A/N: So, this is the chapter that explains what's been happening to James and why he's so sad and stuff. I'm sorry if I sound cringey or makes anyone unhappy (including James) in any part of this chapter (including that last sentence) and I'm also sorry to James if anything in this chapter is gonna make him or anyone else angry/ upset. (THIS CHAPTER INCLUDES KISSING)

Chapter 9- Sorrow, Joy, and Fear…

(James POV.)

We were stood alone by the edge of the cliff. The fresh ocean breeze mixed with that of the night and my hair was stirred along with Lucy's.

"So what was it that you wanted to discuss, Jay?" My girlfriend asked.

"Erm… well…" I hesitated.

"Hey, you can tell me anything." She promised. "We're dating, remember?"

"Yeah. It's just… you see… I'm not gonna be attending Domino High next term."

"What?" Lucy asked. "Why?"

"My mum's moving in with her boyfriend and I'm being forced to go with her…" I confessed. My secret was finally out, I felt terrible.

Lucy was looking down at the grassy edge of the cliff. She couldn't even look at me now. "Why do you have to go?" She asked without lifting her head.

"I don't know. I want to move in with my dad, his place is a lot closer to you than the house we're moving into."

"What do you mean by 'a lot closer', James?" Lucy asked me.

"Erm… well… mum wants me to move to San Francisco…" I paused, I felt the need to throw up then. This was causing us both so much grief and there was nothing I could do about it.

"I don't want you to leave me— us and move to America!" My girlfriend had tears pouring out of her eyes. I felt the same, even if I didn't show my tears, I had done previously at home with my family. Since me and my brother Nicky were informed of moving house, I'd shut myself off from the rest of the world- excluding my friends.

"There's something I wanna give you, before I move away." I told Lucy, and she slowly stopped crying before looking up at me.

"What is it?" She queried.

I put my hand into one of the back pockets of my jeans and took out a black choker with a heart pendant. "I know you never wear jewellery other than your locket but could you make an exception… for me?" I added.

Lucy wiped away her tears and tried to smile, she nodded. "And I'll never take it off!" she vowed.

"Thanks, honey." I smiled.

She turned around and I clasped the choker around my girlfriend's neck. "In that case, I have something for you too."

"Something for me?"

She nodded and unfastened the locket she had on. "I want you to take this. You know that the picture inside is of the two of us; I never wanted to forget you, and that's why I never swapped that photo out." Lucy explained, holding the locket out to me in the palm of her hand.

I reached out and took it from her. "Then I'll always wear and treasure it, and I promise that I'll never forget you." I put on Lucy's silver locket and went to hold her hands in mine again. But then suddenly my girlfriend jumped into my arms before I could hold them out to her.

With that, Lucy had pushed me back onto the grass and was laid on top of me. "Sorry… I don't know what came over me…" She blushed. "Are you okay?" She concerned.

"Don't be sorry." I smiled. "And I'm fine, just a little surprised. How about you?"

"Yeah, I'm okay." Lucy blushed an even deeper red, and I knew that I had too.

Her eyes burned a passionate brown colour as they stared and mixed with my sea-blue eyes. I reached up closer to her lips with mine and we began to kiss. After a few minutes, our kissing stopped, Lucy looked away out of shyness and the wind began to stir her hair again. I took some of it and began to twist it around my forefinger, grabbing her attention. "Oh, yeah… sorry." She got up from lying on top of me and I stood up next to her again.

"It's okay." I smiled, as she offered her hand to help me stand. I then took her other and we began to sway our hands left and right like a swing which caused her to giggle. Once we had done that, I knelt down and kissed from her elbow to the back of her palm, before standing back up again and looking deeply into her eyes.

"I'm gonna miss you when you're gone." She frowned, almost giggling at my actions.

"Well then, let's just focus on right now." I told her.

"I guess I should."

"Come on, let's go back to the others." I smiled, feeling the blush fade from my face.

"Alright." She agreed, the blush fading from her face after all this time.

After a few minutes of wandering, holding hands, Lucy and I found the others, Téa, Joey and Tristan were asleep and Yugi was sat with Bakura.

"Oh, hey you guys, Yugi greeted, Bakura was just telling me about the Millenium Ring."

"Sounds cool." I commented.

"So, as I was saying; my father picked it up on one of his trips. He told me it's from ancient Egypt; I think that's where they're all from. He was shopping in a merchant bazaar when the Millennium Ring caught his eye. The man who sold the Ring to my father said it had something to do with Duel Monsters; but that never made any sense to me, since the card game is new and the Ring is clearly ancient. When my dad got back, he gave it to me. He said he felt I was destined to have it."

"I wish I could have a Millenium Item." I laughed.

As Bakura finished the story our other three friends began to wake up Joey looked half-asleep, Téa was rubbing her eyes, and Tristan was yawning. "I just dreamt Bakura went totally mental!" The latter complained.

"Same here! Last time I snooze with duelin' cards under my pillow..." Joey sighed as Bakura leant over them, with a smile of innocent goodwill

"Sleep well, guys?" Our white-haired friend asked.

Tristan and Joey sprang up together, terrified. "Bakura! ...Huh?" They clutched onto each-other and then a few seconds later, realised what it was that they were doing. "Hands off." Tristan growled.

"You grabbed me." Joey stated. Ever self-conscious at being caught hugging, they sprang apart and landed on the ground. The rest of us began to laugh. It was good to know that there was still humour among our group for when I moved house. Just then, we heard a scream; and birds scattered from the trees nearby. We all turned, and the sleepy trio stood up.

"What was that?!" Lucy asked

"I don't know... But whatever it is, we'll face it together" I explained.

A/N: So again, I want to apologise if this annoyed/ upset/ angered anyone. If you'd like to, please submit a review or favourite the story, I want to know if you guys enjoy the way that I've written James and Lucy's characters and if you're happy with the story so far and if there's anything I can improve on (I'll give Nicky some more screen-time later as for now he doesn't really influence the plot ^^") Thank you for reading,

LyraKoto :)