One Day to Ourselves
Chapter 1

By: Novalee Pheonix

Beep. ...beep... beep

"Stupid alarm clock..." a groggy voice mumbled from somewhere under a thick pink comforter. "Can never get some rest.." She slammed her fist down hard on the clock sending it flipping over the edge of her night stand. Slowly she sat up in her bed. Her hair was in disarray as she squinted her eyes to try to adjust to the little bit of sunlight beaming through her curtains. She looked around a bit as she tried to wake up. Rubbing each of her droopy eyelids, she scampered out of bed and slowly made her way to her restroom. Unfortunately, there were a couple of items in her way that thought other wise.

BANG!

"OW!" She yelped jumping up and down while holding her poor foot. She looked down at the evil item upon the floor. "Stupid no good shoe.." she mumbled to herself as she picked both herself and the shoe up off the floor. Limping towards her closet, she threw the stupid shoe in. Turning around she made sure she didn't have any other obstacles in her way.

Thirty minutes later she descended her stairwell. At the bottom of the stairs she stopped and looked at herself in the long mirror that resided on the wall. She was dressed quite casually for the occasion. Her shoulder length chocolate hair, which was usually down, was now being held up in a clip with a few strands hanging to her sides. She was wearing some boot legged jeans with black boots sticking out. Her shirt was a simple baby blue halter top. She wore whopped earrings and bracelets on each arm. The only makeup she wore was a little bit of lip gloss and mascara. By the time the big clock in her living chimed nine times, she was already out the door with a small jacket in her arms heading towards the Game shop.

It didn't take her long to reach her destination, but unfortunately, things weren't going as planned. When she arrived, Solomon M. or like Joey and the others called him Gramps, was outside sweeping the side walk.

"Good morning Mr. Motou."

Looking up from his task, Gramps gave her a warm smile. "Good Morning Tea. You're looking quite nice today. A special occasion hhmmmm?"

"Well, yeah, it is to me anyway. Um... is Yugi home?" She wanted to surprise him by showing up early instead of meeting him at the park. "Nope." Gramps answered getting back to the chore of sweeping the sidewalk. "He woke up real early this morning and left, not even saying a word as to where he was going. In fact, he didn't even speak to me this morning. Odd that. He usually says something." Gramps shrugged and continued his talking. "He just swallowed his breakfast whole like Joey and ran out. That boy, you know sometimes I feel as if he is developing some of Joseph's bad habits." He looked up to see what Tea's reaction and response would be to that but all he found was an empty sidewalk, leaves blowing across the way.

Disappointed just a little that her friend wasn't waiting for her, she made her way to the place where they decided to meet. It took her while to get to the park, but she made it with ten minutes to spare. They were supposed to meet under the big clock in the park at 10: 15a. So she just went and made herself comfortable on a nearby bench and started her wait. When the clock hit around 10:30a.m.Tea finally decided to start searching for Yugi. Surely he didn't forget. She thought to herself as she made her way around the park.

"I. . .finally. . . . Made it." Yugi stated between gasping breathes. He had ran as fast as he could to get to the park, which wasn't an easy task as seeing as every eligible girl tried to get at him. "Where is she?" He stated after catching his breath. He took a seat on a nearby bench. Today was a very important day for them both. They usually celebrated this day together, just the two of them.

He sat back on the bench and closed his eyes. It has been at least 14 years now, to this day, that we first meet and became friends. He thought to himself. He smiled remembering all of the fun times they had together. He also remembered all the strange, scary, and just plain weird times they went through. She was always there for him, a true friend to the end. And even though some part of him was still trying to understand what happened between her, Atem, and him, he wouldn't trade her for the world. Heck, the more he thought about it, the more he could've swore that it was he she wanted and not Atem. / hope that's the truth He blushed slightly at the thought. The large clock chimed 1 1 :00a.m., startling Yugi out of his daydreaming. It's not like her to be late or miss out on this, especially since it's just us. She's been looking forward to this day for a long time. He thought as he started getting a little worried. He got up from the bench and decided to start looking for her. Besides, they were bound to run into each other somewhere in the park, or at least he hoped.

She be damned if she was walking in circles. But of course, of all days for her to actually get lost this would be the one. This day was very important to her. Of all days out of the year, this was one of them that she held highly and closely to her heart. This was the very day her and Yugi became friends. But this day was also going to be the day when she finally told him the truth about her feelings towards him. She only had this chance to do it. Joey and Tristan aren't 'here to get in the way and hopefully I won 't run into any one else who can get in the way. She thought to herself. Sighing she made her way to the lake that centered itself in the park and leaned against the guard rails. I've been waiting for this day a long time. Yugi and I very seldom get a day to ourselves. I hope I can gather my courage to let him know exactly why this day is exceptionally special to me. She closed her eyes as a slight breeze brushed by her. But unfortunately for her, fate and the Gods had something else planned out for this special day of theirs. And it would all start getting worse with a trained monkey by the name of Bimbo.

A/N: I know this is very short but I'm trying to write a few chapters with it and none of them seemed to fit right with this when I put it together. I wanted to make it a one shot; I sure hope you can have up to at least three chapters and let it be a one shot. Well, anyway, I was just very bored and decided to write this funny but cute little fic. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Well, what little there was of it, lol, anyway, I promise there will be more soon. And don't worry, I haven't forgotten about Harmony Blues. I believe I only have about two or three chapters left before I wrap that one up.

Well, thanks guys. And Remember to Review.

Nova