Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Tai's Point of View
By Paigey-Wan
(AN: Okay, from Tai's POV first (not first person though).
Disclaimer: (the rest of the AN's are on the bottom.) I do not own Digimon. I am merely borrowing them to make this story a tad easier for me to write.)
"This is a stupid assignment," Taichi 'Tai' Kamiya said as he wrote. He looked down at it, grimacing. 'This is so stupid,' he thought to himself. Why did the other school even care about theirs? Oh, well.
Tai scribbled some slightly meaningless words on the piece of paper, and handed to his partner. The other boy grabbed it and started to slowly write on it.
Tai tilted back his chair, a quick glance at the teacher telling him she wasn't watching him at the moment. Tai glanced around the room at the other groups. Who cares, who cares, who... hey! There's Sora! She and Matt were working on their project together. He had an idea that their project was already better than his, but who cares. Sora looked happy.
No! Tai mentally smacked his own head. Girls have cooties! Girls are scary! He didn't like like Sora! She was just his friend.
Sora palmed a paperweight, and leaned back in her chair. The paperweight slipped out of her hand and fell on the chair. She picked it up again, playing with the smooth painted rock. It dropped out of her hand again, but she picked it up. Matt poked her elbow, and she looked up at him. Matt pointed toward the long line in front of the teacher and said something. They both stood and Sora placed the green paperweight back onto the desk.
Tai grabbed the paper from his partner, who protested. "It's not done!"
Tai quickly scribbled in words at the end of the last line. "And that's all..." muttered the boy as he wrote. His partner rolled his eyes.
Tai got in line after another group. He zoned out for a while. The waiting had bored him. Suddenly there was a commotion, and that snapped Tai back into the present.
Apparently, the same paperweight Sora had been playing with had ended up broken. Strange. The teacher asked who had broken it, and Matt innocently said that Sora had been playing with it early.
"Is this true?" Sora nodded, not seeing what the difference was.
"Sora, I thought you would have known better." Sora looked around, confused. Tai felt sorry for her.
"You shouldn't break things that aren't yours."
"But I didn't break it!" Sora protested.
"Don't lie."
Tai saw Sora's eyes fill with tears. He felt the sudden urge to go to her, but held it back.
"But I didn't..." Sora didn't even finish her sentence as the tears fell out of her eyes. They fell and fell.
"Why are you crying!" the teacher yelled at her. "I'm the one who should be crying! Do you know how much this means to me?!" Sora shook her head hesitantly. "A student of mine made this for me! It's irreplaceable!"
Sora opened her mouth, hesitating. "I-I'm innocent until proven guilty," was all she said.
"You know what you should do? You should have to make me a new one." Sora's lip trembled, and she bit it to keep it still.
"I'm innocent until proven guilty." She stated it again, as though the sheer fact was all that stood in her now.
Tai bit his tongue hard, so hard he almost tasted blood. Or maybe he did.
"Stop crying!" The teacher yelled louder this time, and the slowly stopping tears started up again.
Sora backed up a little, and quietly said, "I'm innocent until proven guilty..." before running out of the classroom.
Tai and Matt stood near the back of the group. Tai turned to Matt and said, "You better go talk to her. I don't know what to do when girls cry." Tai was assuming Matt did.
Matt nodded and took off after Sora. Tai's partner stepped up to him. "So, do you think she did it?"
Tai actually glared at the boy, who shrank back a little. "She didn't do it," Tai stated as a fact. "But whoever did better hope I never find them."
~END~
(AN: Hey, that feels a little better. Really! And yes, I am gonna do more than one of this story, two more in fact. One from Matt and one from Sora (that one's gonna be really hard). And this really did happen to me. Not word for word, mind you. But this is what happened in basis. That's why Sora's part is gonna be so hard. She's playing me. Keep in mind that I was 9 when it happened. And this is TRUE! So, read and review, please!)
Tai's Point of View
By Paigey-Wan
(AN: Okay, from Tai's POV first (not first person though).
Disclaimer: (the rest of the AN's are on the bottom.) I do not own Digimon. I am merely borrowing them to make this story a tad easier for me to write.)
"This is a stupid assignment," Taichi 'Tai' Kamiya said as he wrote. He looked down at it, grimacing. 'This is so stupid,' he thought to himself. Why did the other school even care about theirs? Oh, well.
Tai scribbled some slightly meaningless words on the piece of paper, and handed to his partner. The other boy grabbed it and started to slowly write on it.
Tai tilted back his chair, a quick glance at the teacher telling him she wasn't watching him at the moment. Tai glanced around the room at the other groups. Who cares, who cares, who... hey! There's Sora! She and Matt were working on their project together. He had an idea that their project was already better than his, but who cares. Sora looked happy.
No! Tai mentally smacked his own head. Girls have cooties! Girls are scary! He didn't like like Sora! She was just his friend.
Sora palmed a paperweight, and leaned back in her chair. The paperweight slipped out of her hand and fell on the chair. She picked it up again, playing with the smooth painted rock. It dropped out of her hand again, but she picked it up. Matt poked her elbow, and she looked up at him. Matt pointed toward the long line in front of the teacher and said something. They both stood and Sora placed the green paperweight back onto the desk.
Tai grabbed the paper from his partner, who protested. "It's not done!"
Tai quickly scribbled in words at the end of the last line. "And that's all..." muttered the boy as he wrote. His partner rolled his eyes.
Tai got in line after another group. He zoned out for a while. The waiting had bored him. Suddenly there was a commotion, and that snapped Tai back into the present.
Apparently, the same paperweight Sora had been playing with had ended up broken. Strange. The teacher asked who had broken it, and Matt innocently said that Sora had been playing with it early.
"Is this true?" Sora nodded, not seeing what the difference was.
"Sora, I thought you would have known better." Sora looked around, confused. Tai felt sorry for her.
"You shouldn't break things that aren't yours."
"But I didn't break it!" Sora protested.
"Don't lie."
Tai saw Sora's eyes fill with tears. He felt the sudden urge to go to her, but held it back.
"But I didn't..." Sora didn't even finish her sentence as the tears fell out of her eyes. They fell and fell.
"Why are you crying!" the teacher yelled at her. "I'm the one who should be crying! Do you know how much this means to me?!" Sora shook her head hesitantly. "A student of mine made this for me! It's irreplaceable!"
Sora opened her mouth, hesitating. "I-I'm innocent until proven guilty," was all she said.
"You know what you should do? You should have to make me a new one." Sora's lip trembled, and she bit it to keep it still.
"I'm innocent until proven guilty." She stated it again, as though the sheer fact was all that stood in her now.
Tai bit his tongue hard, so hard he almost tasted blood. Or maybe he did.
"Stop crying!" The teacher yelled louder this time, and the slowly stopping tears started up again.
Sora backed up a little, and quietly said, "I'm innocent until proven guilty..." before running out of the classroom.
Tai and Matt stood near the back of the group. Tai turned to Matt and said, "You better go talk to her. I don't know what to do when girls cry." Tai was assuming Matt did.
Matt nodded and took off after Sora. Tai's partner stepped up to him. "So, do you think she did it?"
Tai actually glared at the boy, who shrank back a little. "She didn't do it," Tai stated as a fact. "But whoever did better hope I never find them."
~END~
(AN: Hey, that feels a little better. Really! And yes, I am gonna do more than one of this story, two more in fact. One from Matt and one from Sora (that one's gonna be really hard). And this really did happen to me. Not word for word, mind you. But this is what happened in basis. That's why Sora's part is gonna be so hard. She's playing me. Keep in mind that I was 9 when it happened. And this is TRUE! So, read and review, please!)