*Author's Note*
Hey Everyone! First of all, I'd like to say that I had an idea of writing something like this but didn't know when. The reason I'm actually writing it is that AngryMew2 told me it would be a good idea in a review he/she did of my fic "A Sleepover to Remember Part One" so I just decided to get on with it sooner. I won't say what's gonna happen. No warnings or anything so just read and find out. Hopefully I won't disappoint too many of you. It may be a surprise ending…
**Author's Note 2**
Make sure you've read my fic "Before," before you read this to understand some stuff. Thanks. And if you want to read it later, you'll still be able to figure out some things just by reading this. Oh, and in this fic, Maura, Tai, Sora, and Matt are 13. Mimi and Izzy are 12 and Mimi isn't in America. They all go to the same middle school. Sam, T.K., and Kari are 10 but they won't be in here. Joe's not in it because he's in high school since he's a year older than Tai and the others. Anyways, read and enjoy!br
***The disclaimer!***
(oh yeah like you really care about that) Anyway, I do not own Digimon or any of the Digimon characters. The only characters I own are Maura and Sam and please do not use them or any of my ideas unless I give you permission. Thanks! :) Okay…done**
*Dedication:* to ~*Liz*~ and I Am Canadian a.k.a. ~Mandie~, my two great e-mail buddies! U guyz R kool! Keep writing your fics and e-mails and I'll keep reading and writing back! ^_~
(The words that are inside the * *'s are what they're thinking. The HTML didn't work last time so I can't italicize)
Parade Club Party
Part 1: The day before the party
By: ME jus1digigirl *Maura*
"Tai! Come on! Get ready or else we're going to be late!" Maura banged on his bedroom door, which was shut.
She had come over that morning hoping her best friend would be ready for school by now but she was wrong. And this was the fifth time he was late this month.
"Okay fine Tai! I'm leaving!" Maura yelled and started to walk towards the front door.
"No! No! Okay! I'm hurrying and coming!" Tai opened his door.
Maura smiled. She knew it would work. Tai hated to walk to school by himself because it was too quiet for him. He had to have someone to talk to and it was always Maura. She turned around only to find the boy with his jean jacket draped on his head and his shirt half buttoned.
Maura sighed and took the jacket off his head. "Thank goodness you remembered to put your pants on this time!" she picked up his backpack and handed it to him.
Last time Maura had come to get him, he had walked out of his room wearing only his shirt, shoes, and underwear, and forgetting his pants. When she saw that, well, she never wanted to again even if they were best friends.
"Don't remind me" he finished buttoning his shirt. "Let's leave. Oh shoot! I didn't eat any breakfast and what about my lunch?"
Maura sighed again, "I took some toast for you and your lunch is in your backpack. Now can we go?"
Tai slung his bag on his shoulder and opened the door.
He walked out and turned around to see Maura still standing in the same spot shaking her head, "Well, what are you waiting for? We're gonna be late!"
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When Maura and Tai reached the school grounds, they heard the warning bell ring.
"Thank goodness! We still have five minutes left!" Tai said thankfully and walked towards the entrance.
"Yeah. Thanks to your truly!" Maura said.
"What would I do without you?" he looked down at his friend and smiled.
She smiled back and thought, *Cute smile!* Then, she shook her head as fast as she could. *Whoa! Where did that thought come from? He's just my best friend!* Still shaking her head to clear her mind, she opened the door.
"Umm...Maur? Is there something wrong? Why do you keep shaking you head?" Tai asked looking concerned.
"Yeah I'm fine. Don't look so worried. And how many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?"
"Call you what?" he joked.
Maura sighed.
For some reason, he called her 'Maur' as a joke. It had become a nickname she didn't like.
"You know what…Taichi!"
"Sshh Maur! Don't let everyone here you!"
"What? Did you say something Taichi?"
"Oh forget it. It's no use fighting with you!"
They both laughed and walked into the school building.
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"Okay class. Please take notes. The ancient Egyptians built the world's greatest pyramids..."
Sora sat in class copying what her history teacher dished out. Normally, she liked learning about ancient Egypt but this teacher made everything so boring.
But luckily..."Man! Is this guy a snore burger with a side order of yawns or what?" Matt whispered from her right.
Sora stifled a laugh as she looked at her friend to shush him, "Be quiet! You'll get us in trouble!"
"Yeah right! I never do!" Matt smiled.
