Fire and Ice Don't Mix

Summary: It's been two years since Tea moved to Domino City. She hoped by now she would have at least one friend. Just when she starts thinking she's going to have to go through another school year alone, Atem, the most popular secound year student at Domino High, asks her out! Will Atem prove to be a nice guy, or is this too good to be true?

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-gi-oh! (I wish i did!!)

Chapter 1: All on a Dare

Tea sighed as she put her things away in her locker and prepared to head for home. It was the middle of her second year at Domino High, and she had told herself she would have a boyfriend soon, but no such luck. Boys asked her out all the time, but they just weren't her type. Tea was like ice, shy, uncertain, beautiful. She wasn't cold though. Tea was a friendly person, someone you could warm up to easily. She didn't have any friends though. It would be easy for her to make some, but she was just too shy.

Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Atem were all putting things in their lockers heading to go home as well. "Alright Atem, I believe it's your turn today to get dared," said Joey closing his locker.

The boys loved to play games, and this was one of them. Everyday at the end of the school day, the boys would dare each other to do things. One day, one of them would be dared to skip a class, be rude to the teachers, things like that. On the weekends though, there were all knew possibilities. Last weekend, Tristan had been dared to come back Sunday night and graffiti the outside wall of the school gym with someone's name. He put the name of his least favorite teacher, but it was so small, none of the school's staff had noticed it, so he had avoided trouble. This weekend, it was Atem's turn. What made the situation even worse, was that it was joey who got to give the dare, and joey had a weird imagination.

"Alright..Lets see....Ah! I know!" said Joey, a smile growing on his face. "See that girl over there?" Joey pointed to one of the girls about five lockers down putting her things away getting ready to go home. "I dare ya to ask her out, like to the movies or something."

Atem turned to see who he would be forced to go out with this week. The girl was unfamiliar to him. "Who is that? I don't think I've seen her before."

"Remember the new girl last year?" asked Yugi. "We'll that's here. I think her named is Tea...Gardner, or something like that."

Atem let out a light chuckle. "Well, alright Joey. What happens if I get turned down?"

"Oh please! You're one of the most popular guys in school. Like she'd turn you down." Joey turned Atem around and gave him a push toward her saying, "Now, go get 'em tiger!"

Atem shot an evil glare back at Joey before taking a few steps toward the girl. From the looks of things, she was just about to leave, so if he wanted to get this dare over with, and not be teased by his friends for chickening out, he had to make his move.

Tea didn't notice him until she shut her locker and bent down to pick up her backpack. It was Atem, one of the most popular second year students. 'Why would he be over here, near my locker?' wondered Tea. His personality was totally the opposite of hers. Atem was like fire, handsome, outgoing, mysterious, warm, energetic.

Atem cleared his throat and began to talk. "Hey, your name is Tea, right?" he said, tilting his head to the right a bit. Tea just nodded. "Well, I was wondering, I don't have anything planned for this weekend, and I was wondering if you'd like to do something together. Maybe go to the movies or hit the ice rink?"

Tea just stood there, not knowing what to do. The hottest second year student just asked her out. They had never really talked, as a matter of fact, she didn't even think he acknowledged her existence. Realizing she would look like a fool if she didn't say something soon, she shook her head and said, "Sure."

"Cool. So tomorrow at noon, meet me at Domino Park, okay?" he said waving as he walked out of the building. Tea nodded her head, still a bit shocked.

After a few minutes, Tea looked around. She seemed to be the only one left in the entire school. She quickly gathered her things and headed for home. As she walked into the door of her house, Tea slipped off her shoes and quickly ran upstairs to her room. She set her books down on the chestnut brown dresser to the side of her door and went over to her bed and plopped down onto it.

'Atem Mutou, the most popular, and not to mention hottest second year student, asked me out on a date!' Tea placed her hands behind her head and started to daydream. What was it they were going to do tomorrow? What should she wear? The biggest question of all was, why her? 'It's not that I'm complaining, I mean, a date with the coolest kid in school? Who in their right mind would say no? It's just, we're like fire and ice. We're exact opposites! I guess it's really not my place to be questioning it. Although, it does seem rather strange...Oh well! When life gives you lemons, you make lemon aid! Maybe this year won't be so bad after all?'

Hopped you liked it! This is my first fanfic, so don't flame me! I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I can, and I promise I'll try to make it longer, but not too long!

~VI