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them, so please don't sue me!
Chapter 9: SIMON SAYS "EVERYBODY THANK TEA!"
After the match, Mai, Tea, and Vicky went to Mai's house so the girls could prepare for their date. Mai chose a short, slinky, smoke colored dress with a Mandarin collar and short sleeves for herself. She rustled through the clothes in her closet, and they agreed that Vicki should wear a midnight blue dress with a short, flared skirt and off-the-shoulder sleeves. Tea plaited Vicki's hair in a loose, sexy French braid and then she did Vicki's make-up while Mai was making her own preparations.
Kaiba's limo pulled up in front of Mai's house, and Kaiba himself got out of the limo and handed Vicki and Mai into it. He was dressed in a navy blue suit. Tea stood on Mai's porch and waved as the limo pulled away. When it arrived at Joey's place, Yugi and Tristan were waiting with Joey, who was wearing a charcoal gray suit. Joey was carrying two yellow roses, and he gave one to each of the girls after he slid into the limo. *Why didn't I think of that?* Kaiba asked himself.
There was very little conversation, almost as if they were afraid to get Joey and Kaiba wound up for battle. The limo stopped outside an exclusive, elegant restaurant, 'Willow Blues.' Kaiba and Joey helped the girls out of the limo, and they walked inside.
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The next morning, Joey entered the game shop. Yugi and Tristan were watching HBO. Joey went in and flopped down in a chair. "Hi guys."
Yugi picked up the remote and turned off the TV. "Hi, Joey. So how did everything go last night? Did you have a good time?"
"I don't wanna talk about it, Yug." Joey said in a flat voice, staring straight ahead at the wall.
"So where's Vicki, Joey?"
Joey shrugged. "I'm not sure." He grabbed up the remote and turned the TV back on.
As Joey sat back down, Yugi and Tristan noticed that Joey was wearing very dark sunglasses. They looked at each other in alarm. "Did you get into a fight with Kaiba?"
"I don't want to talk about it, Yug. But I'm going to pay Tea back by giving her phone number to every member of the varsity chess squad cuz she's got a serious crush on 'em."
Yugi and Tristan looked at each other again, then started laughing.
"Do you think we should even try asking Kaiba about last night?" Tristan asked Yugi. Yugi just shook his head. "I knew I should have trailed them with a video camera!!"
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Mokuba was at the kitchen counter eating Cheerios when Kaiba joined him. Mokuba looked at his brother, then quickly looked down at the bowl in front of him. Kaiba fixed himself a bowl of cereal. He placed it on the counter beside his brother's, then sat down. "Good morning, little brother, " he said before he dipped the spoon into the bowl and carried it to his mouth.
"Did you have a good time last night, Seto?" Mokuba finally asked.
Kaiba chewed the food in his mouth 35 times before he swallowed it. "I don't want to talk about last night, Mokuba," he finally said.
"Did Vicki beat you up again, big brother?"
Kaiba chewed the next bite of cereal 35 times before he swallowed it. "I don't want to talk about last night, Mokuba."
"Someone gave you those black eyes, Seto."
Kaiba chewed the food in his mouth 35 times before he swallowed it. "That's true, but I don't want to talk about last night, Mokuba."
"Will you be seeing Vicki again, Seto?"
Kaiba chewed the food in his mouth 100 times and wouldn't swallow it.
"Never mind...You don't want to talk about it, big brother."
*I am going to have web cams installed in Tea's shower and give her a kinky website of her own. That should pay her back for setting up that double date.* Kaiba promised himself. *Thank heaven, I won't have to watch them! But there will be plenty of perverts who will!* Kaiba gloated.
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A little while later, Tea called Mai to ask her how the date had went.
"I don't want to talk about it, Tea," Mai replied in a stony voice. She was lying on her bed with an ice pack over her right wrist..
"How did you get along with Joey?"
..silence..
"Did Kaiba get anywhere with Vicki last night?"
..silence..
Mai, are you still there?
...click.
"Tea Gardner, I'm going to send Weevil and Rex Raptor a couple of very torrid love letters with your name on them just to pay you back, because I believe this double date was your idea?" Mai finally said with satisfaction.
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Tea hung up her phone and grabbed her purse. She ran out of her room and out the front door, heading for the game shop. She knew that the double date hadn't gone well, so she wanted to see if anyone had heard from Joey or Vicki about last night.
She was passing an alley when she felt someone shove her hard between her shoulder blades. She managed to regain her balance, so she didn't fall. She spun around, but no one was there.
"What's the matter, little girl, scared?" A voice whispered near her left ear. Tea looked over her left shoulder, but couldn't see anyone. She felt her shirt being pulled, clutched in a hand, then she was raised off the ground and thrown backwards. Her spine slammed into one of the walls, and she slowly slid down it, to sprawl in a heap. She still couldn't see anyone. She couldn't move. Her eyes closed, and her head flopped forward. As she slid into a roaring, black void, she thought she heard,
"Thank you, Tea."
[end chapter 9
Author's note: I can't tell you what happened last night. I've tried with Joey, Mai, and Kaiba, but they just don't want to talk about it. I'm too scared to ask Vicki...did you see what she did to Tea? [OuO]
Ok...I need advice...I've been hinting that Vicki is more than reckless...she's dangerous. And so things may be a little suspenseful (but not gory) here...do I need to change the genre from romance / humor to something else? Oh, just so you know, I do plan a happy ending (for Joey and Mai, at least) and no character deaths.
Thanks to AnImE-PrInCeZz78, Magicman/Smokegirl, Archer of the Blue Mist, Ryo, NightEyes, and Angel-Belle for your encouragement, help, and advice.
For anyone that may be a huge Tea fan, I'm sorry that she was attacked.]
