This is a sequel I wrote to For the Love of the Game as requested. This happens a few months after the story. Matt and Mimi have broken up a a week before. Tai and Sora are still madly in love with each other.


Trust Your Heart and Follow it's Guide.


Hi! My name is Mimi Tachikawa. I'm an 11th grade student in Odaiba High. You may have heard of me. Since I'm center of attention quite often. I've been the captain of the cheerleading squad for years now. People say I've got the looks, the personality, the smile, the style, the brains(at least enough for a girl, they say), and the luck. They think that I'm the perfect person to be. That everything is so easy for me. But they don't look deep enough.


My life is quite balanced actually. Since there's a dark side to it. You don't believe me? Well, let's see. My parents are always away on business trips so a lot of times they aren't there for me when I need them. Some people get first impressions that I'm a snob just because I grew up in a rich family. I always seem so cheerful to people that they forget that I have my own worries. I'd always be there for their problems, but no one has ever been there for me. Worst of all, the boy that I've loved for such a long time, broke up with me.


I can't even believe it ended that fast. I mean, Sora told me that he had an enormous crush on me. But a week ago, he just told me that it was over. I completely fell into pieces. My friends, Tai, Sora, Izzy, Kari, Joe, and T.K. have been trying to put my life back together. It really isn't working though.


Everyone around me seemed really concerned, but I don't know if it's for real. They would tell me that it's all Matt's fault and they're on my side. Then they wouldn't talk to Matt. Which makes me feel terrible and doesn't help my problem at all. I don't consider those people my friends. I consider them more as acquaintances. That's because they don't listen enough. They don't look deep enough. I always have to tell them that I'm fine, our you don't have to worry. But they're never there when I cry alone at night on my bed, or when I feel lost and trapped and there's no place to run.


It's Sora and the other digidestined who see that side of me. They know me better than I know myself. I can tell them how I feel and they'll always be there for me. They can see right through me when I'm lying. They know how to guide my way when I'm lost in the dark. Matt used to be like that also. So kind and generous, so warm and loving...... ::Sighs:: but that's all in the past now. I keep telling myself to live in the present, but... but the past is much more beautiful.


Wow! It's already midnight. I can't sleep at all. Yes, I've been crying in bed again. My pillow case is soaked with tears. I kept twisting and turning so now my hair is completely static. If I was in a good mood, I would've laughed. But it just doesn't seem so funny now. It seemed hideous, pathetic, like the rest of my life.


I really should get some sleep tonight since tomorrow, I'm trying out for the show choir tomorrow. In show choir, you need beauty and grace and both require sleep. But I just couldn't. My parents aren't home. I'm all alone in this huge house. Let's see what I can do.


As I walked down the cold, marble staircase with my bare feet, I remember how Matt used to hold me in his arms and twirl around in circles. When I got down to the main lobby, and I put on some slow music. I closed my eyes and twirled and danced to the music. That was what Matt and I used to do. For a minute, I could actually feel Matt dancing with me. I opened my eyes expecting to see him smiling down at me. But all I saw was emptiness and loneliness. Who was I kidding? It was over....


I had to get over this! I can't live the rest of my life like this! I was trying to find some place where I can be my old self again. Where I can be happy and express myself. Why haven't I thought of it before? The school stage! I can just sneak in the classroom window!