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Chapter 1 of the story Fade to Black

I stared at her in disbelief in fear that what she had said was the truth. Retaining any hope that it was just a joke seemed pointless. The look that she was giving me indicated she wasn't in any mood for either fun or games. At this point whinning wouldn't make a difference against her decision. She had already stomped her foot down to shun away any arguments that were awaiting to arise.

"We're moving?" I asked, my voice a mere question I had hoped would be one that my mom wouldn't answer. She needed to give me time to at least distinguish which emotion I felt was strongly dominating over me before opening her mouth to speak again. Unfortunately she answered too quickly and I dreaded hearing what she said.

"We'll be out of the house by the end of the summer break."

I let out a deep sigh and stared blankly at my mom who had a frown plastered upon her face. I was overwhelmed with the new information, it all seemed to be coming to an end so soon. The summer break was nearly over, school started again in less than a week.

"I'm so sorry Sora," my mom whispered looking down at her bony hands. "I know you basically grew up in this building but your father and I think that it's best if we finally give a different place a chance."

"But...Why?" I asked looking at her with despair pooling into my eyes. I didn't understand why she and my dad wanted to leave so badly, and I hadn't even known that my dad felt that way up until now. Gosh, being the last person to know everything is so unfair.

My mom hesitated a little before replying back. She seemed nervous to talk to me. I wondered how different this situation would have been if my dad was the one discussing it with me instead of her. "You remember the fights your father and I have gotten into right?" My mom finally asked, looking up from her hands to let our eyes meet again.

"Of course I do." I nodded cautiously thinking of the many nights that I had woken up from the sounds of arguing between both of my parents. Their constant bickering and yelling was so loud that it could have woken up the whole building. It usually always started after eleven when my dad would come home late from work and my mom lay awake in fear that something had happened to him. Needless to say I've been too scared to jump into the arguments so I never knew what they were fighting about; "But what does that have to do with us moving?" I quickly asked when I was able to project my voice.

"Well, we agreed that time away from this city would refresh our minds and help our marriage get better." She said never taking her eyes off of me.

I instantly felt the need to say something back to her, but what could I have said? 'It's not like the marriage will get any better that way either?' Seeing the look on her face after delivering that message would crush her and I wouldn't be able to forgive myself for doing that.

Since my dad's coming home late issue had orginated, I observed my mom was constantly trying to get him to explain to her of what held him back all the time. Although as stubborn as he is, he never told her anything. Just by seeing how careless my dad had been all this time towards helping my mom fix their marriage, I grew fond of my mom's struggling. I don't feel like being the reason for her to give up.

"Sora, hunny?" After realizing that my mom had been waving her hand in front of my face, I addressed all my attention to her.

"I'm sorry, did you say something?" I asked in a daze, still trying to find myself back in reality.

My mom made a face and placed her hands on her hips. "Will you be co-operating with this decision?" She eyed me momentarily and struggled to read my body language.

I balanced all of my weight on the right foot and rested my crossed arms along my chest. By putting me on the spot to simply answer, I only shrugged and told her the truth, "I dont know."

"Well make sure you do before we leave the city," she said.

My jaw dropped instantly. "We're moving out of the city?" How much of the decision had my parents discussed that my mom forgot to mention?

As if she had already told me and I was aware of all the information, she simply nodded. "Yes."

"So I'm going to a new high school?" My voice was raising ever so slightly.

"Sadly, yes you are."

Wow. How much more blind could I have gotten to not be able to have seen this coming?

"I thought you didn't even like this high school..." My mom stated acting as if it wasn't a big deal and reffering to the old and broken down school I had been previously attending before summer break. "I thought that you wanted to go somewhere new."

"Mom, that's stupid! Of course I dont want to go somewhere new." I mocked her last statement now aggrivated.

"But this will be a great experience for you to meet new people and make new friends." My mom assured with a small smile of hope showing up on her bony features.

I deliberately threw my hands up in the air. "What about Tai?" I asked.

"What about Tai?" My mom wondered giving me a confused look, replacing the smile.

"He'll be torn!"

"He can visit!" My mom said defensively realizing what impact this news could have on my biggest best friend when he finds out.

"Mom, I don't think you heard me right," I replied back suddenly stepping closer towards her. "He'll be torn, literally. I don't think that just visiting will make things better." If she had taken a second to think things over and put herself in my shoes she'd figure out what I meant. "Tai's my only friend, he's been my only friend since we were in diapers. We've been inseparable since then, and now you're telling me that all of it's going to suddenly end?" Slowly, what I had said earlier about being sympathetic towards my mom was starting to fade away.

"I am not taking you both away from each other. You can still see one another on weekends if this friendship means so much to you."

I was beginning to lose all of the hope that I had left, thinking that she at least understood my remark but she hadn't. It wasn't because Tai and I would be so far apart that was stirring me up, it was the fact that I no longer had the privilege to go to the same school as him. That meant that I was obliged to make new friends all on my own and I've never been good at that. People see me as the girl who's awfully shy, always seen staggering behind Tai and sometimes his younger sister too because she has no one else to talk to - Because she's afraid to talk to anyone else. I, Sora Takenouchi, have always been a follower.

Several hours after the long talk with my mom, we had both come to a conclusion and agreed on something that was fair for the both of us. First of all, we were going to carry on with the plan that my parents settled and move away from the city, and second, I agreed to move along with them as long as they would buy me a car so I could at least drive back to this city and meet up with Tai every weekend.

At first my mom seemed nervous at the suggestion of a car, not trusting the fact that I would be behind a wheel. She came up with several excuses that would keep me from getting my own vehicle, but finally caved in when it was the only way I would agree to move in with her. Although, like every discussion ends for her, she came up with rules.

"No driving over the speed limit, always wear your seatbelt, no texting and driving at the same time (like I could even do that anyway), and no boys in the car after eleven, unless it's just Tai." Those were the rules I was expected to obey, and they seemed easy enough.

So now that I was finally in my room with no one in but myself, I hopped on my bed, laid down, and shut my eyes thinking of the miserable future ahead. Just as I was slightly dozing off into a slumber, I felt a vibration coming from the pocket of my jeans. Groaning from the unwelcome disturbance, I reached down into my pocket to pull out my cell phone. Already knowing who the person was that had texted me, I opened my eyes to read his name out loud. "Tai..."

'Hey Red,' he had written using the nick-name he and Kari had come up with since him and I were nine-years-old. 'Are you up for a one-on-one soccer game at the field?'

Smiling at the message I had finished reading, I quickly wrote back. 'You know I wouldn't miss it for the world."

After that, I didn't expect for him to respond. He was probably making his way to the soccer field already waiting for me. Luckily for him, he wouldn't have to wait too long because I already got off my bed and pulled out my converse from my closet, put them on, and was out the door.

At that moment it seemed like telling him about the news at the field would be the right thing to do, it's better if he finds out sooner than later, but still, the constant butterflies in my stomach made it harder for me to decide if now was the right time... What should I do?

(Author's Note):Okay so this is my very first Digimon fan-based story I wrote before debating whether I should post it up or not. It's not as long as I really wanted it to be, basically because I have a new computer without microsoft word installed so I'm using the boring WordPad that lacks spelling/grammer, and all that usefull stuff. Please don't yell at me if you see some spelling mistakes here or there.

Anyway, I hope that you enjoyed the first chapter so far.

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Hayleywilliams.