mind if I come by? Then I can just copy my homework and maybe cheer you up! "
Jelana thought for a moment. Actually, she would like to get to know Tea better, but not necessarily now. What should she think if she ran into her bad-tempered brother? She wasn't comfortable with the thing.
"Tea ... I .."
"Ok, I'll be with you in a moment. See you then!"
Tuuuut
No. She hadn't done that now ?! That clearly gave negative points !!!!
Jelana was finally at the end of her nerve. She would have loved to hide under her blanket or sit in her gloomy closet. She just wanted a little rest. Was that so difficult?
After about ten minutes of internal boiling, the bell rang. Wow she was quick. Apparently she lived near her.
Jelana opened the door and there was already a glowing tea in front of her.
She would have loved to give her her homework and shoo her away again, but somehow she couldn't, so it came down to Tea sitting down next to her on the sofa.
She had already put the slip of paper with her homework in her pocket, from which she was now getting some strange things.
"Um, what do you want with that?" Jelana asked a little skeptically when she saw a couple of cream jars.
"I was just visiting a friend who works in a cosmetics store and gave it to me.She said I should try it out urgently. Let's do that, okay? "
Jelana looked at her perplexed. Face masks? She wasn't up for anything like that. The last thing she wanted now was a pack of mud on her face. She could save herself the beauty program. But it seemed as if Tea would not accept a "No" and before Jelana knew it she was lying on the couch while Tea smacked a green mass on her face.
Jelana tried to analyze the smell of this stuff, but it was indefinable. What the hell was that? Why couldn't she prevail? That always worked out pretty well in the past?
Tea giggled.
"Well, it looks very strange, but it should make your skin totally clean and have a relaxing effect and the way you look you really need relaxation!"
She was right about that. But by relaxation she meant something else. She was relaxed when she was lying on her bed and listening to music at full volume.
"Are you going to do that too or am I the only one who makes myself a complete jerk here?" Jelana asked after a few minutes.
She had her eyes closed for fear of getting some of the stuff in this one.
"Well, such a little relaxation can't hurt me either, but actually I have to go right away - I have to be home at 7.30. But next time we'll do it together, okay?"
Jelana was about to reply that there would be no next time because she never let that stuff in her face again when she noticed something.
"Um. You were just here in ten minutes. Why do you have to leave NOW if you want to be home by half past seven?"
"I just didn’t come from home, but was with this friend in this shop beforehand and he’s nearby. I need half an hour to get home."
Jelana calculated silently. And again, just to be sure.
"You ... well ... it's so late already ???" she asked a little panicked.
“Um, five to seven, why?” Tea was a little puzzled by her outburst.
Jelana, on the other hand, was already on her feet and without answering she ran towards the bathroom.
"Please come too late. Please come too late. Please please please !!!" she muttered, desperately looking for a towel. Her gaze fell in the mirror and she almost screamed. She looked terrible. If Seto saw that, she would never have rest from him in her life.
Shit where were the towels?
"Everyone in the wash. CRAP!" she called and ran out of the bathroom again to get a clean kitchen towel as a last resort.
She was about to storm back into the safe bathroom when the bell rang and before she could say anything the door was opened.
Wasn't that really rude? Why did Tea do this?
She saw with horror that not Tea but her brother had opened the door.
Great. What else came now?Gozilla was probably standing in the doorway and helping Seto to beat up her brother.
As mean as the thought sounded, she would have preferred if her brother had stayed in his room.
She was still thinking about a lot when she realized that it was already too late.
Damn.
There he was. Mister freezer.
"Oh, I see your little family is together again. Well, what luck." he said sarcastically as he stepped into the apartment.
He hadn't discovered her yet. Jelana took the chance and simply held the kitchen towel in front of her face.
For a moment she was surprised that her brother said nothing. Apparently he had gone back to his room grumbling.
"Hey, mummy. I would be very grateful if you would tell me where my brother is so I can leave quickly."
"Outside." she mumbled into the kitchen towel.
“I don't understand you!” Oh, man. He got impatient.
Where was Tea when you needed it?
When you talked about the devil.
"Uh, oh uh. Seto ?!" it only came from her. Well, now she was allowed to explain that to her, too.
"Well, have fun, I really have to go now."
"What? No, you can't me alone now ..." there was a loud bang.
Jelana had wanted to pull Tea back by her sweater, but ran into the door frame, after all she couldn't see anything through the kitchen towel.
To make matters worse, the kitchen towel had slipped out of her hand.
She tried to console herself: at least you couldn't see that she was blushing.
He smiled. She heard that, but she didn't dare look at him.
"Woe! I tell you - if you say a word, I'll cut your tongue off personally!" she growled. Tea was already gone. Comrade pig!
"It's okay. I don't have time for your alien games. So where is my brother?" she still heard the amusement in his voice. God how she hated it.
"They're playing outside! If you go around the house then you should see them. Then you can send my brother upstairs!"
He was about to turn around without a word when she remembered the previous conversation.
"Um. Wait a minute!"
In fact, he stopped and looked at her questioningly. So either the guy had really good self-control or no sense of humor - or both. In any case, his face showed no movement, although she was still standing in front of him like a little green monster.
As she spoke, some of that gross stuff crumbled off her face. Great!
"Why did you ask this lunchtime how long I've been living here and what did you mumble afterwards?" she asked quickly. She wanted to escape this embarrassing situation and quickly.
He hesitated a little. Somehow that didn't suit him at all.
"Courtesy. I wanted to start a conversation, that's all." he finally said and then he just let her stand again.
She was starting to feel like she was in a bad movie.She lingered a little longer in the hallway before going into the bathroom and finally washing off the green stuff.
Relaxation what? There was no trace of that. She couldn't be relaxed with Seto Kaiba around. It just didn't work. Could anyone even do that?
Why was it only Monday? Tomorrow she had to go to school, whether she wanted to or not and there she would certainly get to hear a lot from him.
Oh, yes, and Tea would hear from YOU.
That really sounded like a promising Tuesday ...