Yay, I'm doing good! I'm actually UPDATING more. XD Enjoy!
Yugi: And she want's me to say that Yu-gi-oh does not belong to her!
Me: Ya, cause if it did, Yugi would get a kiss from Tea ^^
Yugi: Ya-...Wait what?! *blush*
Me: Nothing at all you short little cutie *pat pat*
Yugi: ...
The weekend had actually gone quite well. The group had gone to a new ice cream place that had just opened and afterward had gone to the arcade, to which Emily was actually quite good at. They were all there, except Sara. She had intended to come, all excited about going to the arcade and all, but then she had texted Tea saying that 'Something came up.' and left it at that. Yugi and the group were concerned as to why she would skip a group outing. Joey of course joked about her being nuts skipping out on the arcade and that the sky was falling because of it. They assumed she had gotten sick and had to stay home, but no one saw her for the rest of the week end. When Emily and Tea went to check on her, she wasn't home, and when Yugi tried calling her, she didn't pick up. Everyone started to become anxious, and hoped that she would be in school on Monday.
"Yugi, you should hurry, or you'll be late." Yugi snapped out of his thoughts and looked over to his door. Atem was leaning up against it, his hands in his pockets. Yugi saw on the look he had, and noticed that Atem was just as worried as he was and must've been thinking about Sara too. Yugi nodded slightly and got up to leave. As he passed Atem, he placed a hand on Yugi's shoulder. Yugi glanced at him,
"If Sara is in, tell her I said hello." Yugi blinked and nodded, smiling a little,
"I will." Atem smiled as Yugi left; saying bye to Atem and Solomon, before heading to school. He was lost in his thoughts most of the way, not really watching where he was going, and bumped into someone. He fell down and landed on his rump.
"Owowowow...S-Sorry! I didn't see you!" Yugi said, looking up to see a girl with long, blonde pigtails and piercing blue eyes glaring at him.
"Gee, ya THINK? Why don't you watch where your going, you pipsqueek?" Yugi jolted a little and looked down. He already had too much on his mind; he didn't need someone yelling at him for something he had already apologised for. "Hey!" The girl got in close to his face. "Look AT me when I'm talking to you, short stack!" Yugi jolted as the girl continued to glare at him.
"Why are you yelling at Yugi?" Yugi heard a voice say and recognized it. It was Emily. The pigtailed girl looked up and humphed.
"Not your concern. By the way, is that your natural hair color?" She asked. Yugi looked back at Emily and remembered she had blue hair. Emily nodded and said,
"Ya, it...it is...Why?" The girl laughed and her head turned a little, still looking at Emily,
"Wow. Your parents must be real freaks." Emily's face showed of severe shock. She looked like a child who had just lost their most favorite toy. Yugi was shocked as well. Why the heck was this unknown stranger making fun of Emily when she barely knows her? Yugi didn't care, and stood up on his feet, glaring back at the blonde girl as best he could. He was not generally a angry or hateful person; he didn't have such a bone in his body. But when his friends or family was made fun of or beaten down, he stood up for them, no matter how big the threat was,
"H-Hey! Leave her alone! You hardly know her!" The girl looked at Yugi as if he had grown two heads and Emily stood there, surprised at Yugi's action. Yugi was shaking a little, but held his ground.
"Oh ya? And what are you gonna do if I don't?" The girl asked. Yugi's blinked nervously, not really sure of what to do.
"Leave them alone Isabel." The three turned to see Sara standing there. Yugi and Emily looked at her, then Isabel, and then back to Sara again. Did they know each other?
"Well if it isn't the four-eyed dirty blonde. Are you here to make things even more dramatic?" Isabel said really snooty like. Sara gave her a death glare, like she was ready to kill anyone who got in her way. Emily and Yugi were a bit shaken up by this.
"I said...LEAVE. THEM. ALONE." Sara said, her voice low and threating. Isabel only scoffed and turned.
"Fine. See ya losers..." She started to walk away when Sara's voice stopped her.
"And for the record...My hair is a brown with blonde highlights in it." Isabel 'humphed' again and walked away.
"Sara!" The said girl saw both Emily and Yugi run to her.
"Oh. Hi you two." Sara put on a smile which could only be described as 'pure fake'. Not to mention her voice was almost completely monotone.
