tea standing next to Atem.
"Oh, where are my manners? You must be Tea, my wife and I have heard so much about you. My name is Koji." he said as he held out his hand for Tea to shake. Tea returned the gesture by shaking his hand.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you, I hope you don't mind that I came." she said. Koji waved his hand carelessly in the air and chuckled.
"Nonsense, any friends of Atem's are friends of ours. Let me just get Katie, she's been waiting to meet you ever since she's heard of you and I got to go and find a clean shirt so I can get rid of this silly string." he said. Koji stepped into the kitchen to let his wife know that they arrived. Suddenly, they heard some running and in came little Alicia with an excited smile on her face as she ran over to hug Atem's leg.
"Uncle Atem!" she squealed. Atem laughed and picked her up.
"Hi there birthday girl. I hear you been having some fun in the kitchen. Now what have you been up to?" he asked. Alicia giggled when Atem tapped her nose.
"I play game wit daddy. He a mess."she said. Tea was watching the both of them with a soft smile thinking how Atem was great with children. She turned around and looked out the window. Atem turned to see Tea staring out the window. He felt a tapping on his shoulder and turned to Alicia who wanted his attention.
"Who that?" she asked with a cute curious look.
"That's my new friend Tea. Would you like to go meet her?" Alicia nodded excitingly and Atem walked over to Tea. She turned when she heard Atem behind her carrying Alicia and greeted her with a smile.
"Hello Alicia." she said.
"Hi, you're pwetty." she said. Atem and Tea laughed when she said that and Atem turned his gaze to Tea.
"Yes, she's very pretty Alicia." he said. Tea blushed when she looked at Atem. She turned back to Alicia.
"Thank-you, but you know what, I think you are a very pretty girl yourself." she said.
"Tank-you." she said shyly. They didn't realize Koji and Katie stepping into the room as they were talking.
"I heard today is a your birthday. Are you excited?" she asked.
"Yes." Alicia said as she threw her arms up in excitement.
"Well I was wondering if you could help me. I have this cute little pink bag for a very special birthday girl, but you see, I'm having some trouble." she said. Alicia was listening intentionally.
"What wrong?" she asked. Tea lifted up the gift bag she had brought with her.
"It seems that I can't open it and I need three yr. old to help me find out what's inside." she said. Alicia gasped.
"I thwee yrs. old." she said holding up her three fingers.
"You are? Well then you can help me open it. Put your hand on top of the string and when I say 'now', we'll open the bag together, okay?" Tea said. Alicia nodded her head as she placed her hand on the bag getting ready to open it.
"What do you think is inside Alicia?" asked Atem pretending like doesn't know.
"I don't know." she said.
"Okay Alicia, now." said Tea. Alicia then pulled the bag open and was excited to see what was inside. She pulled out her present with a cute smile.
"A tig-gur pwincess. She pwetty." she said hugging her new toy.
"Do you like her?" Tea asked and Alicia nodded. She turned when she saw her parents standing behind her and Atem put her down so that she could run over to them.
"Mommy, Daddy look what I gots from Miss Tea." she said as she showed them all of the stuff that was in her bag.
"Wow, that's alot of stuff. Now what do you say to Miss Tea?" said Katie. Alicia turned and ran back to Tea to give her a hug.
"Tank-you Miss Tea." she said sweetly. Tea giggled from her cuteness.
"You are very welcome Alicia and Happy Birthday." Alicia ran over on the floor to play with her new stuff as Katie and Koji walked over to Atem and Tea.
"Hi, it's so nice of you to come Tea. My name is Katie and it's a pleasure to meet you. Atem has told us so much about you." she said. Tea turned to Atem to see a hint of red on his face and laughed.
"So I've heard. It's really nice to meet you too and I hope it was okay to give Alicia my gift now." Tea said. Katie waved her hand.
"Oh it's alright. Besides it'll give her something to do while we plan for her party and to get ready for the other kids too. I already picked up the cake before you guys got here so all we have to do is decorate the house. If we work now, we should be done in about an hour." Katie explained.
"Big tig-gur!" Everyone turned when they heard Alicia and saw she was standing in front of the stuffed animal that Atem bought. Katie's eyes widened.
"What in the world? Boss, what did you bring in my house?" she asked as she cocked her head to him while she placed her hands on her hips. Atem smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
"I brought a present for Alicia and I know it's big, but look on the bright side, you won't have to worry about her climbing all over your furniture." he said.
"You know honey, he does have a point." said Koji. Katie sighed and laughed.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Well let's get started on everything. Tea, could you help me in the kitchen? We can get to know each other while the guys stay in the living room and decorate." she said. Tea nodded.
