Chapter Two:

Wake Up!

Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! Is not mine! I'm not sure if the "Seaside Shack" is an actual place, but, if it is, I don't own it, either.

DOOM Fangirl: "Alrighty, then! Now, we can start the friggin' story! WHOOOOOO! Anyhow, in this chapter, the former bikers have been living with Marie for about three weeks. Read and review!"

Marie had just come in from her morning jog (which runs from 5:00 AM to 6:30 AM), and she found Alister in the kitchen/dining room.

"Here," he said, handing her a cup of coffee.

"Thanks," she replied, taking the cup and taking a sip.

"I gotta get going," the redhead told her. "Work starts at 7:00 for me."

"Okay. You're working at the "Seaside Shack" on the beach now, right?" Marie asked

Alister, although he hadn't lived in the area long, had already had five jobs. This was, most likely, due to his bad temper.

"Yeah," he replied, grabbing his helmet (they all still have their motorcycles), and starting to leave.

"Alister!" Marie called after him.

"Hmm?" he asked, turning back to her.

"You forgot your lunch!" Marie said, pointing to the four boxed lunches on the kitchen counter.

She always made four every morning before her jog; one for her, and one for each of her tenants.

"Oh. Thanks," he said grabbing it.

"Oh, and," she smiled, "have a nice day."

"You, too."

At around 6:45, Raphael came into the kitchen.

"Good morning, Raphael," Marie greeted him.

"Morning," he replied.

They chatted idly, while the blond drank his coffee.

At around 7:00, Marie said, "Shouldn't you wake Valon up?"

"It's Alister's turn to do that," he replied.

"Um…he…already left for work," Marie said.

"WHAT? He knows it's his turn!"

Getting Valon out of bed was a chore of sorts that Raphael and Alister took turns doing.

"Um, I…I know you have to go to work soon," Marie said quietly, not used to seeing the blond get all angry and kinda scary, considering his size. "I-I'll get him up."

"No, that's okay-I'll…"

"No, really; I'll do it," she told him. "I don't mind!"

"Oh…Alright then…Good luck." God knows, you'll be needing it…

So, as Raphael got ready to go to Pizza Hut, where he worked, Marie went to Valon's room.

First, just to be polite, she knocked on the door and said, in an elevated voice, "Valon! Are you up?"

Silence.

Marie opened the door, and looked to the bed, where she saw a lump (that was, presumably, Valon) under the covers.

"Valon?" she asked going over to the bed.

Silence.

She poked the lump with one finger.

Valon, who had just been poked in the stomach squealed like a little pig.

"Valon?" she asked, a little alarmed by the sound.

Marie poked him again, and got the same result.

She sighed and pulled the covers off of him.

He curled up into a ball.

She poked him again.

"Stop!" he whined. "That tickles!"

This gave Marie an idea.

She started to tickle him.

"H-hey!" he giggled. "C-cut it out!" he tried to get away from his landlady, but she was surprisingly strong.

"O-okay! I'm up; I'm up!"

She stepped back and he got up.

It was just then that Marie noticed that the brunette wasn't wearing anything, save a pair of green briefs, which she found embarrassing.

She turned away and said, "Um, uh…Y-you just…get dressed, okay? I'll have a cup of tea ready for you when you get downstairs. You're going job-hunting, today, right?"

Valon was doing even worse than Alister-he couldn't even get a job to begin with!

"Yeah," he replied, then put a hand on her shoulder and said, "Thanks, Rie. I don't know what I'd do without ya."

She smiled at the nickname he'd given her, said, "Your welcome," and left the room.

When she got downstairs, she noticed that Alister was back and looking in the "Help Wanted" section of the newspaper.

Marie sighed. "What happened this time?" she asked.

"Guy came up to me and said, 'Hey, pretty lady. Wanna have some fun?' to me, so I punched him and got fired," he replied casually.

She sighed again.

DOOM Fangirl: "Well, that's the end of thischapter. So, leave a review, okay? See you in the next chapter!"