Sora smiled back and a thought crossed her mind, *Wow! He's cute when he smiles!* Just as quickly as that thought had come, another one replaced it, *Where did that random thought come from?* She asked herself. *I thought you liked Tai,* a voice in her head said. *What? No one's supposed to know!* she told the voice. *Too bad. And now you're falling for Matt's smile like half the girls in school.* the voice scoffed. *No I'm not! He's just my friend! And I don't like like Tai!* she said angrily to herself.
"Sora?"
"WHAT!?" Sora shouted at the speaker.
"Ms. Takenouchi, are you feeling okay?" It was the teacher.
"Oh sorry. What was the question?"
"I didn't ask a question Sora. I asked you to read a passage from the book." the teacher replied feeling annoyed.
"Oh," Sora blushed and opened her book, "Sorry."
People snickered behind her as she sighed, "The Great Pyramid is the largest pyramid ever made in history..."
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"Tai! Pay attention!" Sora pushed her friend who was standing in front of her in the lunch line.
"Huh? Oh sorry." Tai moved up to the cashier to pay.
He picked up his tray and moved out of the line and waited for Sora to pay. Then, they went to their lunch table where they always sat.
"Where's Maura and Mimi? And Matt and Izzy?" Sora asked as she sat down.
"Still in the line." Tai answered as he too sat down across from her.
"Well, might as well start eating." Sora picked up her slice of pizza. "Yuck! Look at all this grease on the top."
Tai took a sip of his milk, "Well, that's all you've got to eat so might as well chow down!"
He watched as she brought the slice up to her lips, took a bite and started chewing. Chewing, chewing. *What a cute way to chew your food,* he thought. *And what a weird thought!* he told himself. Since when did he notice the way people chew? *Since the people is a person named Sora.* said a voice in his head.
"Tai? Do I have something on my mouth?"
Tai snapped out of his thought, "What?" he hadn't noticed that he was staring and Sora's mouth.
"Never mind. I think you should eat." Sora said giving Tai a weird look.
"Sure." he picked up his chicken fillet and took a bite.
"Here come Matt and Mimi." Sora said as she waved to her two friends.
They came over. Mimi sat on the right side of Tai as Matt sat across from her on the left side of Sora.
"Hey guys! What's up?" Matt asked.
"Sora! Look at all the grease on your pizza! It'll make you so fat!" Mimi shrieked.
"It looks like she's willing to take the risk of adding a little fat to herself it seems." Matt joked.
Sora looked at him and smiled.
Tai saw this smile to Matt and he said, "So you think Sora's skinny?"
"I never said that!" Matt protested.
"Well, you said-"
"Tai, it's okay! Matt was just joking" Sora said and then turned to Mimi. "Are Maura and Izzy still in the line?"
"Not anymore! Here they come." Matt answered for Mimi.
Maura and Izzy walked to the table with their lunch trays. Maura sat beside Mimi and Izzy across from her beside Matt.
"Yuck! Cafeteria food! The only thing I like is the fries." Maura complained.
"The fries are too fatty too!" Mimi said. "You should watch what you eat Maura!"
"Thanks for the tip Mimi but I'd rather not have a salad everyday," she pointed to Mimi's tray, which was heaped with green leaves and carrots and other veggies. "I don't want to turn into a rabbit."
"Hmpf! I was just trying to help!"
"Don't worry Mimi. She wasn't trying to be mean. It just came out." Matt said.
"Really?" Mimi looked across the table at Matt who smiled. *Cutie patuty!* she thought. And this thought did not bother her at all since she thought this about many boys in her school.
"Are you saying I was mean Matt?" Maura demanded.
"What?" now he looked at her angry face.
"You said I wasn't trying to be mean. So you're saying that I was mean! I'm never mean! How dare you!" Maura said. "I was just trying to make a joke and you say I'm mean!"
"Wha..I..." Matt stuttered.
"That's it! I'm leaving!" she stood up, picked up her tray, dumped out the contents on it, and stormed out of the lunchroom.
Matt stared as she left. *Oh no! What did I do to make her mad? This is not good! I hope she's not too mad at me!* he worried. *Although, she's cute when she's mad!*
Then, Mimi asking, "What was that all about?" interrupted his thoughts.
Now, Izzy, who had been silent all this time, spoke up, "I think she's upset because she just found out that she's got a D in Algebra."
"How do you know Izzy?" Mimi asked now looking at the red-haired boy.
"She told me about it while we were standing in the lunchline." he replied.
"Oh. Well then, I hope I didn't make her any more mad," she said with a worried look.
"Don't sweat about it! If anyone made her more mad, it's Matt, not you," Izzy assured her.
"Huh?" Matt said with his sandwich halfway to his mouth.