"Sure, I would be happy to." she said. Katie clamped her hands together and smiled.
"Great, let's get started." Katie said. She then took Tea's hand and led her into the kitchen leaving the guys in standing in the room. Atem and Koji turned to each other and started chuckling.
"Looks like Katie's found a new best friend." said Koji. Atem nodded.
"Yeah, I think she did." he said.
"So, are you two getting along okay? Ask her out yet?" Koji asked.
"Yes and yes. I think she's starting to move on with her life, but her ex-boyfriend is doing everything he can to stop her form doing that." Koji was staring at Atem with confusion.
"What do you mean?" he asked as he started ot take the streamers out of the box to hang up.
"The day Tea and I came home from the ranch, she had to go to her job for a couple of hours. So when I went to go pick her up, I was stopped by some guys and they tried to keep me from getting to her. So after I took care of them, I drove down to the cafe and I saw that creep trying to force her to go with him." he said.
"No way, what did you do to him?" he asked. Atem snickered.
"What do you think I did? I beat the hell out of him." Koji started laughing so hard that he dropped the streamer that he was holding to grab his stomach.
"Oh man, I wish I was there when that happened." he said.
"Yeah, but I don't know if he's going to come back and try again and I haven't the slightest idea if he's got someone working for him to try and get me away from Tea. My main concern is protecting her should he decide to show up again." he said.
"Well, let me know if you need my help man." Koji said placing a hand on Atem's shoulder.
"Thanks." he said.
Katie and Tea were in the kitchen preparing food for when the little kids come while talking and laughing about carefree stuff. They were talking like they have been friends for years.
"So, while Koji was taking out some stuff from the closet, Alicia took it upon herself to slam the door while he was inside and he was stuck for about ten minutes. I had just came home from grocery shopping and noticed that it was quiet and when I went upstairs, she was sitting in my room with her picture book. When I asked where her father was, she said, 'daddy is hiiiiiiiding' and that's when I heard him pounding on the door." she said still laughing. Tea held her stomach as she was laughing from Katie's story. They calmed down once they were out of giggles and continued on the food.
"So, tell me a little about yourself Tea. Atem told me that he met you in a cafe you work in." Katie said. Tea nodded.
"Yeah, just a small cafe across town. Atem came in one night and I took his order. After we introduced ourselves and started talking, it was like we were old friends just meeting again after so many years. I don't think there's much about me to talk about except for the fact that I just broke up with my ex not too long ago from catching him with another woman and he's doing everything in his power to get back with me." she said.
"Oh, I'm sorry, he must be a real jerk. Well don't you worry, I'm sure there is someone out there who is going to give you the love you deserve, like Atem for example. I'm sure you and him would be the perfect couple." Katie said with stars in her eyes. Tea sighed.
"I'm glad you have the nice image in your head Katie, but I don't think that's going to happen." Katie snapped out of her daydream and turned to Tea.
"What do you mean? I think you two are perfect for each other. He told us that you guys went out to his brother's ranch last weekend, didn't you guys have a good time together?" she asked.
"Oh yeah, we did. It was the best time of my life, it's just I'm not sure if starting another relationship is the best thing for me right now." Tea said. Katie placed the tray of burgers on the counter and walked over to Tea.
"I hope you're not going to let that sleazeball stop you from finding someone who is going to love you unconditionally and Atem really cares about you. I think it would be a great idea for you and him to go out." she said.
"Well he and I did plan to do something together this week, but we both decided to take things slow. I think that there's something about Atem that's making me feel attracted to him so I need to see where these feelings lead me to." Tea said. Katie smiled when she heard this.
"Well I think it would be best for the both of you. Besides, Atem needs a girl who isn't just dating him for his money or posing to be in the next magazine. He wants someone who loves him just for being himself and I think you fit the category perfectly." Tea nodded her head.
"Yeah, I do care about him. We have so much in common so maybe it would be a good idea. I'm going to move on with my life." she said. Katie wrapped her arm around Tea and giggled.
"You go girl, that's what I'm talking about." Just then the doorbell rang indicating that there was someone at the door. Katie and Tea walked out of the kitchen to see Koji just about to answer the door. Once the door was opened, everyone had a glare on their face when they were greeted by none other than Rachel.
"Hello everybody, I'm ready to party." Rachel said in a fake cheery voice. She walked inside like she owned the place and stood in the living room. Katie walked over to her with a glare still on her face.
"Excuse me, but I don't remember giving you an invitation to my daughter's party so if you don't leave, I going to have to call the authorities." she hissed. Rachel placed a hand up to stop her.