"Thank goodness you're alright! We haven't seen you since we had the game night!" Emily exclaimed. Sara looked at her before shrugging,
"Ya I know. Something...Came up. Sorta out of the blue, you know how my life is." She laughed, but it was just like her smile; absolutely fake. "Sorry I didn't let you guys know what I was up." She walked ahead, "By the way, don't listen to Isabel. She's just an idiot who has nothing better to do..." Yugi and Emily stared at Sarah as she continued to walk ahead of them. Sarah was not the type of person to call anyone someone names just like that, unless she was talking to a character of a game, but both knew she didn't look like she really want to put up with that kind of stuff right now. The two ran to catch up with her and walked with her the rest of the way to school. The walk was quiet; Emily and Yugi not really knowing what to say. As they entered the classroom, the rest of the gang saw Emily and Yugi first. Joey waved and said,
"Hey Yug. Hey Emily. Where's-" Before he could say anything else, Sara walked from behind the other two. The gang got silent, and the Sara said nothing, not even a 'hello', as she crossed the classroom to her desk. She just sat there, with her hands in her lap, not saying a word. She heard whispers from other classmates and evidently this got to her, as she stood up quickly from her chair, her hands making fists. She turned to face the class who were whispering about her, except Yugi and the gang of course.
"Look! If you guys have anything to say come and say it to my face!" The whole classroom got silent. Some even rushed to their seats, trying to avoid her intense stare. Yugi and the others looked at her and she looked at Yugi, her stare remaining, but something was different. She was staring at him with complete and udder sadness in her eyes. Yugi's eyebrows knitted together, as Sarah looked like she was holding back tears. What exactly was going on? She sat back down, her hands back in her lap. Everyone took their seats as the teacher entered the room.
"Good morning class."
"Good morning!" Everyone said, except for Sara of course.
"I will be checking your homework that you did over the weekend. Please bring out the worksheets you did." Sara stiffened up. Bakura noticed this and looked at her, since he sat right next to her.
"Sara? You ok?" He asked, but again, she said nothing. As the teacher finally reached Sara, he saw that her worksheet was not only unfinished, it wasn't even started. He crossed his arms and looked at her, "Sara?" The said girl jumped a little, her head still looking downwards.
"Y-Yes sir?" She felt everyone's gaze on her, making her fidget. She hated being stared at, it made her feel even more uncomfortable.
"Your worksheet isn't finished. Not started I might add." Some of the students giggled and chuckled. Yugi looked at them, feeling himself glare.
"I know..." Sara said, emotionless.
"You had the whole weekend to do it." The teacher said.
"I know..." Her voice finally cracked as the students who were giggling stopped almost immediately. The teacher looked at her and lead her outside of the classroom. The students remained quiet, trying to hear, but the teacher thought of this and shut the door. The gang looked the door, feeling both anxious and absolutely worried. The window to the classroom door was blurry, which made it harder to find out what was going on.
"Curse whoever made blurry windows..." Yugi turned to Joey, who had just said that. Yugi smiled a little, knowing that Joey wanted to lighten the mood, even though he was just as worried. After about a minute or two, the teacher walked Sara back to her desk to which she grabbed her purse and sketch book before leaving again. Now everyone was even more confused. The teacher made his way back to the front of the room before clearing his throat,
"Can I have everyone's attention?" In a way, he already had it. "Before anyone starts getting the wrong idea, Sara is just fine." Everyone started breathing a sigh of relief, "However..." A pause. "Her grandmother isn't doing so well and it's very likely she will pass, so I sent her to the nurse's office to calm down." Stunned. That was one word to describe the room at the moment. So that's why Sara didn't come with Yugi and the others or why she didn't pick up. She was down right depressed. Bakura raised his hand,
"Um, is it alright if I check on her?" The teacher blinked before nodding.
"If you want. Anyone want to join him?" Half the class stood up, as the teacher sweat dropped, "Um...Ok, guess that was a dumb question."
As the group, as well as other class mates made their way to the nurse's, Emily walked next to Yugi,
"Guess we got our answer after all." Yugi could only give a nod. When they made it to their destination, Sara was laying down. They assumed she was sleeping until,
"I...I just want things to go back to normal..." The gang approached her,
"Sara?" The said girl jolted a little before turning towards them. She dried her eyes and turned to them.
"Oh hey guys." She sat up, "Sorry for worrying you all. So I assumed you heard?" They all nodded and Sara sighed, "Guess I couldn't keep it from you guys huh?"
"No, in fact, worrying us was quite foolish you." Everyone jumped and saw that Atem was in the doorway.
"GAH. WHY do you keep DOING THAT?" Joey exclaimed. The Egyptian only blinked,
"I'm sorry what?" Joey sighed as Sara lowered her head,
"I know it was foolish. It's just unfair...Ever since I was I kid, she was always there..." Tears fell from her eyes again as her voice cracked, "No matter what I did, my grandma ends up dying anyway...The hospital gave this back to me..." She pulled out a folded picture from her pocket and opened it. Her anger rising, she crumbled it up, and threw it to the side. Yugi stared at her.
"Sara...It's...It's not your fault she's dying. Why would you even think that?" Sara looked at him, then shut her eyes tight.