"Well, that's a relief! As long as I didn't make her more mad! Thanks Izzy." she smiled at her friend.
"Your welcome." he replied.
But what he thought was *Wow! The prettiest and most popular girl in the seventh grade thanked me. Of course, she's thanked me lots of times before but this time, it was different. Prodigious!* he smiled to himself. Then his thoughts changed. *But of course, I could never tell her how I feel. Never no way! That would be very un-Izzy-like.*
Thinking this, he looked back at Mimi but she was gone. "Where did she go?" he asked Matt but he too was gone. "Now where did those two disappear to?" he wondered. He turned to look at Sora and Tai but they too were gone. "Where did everyone go?" Izzy asked aloud.
"Umm..Izzy?"
He turned around to face the speaker.
"Lunch is over. Didn't you hear the bell ring?" It was Mimi.
"Umm...yeah...sure…I just was kidding around...hehe."
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(*A/N: Okay, let's pause a minute here. Are you following what's happening? I mean, who's got strange feelings for who and all? Good. But just in case you're confused, here's the triangle. Actually, it wouldn't be a triangle would it? It wouldn't really be any shape if you drew it out. Anyway, here's what's goin' on for you clueless people out there. At the bottom or the top, whatever you want, is Izzy who likes Mimi who likes Matt who likes Maura who likes Tai who likes Sora who likes Matt who likes Maura and back around. Okay got it? Try drawing it if you feel like it. I did. Anyways, this is a long a/n so now I'll let you get back to the story.)
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"Oh look Sora! There's going to be a party for all the people who helped with the parade!" Maura exclaimed pointing at the sign tacked to the notice board after school.
(*A/N: Sorry, another a/n. Jus say there was some parade the city or school had or something. For any old reason. Use your imagination.)
"Really? Let me see!" Sora said and looked at the sign that read:
Hey Everyone! Those of you who helped with this year's parade are invited to a party this weekend at the new Teen Dance Club. Come with someone or come solo. Tons of fun! No RSVP necessary, just your ticket as proof showing you helped with the parade. Make plans to attend!
Signed,
Mr. Smith
President of the Parade Club
"Wow! That means that you, me, Tai, Matt, Mimi, and Izzy all get to go! Alright!" Sora punched the air excitedly.
"Yeah. I used to think Mr. Smith was an old bore but now, with him planning this sweet party, he's on the top of my fav. teacher list!" Maura said.
"Well, I'll make sure to tell all the rest of the teachers to throw parties and then they'll reach the top of their students lists." a voice behind Maura and Sora said.
They turned to find (who else?), Mr. Smith behind them with a small smile on his face.
"Heh heh. Hello, Mr. Smith, umm...what I mean…I mean I meant...I mean...well, you're not a...a..." Maura trailed off.
"A bore?"
Maura looked down and blushed.
She had never been caught insulting a teacher but to her surprise, Mr. Smith let out a laugh.
"Don't look so scared Maura! It's okay. Many students before you have called me the same thing and that was when i was young. Well, hope to see you at the party! Now you two just run along now and tell the other members about the it!"
Maura looked up with relief, smiled, and said, "Sure thing Mr. Smith! Thanks! Bye!"
She and Sora turned and walked away.
"Oh yeah...this is gonna be one great party!" Maura exclaimed.
"Definitely!" Sora agreed. "Listen, I'll go tell Matt and Mimi about the party and you tell-"
"Hey guys! Hear about the party for the people who helped with the parade? I can't wait!"
They turned. Walking up behind them was Tai, Matt, Izzy, and Mimi.
"Never mind." Sora finished.
"Yeah. We were just saying what a great party this will be! Especially with all six of us!" Maura told Tai.
"Oh yeah. Everyone better watch out! This is gonna be one wild party!" Tai exclaimed.
"So, who else is coming?" Izzy asked.
"Let's see, the other people who helped with the parade were...Chris, Michael (not the Michael from America), Julia, Paul, umm...let's see…a ton of other people and oh yeah! Mary Ann and Kim!" Mimi said.
"Cool." Matt said. "This will be the perfect opportunity for all of us to take a break from school. Don't you think Maura?"
"Huh? Oh...sure...whatever." Maura replied not looking at him.
It was obvious she was still mad at him from lunch. Matt sighed, "Look Maura, I'm really sorry about what I said at lunch. I didn't mean to say you were being mean. Please forgive me...pretty please? Just look at me!" Matt pleaded.
Maura turned to look at him and laughed. He was on the floor with puppy eyes.