Chapter 9: SIMON SAYS "EVERYBODY THANK TEA!"
After the match, Mai, Tea, and Vicky went to Mai's house so the girls could prepare for their date. Mai chose a short, slinky, smoke colored dress with a Mandarin collar and short sleeves for herself. She rustled through the clothes in her closet, and they agreed that Vicki should wear a midnight blue dress with a short, flared skirt and off-the-shoulder sleeves. Tea plaited Vicki's hair in a loose, sexy French braid and then she did Vicki's make-up while Mai was making her own preparations.
Kaiba's limo pulled up in front of Mai's house, and Kaiba himself got out of the limo and handed Vicki and Mai into it. He was dressed in a navy blue suit. Tea stood on Mai's porch and waved as the limo pulled away. When it arrived at Joey's place, Yugi and Tristan were waiting with Joey, who was wearing a charcoal gray suit. Joey was carrying two yellow roses, and he gave one to each of the girls after he slid into the limo. *Why didn't I think of that?* Kaiba asked himself.
There was very little conversation, almost as if they were afraid to get Joey and Kaiba wound up for battle. The limo stopped outside an exclusive, elegant restaurant, 'Willow Blues.' Kaiba and Joey helped the girls out of the limo, and they walked inside.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
The next morning, Joey entered the game shop. Yugi and Tristan were watching HBO. Joey went in and flopped down in a chair. "Hi guys."
Yugi picked up the remote and turned off the TV. "Hi, Joey. So how did everything go last night? Did you have a good time?"
"I don't wanna talk about it, Yug." Joey said in a flat voice, staring straight ahead at the wall.
"So where's Vicki, Joey?"
Joey shrugged. "I'm not sure." He grabbed up the remote and turned the TV back on.
As Joey sat back down, Yugi and Tristan noticed that Joey was wearing very dark sunglasses. They looked at each other in alarm. "Did you get into a fight with Kaiba?"
"I don't want to talk about it, Yug. But I'm going to pay Tea back by giving her phone number to every member of the varsity chess squad cuz she's got a serious crush on 'em."
Yugi and Tristan looked at each other again, then started laughing.
"Do you think we should even try asking Kaiba about last night?" Tristan asked Yugi. Yugi just shook his head. "I knew I should have trailed them with a video camera!!"
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Mokuba was at the kitchen counter eating Cheerios when Kaiba joined him. Mokuba looked at his brother, then quickly looked down at the bowl in front of him. Kaiba fixed himself a bowl of cereal. He placed it on the counter beside his brother's, then sat down. "Good morning, little brother, " he said before he dipped the spoon into the bowl and carried it to his mouth.
"Did you have a good time last night, Seto?" Mokuba finally asked.
Kaiba chewed the food in his mouth 35 times before he swallowed it. "I don't want to talk about last night, Mokuba," he finally said.
"Did Vicki beat you up again, big brother?"
Kaiba chewed the next bite of cereal 35 times before he swallowed it. "I don't want to talk about last night, Mokuba."
"Someone gave you those black eyes, Seto."
Kaiba chewed the food in his mouth 35 times before he swallowed it. "That's true, but I don't want to talk about last night, Mokuba."
"Will you be seeing Vicki again, Seto?"
Kaiba chewed the food in his mouth 100 times and wouldn't swallow it.
"Never mind...You don't want to talk about it, big brother."
*I am going to have web cams installed in Tea's shower and give her a kinky website of her own. That should pay her back for setting up that double date.* Kaiba promised himself. *Thank heaven, I won't have to watch them! But there will be plenty of perverts who will!* Kaiba gloated.
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A little while later, Tea called Mai to ask her how the date had went.
"I don't want to talk about it, Tea," Mai replied in a stony voice. She was lying on her bed with an ice pack over her right wrist..
"How did you get along with Joey?"
..silence..
"Did Kaiba get anywhere with Vicki last night?"
..silence..
Mai, are you still there?
...click.
"Tea Gardner, I'm going to send Weevil and Rex Raptor a couple of very torrid love letters with your name on them just to pay you back, because I believe this double date was your idea?" Mai finally said with satisfaction.
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Tea hung up her phone and grabbed her purse. She ran out of her room and out the front door, heading for the game shop. She knew that the double date hadn't gone well, so she wanted to see if anyone had heard from Joey or Vicki about last night.
She was passing an alley when she felt someone shove her hard between her shoulder blades. She managed to regain her balance, so she didn't fall. She spun around, but no one was there.
"What's the matter, little girl, scared?" A voice whispered near her left ear. Tea looked over her left shoulder, but couldn't see anyone. She felt her shirt being pulled, clutched in a hand, then she was raised off the ground and thrown backwards. Her spine slammed into one of the walls, and she slowly slid down it, to sprawl in a heap. She still couldn't see anyone. She couldn't move. Her eyes closed, and her head flopped forward. As she slid into a roaring, black void, she thought she heard,
"Thank you, Tea."
[end chapter 9
Author's note: I can't tell you what happened last night. I've tried with Joey, Mai, and Kaiba, but they just don't want to talk about it. I'm too scared to ask Vicki...did you see what she did to Tea? [OuO]
Ok...I need advice...I've been hinting that Vicki is more than reckless...she's dangerous. And so things may be a little suspenseful (but not gory) here...do I need to change the genre from romance / humor to something else? Oh, just so you know, I do plan a happy ending (for Joey and Mai, at least) and no character deaths.
Thanks to AnImE-PrInCeZz78, Magicman/Smokegirl, Archer of the Blue Mist, Ryo, NightEyes, and Angel-Belle for your encouragement, help, and advice.
For anyone that may be a huge Tea fan, I'm sorry that she was attacked.]