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Chapter Twenty-Six

At Mariano's Restaurant:

After Samuel and Ishizu had a very delicious meal, Samuel paid the bill and they left. When they got outside, Samuel said, "Would you like to come back to my apartment, we could talk there?"

Ishizu said, "Alright." So Samuel drove back to his apartment and when he opened the door and Ishizu went inside, he closed the door and said, "Let's sit over here, now please tell me what's wrong, I've been worried that you found someone else."

Ishizu sat down, Samuel sat beside her, and then as tears filled her eyes she said, "When I was a young girl, my dad forced me to have sex with men so he could get the money for his booze and drugs.

I had a high fever from being exposed to some of those men, and from the cold weather, my dad wouldn't let me come home. When Helga found me and took me to the hospital, I was so sick they didn't know if I'd make it or not.

Samuel took Ishizu into his arms and said, "What happened to you was horrible, but that is the past, you've become a beautiful young lady and I love you."

Ishizu laid her head on his shoulder and said, "I was so terrified to tell you, but my brother told me to be honest with you, that he believed that you'd understand and wouldn't judge me."

Samuel kissed her head as he hugged her and then he said, "Your brother is very smart, Ishizu, I love you for the person you are now, and I always will. When we get out of College will you marry me?"

Ishizu sat up and looked at him and as tears of happiness fell down her face, Ishizu said, "Yes I'll marry you, Samuel I love you now and always will."

Samuel then said, "Let's go tell your family." Ishizu smiled as she said, "Alright lets go."

At Bella's Restaurant:

Vincent and Mai had a very nice dinner and when they were through, he paid the bill and then he said, "Let's go to the park, we can talk there if that's alright with you."

Mai smiled at him and said, "Alright." So then, they left the restaurant and as he drove to the park, Vincent was so terrified that Mai was going to tell him that it was all over between them.

When he parked his car and they got out, he held her hand as they started to walk, as they walked Mai was terrified that when she told him about her past that he'd leave her.

They came to a bench that overlooked the small lake and they sat down, then Vincent said, "Mai, please tell me what's wrong, are you going to tell me that it's all over between us?"

Tears filled her eyes as she said, "No, I love you and I hope that you'll still love me after I tell you about my past, when I was little I was force to let men grope me and for a price they could force me to have sex with them.

Then my Aunt taught me to steal and what I got she hocked so that they could have money to support their drug habits. It got so bad that I eventually ended up in the hospital, that's where I met Helga and Roland came into the picture.

Tears were running down her face as she sat there wondering if he'd tell her it was over, but to her surprise, Vincent put his arm around her had pulled her close and said, "Mai, what happened to you when you were young was horrible, but I love you for who you are now."

Mai couldn't believe that he was saying that he still loved her, then she kissed him and as Vincent returned the kiss, she knew that no matter what he loved her.

When Vincent lifted his head he said, "Mai, when we get out of College will you marry me?" Mai looked into his beautiful blue eyes and as tears ran down her face, Mai said, "Yes, I'll marry you."

Mai then said, "Can we go tell my parents?" Vincent kissed her again and then he said, "Let's go."

At the Manor:

Helga was worried about her daughters; would their beau's understand when they told them about what happened to them when they were young girls?

Just then, the front door opened and four very happy young people came in and they were all laughing. Helga went to see what was so funny, when she saw who was doing all the laughing she asked, "What's going on?"

Ishizu and Mai both said, "Mom, go get dad, we've got good news to tell both of you." When Helga and Roland got back, Roland said, "What's going on, your mom said that you have good news to tell us."

Samuel and Vincent walked over to where Roland was and one by one, they said, "Mr. O'Brien, we would like to have your blessings, we've asked Ishizu and Mai to marry us after we've all graduated from College."

Just then, Seto, Joey, Yugi, Ryou, Malik, Serenity and Mokie came into the room and when they heard what Samuel and Vincent said, Mokie said, "Yeah, Ishizu and Mai are going to get married." Then the others came over and started hugging everyone and then Tea looked at Serenity and she said, "Wonder which one of us will get engaged next?"

Roland said, "Alright, that's enough talking about getting married, both of you are too young." Helga laughed and said, "Dad, they are growing up and soon you'll have to realize that one day one of them will come and tell us that they are going to get married."

Roland smiled down at his wife and said, "You're right, but do you realize that we have three young boys who are growing up and one day one of them will come and say, Mom I asked my girlfriend to marry me."

Well that did it; Helga's eyes flashed and Roland took off running with Helga after him. Samuel said, "Is you dad going to be alright?"

Ishizu laughed and said, "This happens all the time, sometimes it's mom who gets dad to chase her, it's just their way of showing the other that they still and will always love each other."

Mokie said, "Daddy likes when Mommy chases him, then they kiss and make up." Vincent laughed and then Mai said, "Out of the mouth of babes." When Roland came back he was holding Helga's hand and they were smiling at each other like teenagers.

Then the front door opened and Bakura and Sasha came in and Bakura asked, "What's going on?"

Serenity said, "Samuel and Vincent asked Ishizu and Mai to marry them." Sasha hurried over and gave both Ishizu and Mai a hug and she said, "You're all going to wait until you graduate from College aren't you?"

Mai said, "You bet we are, Samuel and Vincent made us promise that we were all going to finish our schooling then we could talk about getting married."

Then Marik and Anthony, Yami and Armando came in and they saw everyone standing around laughing and Marik said, "What's going on?"

Roland said, "Your sisters are engaged to get married and I gave them my blessings." Marik then said, "Ishizu, Mai, please tell us that you're both going to wait until you all graduate from College."

Samuel then said, "That's one thing that Vincent and I said, "We all have to get out education first, then marriage second."

Yugi, Ryou and Malik all said, "We're never going to get married, it's just to much trouble. First you have to find someone that you'll want to spend your lives with, heck we're happy now, why would we want to anything different."

Roland ruffled their hair and he said, "Boys, one day all of you will change your thinking, when you find that special person, believe me." Then Mokie looked up at his mom and said, "Mommy will I get married someday too?"

As tears ran down Helga's face, she looked down at him as she wiped away the tears, she said, "Yes my baby, one day you'll find someone you'll love and then you'll want to marry that special someone."

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Chapter Twenty-Seven Coming up..