"Oh alright! I forgive you. No fair using puppy eyes though! You know it's my weakness! But it's just fun to make you suffer like that! Get up off the floor now."
Everyone laughed as Matt stood up and said, "Hey no fair!"
"Don't feel bad. You should see how she makes me suffer!" Tai said making everyone laugh even more. "Well, tomorrow's Saturday which means..."
"The PARTY!!!" everyone shouted.
"Yup. Well, I gotta go home. Come on Maura. Let's go. Bye everyone!" Tai walked outside
"Well, guess i have to go. See you tomorrow. Bye!" Maura said and followed Tai out.
Everyone else said bye to each other and went on their separate ways.
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That evening:
"Okay," Sora said to herself. "I can do this. All i have to do is call Matt and ask if he'll go to the party with me. Easy."
She picked up the phone and dialed.
Ring! Ring!
"Hello? Ishida residence, Mr.Ishida speaking."
Sora let out the breath she had been holding, "H--hello. This is...this is Sora speaking. May I please speak to Matt?"
"Sure. Just a minute, Maaaaattttt! It's another girl for you." she heard Mr. Ishida yell.
*Another girl? Does that mean...does that mean someone already asked him?*
"Hello? Matt here."
"Hey Matt. This is So-Sora."
"Oh hey Sora! What's up?"
"Nothing. Just excited about the party tomorrow. How about you?"
"Yeah same here."
"Speaking of the dance, you going with anyone?" Sora asked casually.
"Actually, I am."
"Really?" Sora felt like her heart was sinking to the floor but she acted curious and asked, "Anyone I know?"
"Someone you know very well. She's your friend."
*Not anymore.* "Really? Who? Just tell me!" Sora said pretending to sound excited.
"Okay. Okay. It's Mimi."
"MIMI!?" Sora asked astonished.
"Yeah. She just called and asked me." Matt replied.
"Oh...yeah…I was just a little surprised."
"Yeah, so was I. I was also a little confused but anyway, are you going with anyone?" Matt asked her.
"Not yet." she answered.
"Oh…well, I'm sure you'll find someone. Anyway, I have to go now. Dinner's ready."
"Sure. See you tomorrow. Bye!" Sora hung up before Matt could say 'bye.' *Mimi huh?* she thought. *How could she? Of course, she didn't know about my secret crush.*
"Oh well," Sora sighed. "There's always-"
Ring! RIng!
Sora's phone was ringing.
She picked up, "Hello? Takenouchi residence, Sora speaking."
"Sora? Hi. This is Izzy."
"Izzy?" Sora asked confused.
Izzy rarely called her.
"What's up?"
"Well, just thinking, are you going to the party with anyone?"
"Well, there was someone I wanted to go with but he's going with someone else," Sora replied with a sigh and wondering why she was telling Izzy.
"Really? Same thing happened to me. Anyway, I was wondering since you're not going with anyone if you'd like to go with me?"
"Sure I guess."
"Great! See you then."
"Yeah. Bye!"
"Bye!"
She heard Izzy put the phone down and she did the same. No sooner than she did so, it began to ring again.
"Hello? Takenouchi residence, Sora speaking."
"Hi Sora!"
"Tai!"
"Hey. What's up?" Tai asked.
"Nothing. Just thinking about the party tomorrow."
"Yeah. Me too."
Now on the other side of the phone at Tai's house:
"Well, I was wondering if you're going with anyone?" Tai asked nervously with sweat running down his face.
"Yeah. I am."
Tai almost dropped the phone. But he responded calmly. "Really? Who?" *If she says Matt, I swear I'll kill him*
"Izzy."
"WHAT!?" Tai exclaimed.
"Izzy. I'm going with Izzy. Got a problem with that?" Sora asked irritably.
"No--no problem. I was just a little surprised. That's all."
"Oh. Well, I have to go now. Mom's calling me." Sora said.
"Sure. Bye Sora!" Tai said and he hung up. "Well, now who do I ask?" Tai asked himself aloud. "I can't go by myself or else I'll look stupid.
Knock Knock!
Someone was at Tai's bedroom door.
"Who is it?" he called out.
"Maura! Who else? Now, are you gonna let me in or not?" she shouted from in front of the door.
Tai got up and opened the door, "Hey Maura."
She walked into his room, "Hey."
"How did you come in? No one else is home but me." Tai asked.
"Well, I rang the bell a few times. I knew you were home even though you didn't answer so I used the key you gave me to your house."
"Oh yeah. A spare key, right? I still have a spare key to your house too." Tai said. Then he asked, "So, are you going with anyone to the party?"