"Cause...She always did things for me...And I couldn't do a single thing to help her now..." Bakura walked over and said,
"That's completly untrue. You giving her the picture I think made her more than happy. No matter what, she loved you because you were always yourself." Atem did the same,
"That's right. I remembered you told us you used to visit and go swimming with her. I think she always got joy out of doing that." Sara looked at them wide eyed. Emily walked over to the crumbled up picture and opened it up. She walked back over and held it out to Sara.
"I think she would want you to have this. It's too beautiful to throw away. You should always remember your grandma for who she was, not how she died." Sara slowly took the wrinkled piece of paper from Emily and stared at the picture. She finally broke down, holding the picture close. Ryou placed a hand on her shoulder, smiling as the others got close, helping her calm down. After another 3 minutes, she had completly calmed down. Sara turned to the gang and said,
"I'm sorry for not contacting you guys...I didn't mean to...I'm sorry if I made you mad." The group blinked and smiled. They couldn't be mad at her,
"We're not mad Sarah. You were just upset and your actions are understandable." Yugi stated. Sara stared at him and, once again, started crying. Yugi panicked, before she wrapped him a tight hug.
"Your so nice Yugi! Thank you! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Yugi smiled, but was being crushed.
"I-It's ok Sara, but...can you let go...? I can't breathe!" Sara quickly let go of him and bowed,
"I-I'm sorry!" Bakura chuckled and said,
"We know Sara." Sara sweatdropped and blushed, straightening up.
"I guess...We're going to need to make up a lot of notes..." Everyone sighed as Bakura smiled,
"Not really. Today is just a prepration for the Halloween dance in a few days." Yugi and the others looked at him, shocked.
"Y-You knew that?" Emily asked as Bakura nodded,
"Of course. That's why I didn't think the teacher would care if I brought Sarah up here." Everyone, except Bakura, formed a mini huddle and whispered to eachother, sweatdropping.
"I never knew about that!"
"How long were we left in the dark?"
"I never heard about the dance until now." Bakura then said,
"Well, if it helps, I actually segguested it to the teacher when Sara was on the roof the other day. I came in late and I saw you guys heading up to the roof. I guess I should've mentioned it to you guys huh?" Everyone turned to him; leaving the mini huddle,
"It's alright, but now I don't know what to wear!" Emily said, and Sara nodded in a agreement.
"Me neither!" The boys sweatdropped as they headed back to class. As they headed down the stairs, they saw everyone in groups, making different preprations for the dance. Sara sighed,
"If I wasn't wollowing in my self pity, I could've offered to draw posters." Yugi shook his head
"You weren't wollowing in your self pity Sara. It's ok to cry when your upset, especially with your current situation" Sara blinked before hugging him tightly again,
"Your sooo sweet!" Yugi blushed as while the group sweat dropped. While Emily wasn't looking, she tripped on a roll of streamers and fell forward down the stairs. Tea tried to grab her, but she came up short. Emily shut her eyes tight, preparing for impact, when something stopped her. Her eyes opened slowly, to see Atem holding her as he knelt on the ground, supposively from catching her. Emily blinked and looked at him. Atem's head lifted to look at her,
"You need to watch where your going Emily. You could've gotten hurt." She merely nodded and noticed that she was staring into his eyes. She blushed a deep crimson, but did not move. Atem blinked and tilted his head a little to the side. "Emilly?" Emily jolted out of her trance and looked down, eyes shut tight once again,
"I-I-I'm sorry! I-I wasn't looking!" Atem was confused, until he realized he was still holding her. He blushed a light pink and setting her down, walking away up the stairs, and past the group. Joey noticed the blush on his face, and just chuckled,
"Flustered, are we?" Atem shot him a glare, but in Joey's eyes, his face was too funny to look at.
"Be quiet..." He whispered and walked off, his hands in his pockets.
Horray! Now that I got most of the sad moments done, it's time to move onto the ROMANCE!
Atem: Oh joy...
Me: Now now. Don't get upset just beacuse I'm posting you and your girlfriend's moments on here!
Atem: *Eye twitch* Hey Marik, can I borrow Ra *E. God Card* for a minute?
Marik: Uhhh...Sure?
Me: Wait, when'd YOU get here? *Points at Marik*
Marik: *Holding out Ra* I just-
Atem: *Takes card* Thank you. *Smiles evily*
Me: Oh crap...Uh, well gotta go! See ya guys later! *Runs off* R&R!
Atem: Get back here! *Runs after*
Update: I decided to leave the Grandmother part in, because back when I first wrote this, it was in memory of my great-grandma. I didn't have the heart to remove this said plot point so please forgive me on that. I love you Nonny and miss you very much.