"No reason to get hostile Katie, I just thought you needed some help setting up Amanda's party." she said.
"Her name is Alicia and I doubt that you would want to help so what are you really doing here?" said Atem. Rachel turned to him and walked over to stand in front of him.
"Oh Atem, I just wanted to make amends with you. I also wanted to apologize for acting so mean to Tea and hope that we could become friends. So what better way to start by celebrating the birthday of a cute little girl. So let's get started, I'm sure there something in the kitchen that still needs to be taken care of so why don't I take Tea along with me while you three stay here and finish decorating." Without waiting for everyone's response, she grabbed Tea's wrist making sure to add some pressure to it and pulled her into the kitchen. Atem, Katie and Koji all turned to each other with suspicious looks.
"So, what do you think?" asked Katie.
"Definitely not believing her." said Koji.
"I agree, she just better not say or do anything to Tea that would upset her. I'm going to be watching her very closely." Atem said as he and the others went to work on the living room.
Tea and Rachel were in the kitchen working on the food, or should I say Tea was mostly working while Rachel sitting on the counter filing her nails. Tea was uncomfortable being in the same room alone with the woman who lied about being Atem's fiancee. She didn't know what to expect so she just kept calm and kept her guard up. Rachel turned to look at her.
"Sooo Tea, how was your weekend?" she asked. Tea looked up from her job at the potato salad when Rachel spoke to her.
"It was fine." she muttered.
"That's nice, did you and Atem have a good time?" she asked.
"Yeah, I guess." Tea said.
"So what did you both do together?" Rachel asked. Tea was getting suspicious on why she was asking her all of these questions.
"What are you trying to do, pump information out of me?" she asked as she glared at her. Rachel placed a hand on her chest as she gave out a fake gasp.
"There's no reason to accuse me of anything Tea, I just wanted to know what you two did together. I mean I haven't been with Atem for a while and since you came along, he has no time for me anymore. I just wanted to know how everything was going with my future husband." she said as she went back to filing her nails. Tea clenched the spoon in her hand when Rachel said that.
"Atem said that he isn't marrying you, so why are you so determined to think otherwise?" Tea asked. Rachel hopped down from the counter-top and walked over to Tea.
"True, it does seem like he's not thinking about our engagement, but that's only because you're standing in the way. So, here's what I was thinking, I will give you ten thousand dollars in cold, hard cash if you tell Atem that you never want to see him again and you have to make it convincing so that he will believe you." she said with a smirk. Tea couldn't believe her ears. Rachel was actually bribing her into stopping her friendship with Atem. She gave her an icy, murderous look and grabbed the mustard that was on the counter and squirted all over Rachel's white silk blouse. Rachel shrieked in horror when Tea ruined her shirt.
"AAHHHHH! LOOK WHAT YOU"VE DONE! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THIS BLOUSE COST!" she screamed.
"You think you can bribe me with money and I'll just do your bidding. I don't want your filthy money and no amount of money is going to convince me to stop having a friendship with someone who has become the most important person in my life just because you can't have what you want. Now I see why Atem doesn't want to have anything to do with you and it'll be a miracle if you can find someone who is going to deal with your habits." Tea said coldly. Rachel growled angrily and turned to leave the kitchen, but not without looking back at Tea one last time before saying.
"You're going to be sorry, I"ll make sure you pay for everything with your life. Have an explosive week, Tea." she said as she stormed out of the kitchen leaving Tea to think about what she said.
'What did she mean by that?' she thought.
Rachel stormed out of the kitchen with a angry look and everyone looked up from their work and were surprised to see her all covered in mustard. Katie had a smirk on her face as she got up from the floor after blowing a few balloons and walked over to Rachel.
"What happened, couldn't figure out how to use the mustard?" she asked and Koji bursted out laughing. Rachel glared menacing at her before she turned to Atem and put on a fake helpless look.
"Oh Atem, I was only trying to be nice to Tea, but she just came at me and ruined my shirt." she said as she covered her face pretending to cry. Atem wasn't believing a word she was saying.
"You can be alot of things Rachel, but nice isn't one of them. You must have said something to Tea to make her do this and you know what, I'm glad she did." he said.
"My only regret is not being there to see it when she did it." said Katie. Alicia walked over to stand next to her parents and looked at Rachel.
"Eww! Mommy, Daddy dat lady is dirty." she said and Katie and Koji was laughing so hard that they clutched their stomachs. Rachel was about to burst with so much anger that she stormed out the house and called her limo to pick her up. When it came, Rachel got inside to see Renku sitting in the seat across from her and he started laughing at her appearance.