"Nope." Maura sat down on a chair, "No one's asked me," she looked up at Tai hopefully.
Tai however, did not see this hopefulness but still asked the question as she was his best friend. Plus, he wasn't thinking of it any other way. "Well, wanna go with me? That way, we won't look like dorks by ourselves."
"Really? That's great Tai!" Maura exclaimed happily. "Wow! I'd better find something cool to wear! Hmm…maybe I should talk to Mimi and Sora and see what they're wearing. Well, gotta go! Bye!"
Maura practically bounded out of the house with happiness.
Tai stayed in his room confused. "Well," he said to himself, "that was totally un-Maura-like. She wants to exchange fashion tips with Mimi and Sora? Maura, a half tom-boy, along with Sora?" Tai shook his head in total confusion.
Maura skipped back to her house across the street from Tai's and went straight to the phone. She first dialed Sora's number. After two rings, someone picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hi Sora! What's up?" Maura asked.
"Hey. Nothing."
"Same here. Let's get Mimi on three-way. I am so glad I have it. Then we can talk about the party." Maura suggested.
On the other side of the line, Sora made a face as she heard Mimi's name but she couldn't say anything bad or Maura would wonder what was up. "Sure. That's great. We can talk about what to wear."
Back at Maura's side, she smiled, "Great! Hold on."
Maura dialed Mimi's number on three-way.
Two rings later-
"Hello?"
"Hi Mimi! This is Maura and Sora!"
"Hi guys! What's up?"
"Nothing." Sora answered.
"Just excited about the party tomorrow," Maura said.
"Really? Me too. I can't decide what to wear though."
"Yeah, that's why we called you. Your fashion sense is way better than ours." Maura joked.
"Definitely." Mimi agreed. "But before we get to that, who are you two going with?"
"Tai," Maura sighed happily.
"Whoa. You sound really happy. Maura's in love with her best friend! Aww!" Mimi giggled.
"Am not!" Maura retorted.
"So, who asked who?" Mimi asked.
"He asked me when I went over to his house."
"Wow. Who are you going with Sora?"
"Yeah. Tell us Sora!" Maura pleaded.
"Izzy," Sora replied with no expression what so ever.
"Well, don't you sound excited about that." Maura concluded.
"Don't you like Izzy?" Mimi questioned.
"Yeah but only as a friend. Besides, he only asked me because the girl he wanted to ask was already taken."
"Really?" Mimi asked interested.
"Who did he want to ask?" Maura inquired.
"Dunno. I didn't ask. So, moving on to the fashion stuff."
"Wait! Mimi still hasn't told us who she's going with!"
Mimi giggled into the phone, "Matt of course!"
"Cool. Did you ask or did he? You probably did since Matt never asks girls to anything." Maura said.
"Well, you're right about that. I asked and he said yes!" Mimi giggled.
"Aww. Sora, our little Mimi has a crushy-wushy on big, strong, Matty-watty!" Maura said making fun of Mimi.
"Yeah. Whatever." Sora said. "Listen, I really have to go now. Chores. See you tomorrow!" Sora said.
"But we haven't talked about what we're gonna wear." Maura protested hoping to change Sora's mind.
"Eww, chores. Let the maid do them." Mimi, of course.
"Sorry. No can do. We don't have a maid and we can't hire one Mimi. Sorry. Bye!"
"Bye." two voices echoed and then there was a click.
"Well, it's just the two of us. I wonder what was wrong with her. She sounded sort of down," Maura wondered.
"I don't know but let's talk about clothes!" Mimi said getting excited. "My favorite-"
"Subject. Yeah yea I know. Now, what should I wear?"
"Hmm, I'm trying to remember what you have. I know, wear...."
Now, back to Sora after she hung up. Sora lay on her bed thinking, * Why do they get to be the ones to go to the party with who they want? Why not me? It's not fair!* Sora sighed and decided to get some sleep so that she wouldn't look so tired tomorrow at the party. There was still a chance Matt might notice her.
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End of Part One.
Read "Part Two: Going to the party" to find out what happens next!
***Author's Note***
Okay, how was that? Good? Bad? Funny? Sucky? Please, please, please review! ::has puppy eyes:: (but not like Matt's) It would also make my days a lot better to know that people like my writing. Thanks ever so much! BTW, please no flames if you can help it but if you gotta flame, tell me what you didn't like and what I could have done different please. Criticism is good in my opinion. And if you have any suggestions on what else I could write, feel free to e-mail me or tell me in the review. Thanks! ::smiles::
*Maura*
(Not my real name for those of you who don't know. jus read my profile)