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--- Author's Note ---
My third big story. If you know me, you'll
know the couple. If you guys get sick of all these chapter stories, tell
me, okay? POV's change during the story. Pleaz review.
--- Disclaimer ---
I don't own the characters. Title,
summaries and some ideas taken from the SVJH books.
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Sora
I must be crazy, I thought,
looking down. Sickly, yellow
gelatin. Lime pie, topped with, what I think, was supposed to be whipped
cream. Watery chocolate pudding.
I wrinkled my nose in disgust.
As if I could actually find an edible dessert in the Odaiba High
cafeteria. I craned my neck and peered around at the top shelf.
Finally I spotted something that actually looked appetizing- one piece of
chocolate cake covered in fudge frosting. Of course, it was all the way in
the back.
Biting my lip in frustration, I
stretched my arm as far as possible. I still couldn't reach it.
Suddenly, a long, muscular arm
reached around me and pulled down the plate.
I whirled around.
"Matt," I blurted out, surprised. I stared at him for a
second. "I mean-
hi!"
I'd forgotten how intense Matt
Ishida's gorgeous blue eyes were. I'd barely seen him since we started
school again. We were really good friends when we were younger. We
even spent two years together with our other friends in the Digital World.
But when we started high school, we
never talked. We've said hello a couple of times but he was always
surrounded by his fans. He was the lead singer in this band at our school
and he always had girls chasing him. Literally.
"Did you want this?" Matt
asked. He placed the slice of cake on my tray.
"Oh- thanks," I replied.
"Hey move it," a guy
behind us complained. "Some of us would like to eat lunch
today."
"Sorry," I muttered, my
cheeks burning. I flashed Matt an embarrassed smile, then grabbed my tray
and hurried over to the cash register.
"Hey Sora, hold on," Matt
called. He walked over to me and waited while I paid. "How
about we share that piece of cake?" he asked, grinning. "Since I
don't have any dessert."
"Sure," I replied happily,
feeling a twinge of excitement.
"So, do you want to grab a
table?" Matt asked, looking around the loud, hectic cafeteria.
"Um..." I paused and
looked around. "How about over there?" I suggested, pointing to
a table nearby.
Matt shrugged. "Whatever
you want."
I pulled up a chair and put down my
tray.
Matt glanced over at my food.
"That's just scary," he told me, shaking his head.
I examined the crusty brown meat
loaf, pasty mashed potatoes and limp vegetables. He had a point.
"Yeah, well, there weren't a lot of options," I said frowning.
"Wait a sec," Matt said,
reaching into his lunch bag. He pulled out a huge tuna sandwich on a
crusty roll.
"Trying to make me
jealous?" I joked.
Matt unwrapped the sandwich, then
separated the halves and held one out to me. "It's only fair,"
he said. "Since we're splitting the cake."
"That's okay," I
said. "You don't have to-"
"I insist," Matt
argued. He put the sandwich half down on my tray.
"Okay," I said, smiling
shyly. "Thanks."
That was one of the things I really
liked about Matt. He was so thoughtful and generous. The ultimate
nice guy. Unlike our friend Tai who probably wouldn't notice if I were
starving.
"So, why'd you quit soccer,
Sora?" he asked me, taking a bite out of his sandwich.
I looked up in surprise. I
used to play soccer when I was younger. Now I played tennis. "I
don't know," I replied. "I guess I got sick of it." I
shrugged.
"Oh," Matt said. He
paused for a second. "You know I was kind of hoping we'd run into
each other sometime. I've looked around for you around school a few times
but you've always seemed busy."
He's looked around for me?
What did that mean, exactly? Oh well. It sounded positive.
"What are you doing after
school today?" he asked.
"I have tennis practice,"
I said after a second. "But I should be done by three."
Matt smiled.
"Great," he said. "Why don't we meet at the Palace when
you're done?"
I blinked. The Palace is a
pizzeria where the kids at our school go to hang out. Was Matt asking me
out? Not that it should matter. Matt and I are just friends.
But there was only one way to find
out for sure.
"See you then," I agreed.