"What did you do, get into a fight with a ham sandwich and lost?" he asked still laughing. Rachel growled again and slammed the car door shut.
"Shut-up! It was that wench that did this to me. Remember that plan I was telling you about earlier, well it's about to be in motion." she said with an evil smile as the limo drove away.
Atem walked into the kitchen to see Tea sitting on one of the stools rolling a jar of mustard around on the counter-top. He walked over to take the seat next to her and waited until the right moment to break the silence. He looked up and saw her watching him.
"Are you okay?" he asked. Tea nodded and Atem reached his hand over to cover her hand that was still on the mustard.
"What happened in here?" he asked.
"Rachel tried to bribe me with ten thousand dollars in order for me to tell you that I never wanted to see you again and I had to make it convincing." she said. Atem eyes widened and he could feel his blood boiling with anger towards Rachel. He knew that when she stepped through the door and when she wanted to be alone with Tea was a sign of trouble.
"I'm sorry Tea, I knew something wasn't right and I didn't act on my instincts." he said with his head down. Tea turned to him and placed a hand on his cheek and Atem felt a spark through him from her soft hand when she turned his head to face her.
"Please don't think that this is all your fault. You're not to blame for anything and look on the bright side, at least she didn't do anything too serious that would ruin Alicia's birthday." she said. Atem nodded.
"True and she didn't do anything to hurt you. Now let's finish getting everything ready for the birthday girl." he said. Tea nodded and finished with the food with Atem's help. Finally after an hour of cooking and decorating, they were now finished setting up the party and the kids have arrived bringing gifts for little Alicia. There was music, games and food to be enjoyed for everyone. They all gathered around Alica as she was blowing the candles on the top of her birthday cake. Presents were opened by Alicia and she never been more excited by all of the new toys she received from her little friends. Pictures were taken by Katie as she and Koji looked upon the pretty smile of their daughter. After many hours of fun and games, it was now time for the party to end. So the parents gathered their kids and bundled them up in their coats to prepare for the trip to their homes. Once the last guest had left, Atem and Tea stayed to help Katie and Koji clean up. As soon as the house was back in order again, Atem and Tea were getting ready to leave.
"Thanks guys for helping out today." said Koji.
"No problem, we were happy to help." said Atem and Tea nodded agreeing. Katie came over with a tired Alicia in her arms.
"It was great having you here Tea. We hope we'll be seeing you more often." she said.
"Thank-you for having me and it was nice meeting you both too." Alicia turned just when Atem and Tea were just about to leave.
"Will you come back and pway with me again Miss Tea?" she asked in as she rubbed her tired little eyes.
"Of course I will. I'll come back soon, okay?" she said. Alicia nodded her head she leaned over to give Tea a hug. Then Atem and Tea left the house and got inside of the car and drove to Tea's apartment to drop her off. When they got to the door, Tea turned to Atem.
"Would you like to come in for a while?" she asked.
"Sure, that would be nice." he said. They both stepped inside her apartment and took off their coats.
"Do you want something to drink?" she asked walking into the kitchen. Atem nodded and as she was in the kitchen, it gave him a chance to look around her apartment. It was a nice size and very cozy like. He looked around the living room and saw pictures of her when she was small with two other people he guessed were her parents. Tea came back from the kitchen with two drinks for the both of them and sat down next to him after passing him his drink.
"Thank-you, so did you enjoy yourself today?" he asked as he sipped his drink. Tea nodded.
"Yeah I did, it was so much fun." she said.
"I'm glad, but I am exhausted. Playing with little kids takes alot of energy from you." he said as he leaned his head back on the sofa and closed his eyes. Tea smiled at his carefree look and stood up to get a blanket from her room and cover him up with it. When she made sure he was comfortable, she stood up to go back in her room when she was stopped by Atem's hand on her wrist. She looked behind her to see his eyes open.
"Stay here with me." he whispered. Tea looked down to him with a blush and nodded. She sat back down next to him and lifted the blanket so she could be closer. She was laying on his shoulder and he layed his head on hers.
"You smell so nice Tea." he said sleepily. Tea blushed and turned to face him.
"Thank-you. You should get some sleep." she said. Atem smiled and closed his eyes again. Tea placed her head back on his shoulder again listening to his calm breathing as he drifted to sleep. After a few minutes, Tea started to get sleepy herself so she closed her eyes and drifted into a peaceful sleep.
Oh man, by the time I'm done with this story, my fingers will fall off. (giggles) Anyway, tell me what you think of this chapter in your reviews. L8ter :D