A/N: Please take
this warning into consideration. This was a borderline PG-13/R rated fic due to
the story line and its events. Some jokes are perverted and Tai is very, very
drunk in the first part (and so is Matt, although he's not as drunk as Tai). The
story isn't graphic at all compared to others I've read, in my opinion, so it's
okay for a 12-year old to be reading, I guess. Consider this my warning, and
don't blame me if you feel a little queasy in some parts. My friends who don't
have the faintest idea of what Digimon is have read it and they have all said,
"No comment." so it mustn't be that bad or else they would've said, "EW
YOU PERVERT GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!!!" because they're painfully honest like
that, and oh gawd, I'm rambling, let me stop so you can read the rest of the
story, ne?
Disclaimer: I
don't own Freddie's Strip club cuz I think it costs more than Digimon, which I don't
own either. I don't own the song, "The Call". It's owned by BSB. And ah, hi
Amber and Nati! Ahehehehe…*sweatdrops* they're my friends who own themselves
and they are not strippers in real life (Amber wants to be one, though…j/k! She
wants to be a pole dancer. KIDDING AGAIN!! Sheesh…) so um, yeah.
SoulDestiny
presents…
The Call
*phone
rings*
"Hello?"
"Kari? This is Matt. Listen, is my
brother home?"
"Yeah, hold on a minute. TK!!"
"Huh? This is TK."
"Yeah, TK? It's Matt. Tai and me are
gonna go out for some drinks. Wanna come?"
"Um, I'll have to ask Kari. Kari?"
"It's fine with me, TK."
"Great! Kari said okay."
"Cool. I'll pick you up around
seven, then."
"Okay. See ya, Matt."
"Yeah, whatever."
TK:
Let me tell you the story 'bout the call
That changed my destiny
Me and my boys went out
Just to end up in misery
"So where are we going?" TK asked as
his brother pulled into his shackle-covered driveway.
"Just a few clubs." Matt answered.
"Oh yeah." Tai Kamiya grinned as he
tousled his thick, brown hair. "We're just gonna pick up some chicks, have a
little fun… if ya know what I mean…" He winked at TK who was sitting in the
front seat with Matt.
"But what about Kari?" TK wondered
what his newly wed wife would say if she knew they weren't going out for just
drinks.
"Kari, Shmari." Tai yawned. "Just a
girl! Now if you want a real woman…" His eyes wandered past TK and onto
the isolated lot that Matt had just pulled into. "Damn, this is gonna be better
than looking at one of Izzy's hentai sites!"
"So Sora isn't giving you enough
love, huh?" Matt smirked.
"Actually, it's just the opposite."
Tai replied. "She's like a dead fish when she does it."
TK wrinkled his nose. "Too much
information, Tai."
"You're welcome!" Tai said as he
stumbled out of the car and ran into the closed-off building, leaving Matt and
TK behind.
"Is he drunk or something?" TK
asked.
"If you call a vodka, screwdriver,
and two shots of whiskey drunk, then yeah, he's wired." Matt answered as he
opened the door for his younger brother.
"Wow. Isn't that illegal or
something? I mean, it can kill you, right?"
Matt shrugged. "Well, you know Tai.
He's got a stomach made of steel. Nothing can break him."
"You got that right!" TK laughed. He
remembered when they were kids, Tai was able to down four bowls of rice in one
gulp. That was Tai, alright. The human eating machine.
"Dude, will you guys hurry it up
already!" Tai's rather irked head poked out of the building and glared at the
duo, who were still standing by the vehicle.
"We're coming, you dumbass!" Matt
yelled. He turned to TK, "C'mon, bro. We better get going before Tai does
something to the girls. We can't let him have all the fun now, can we?"
"What are you talking about?" TK
said in confusion.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell
you…" Matt grinned. "Welcome to your first night as a man, TK. This is
Freddie's strip club!"
"S-s-strip club?" TK ran after his
brother in shock. "B-but I'm married!"
"So is Tai, but you don't see him complaining!"
Matt entered the club as TK reluctantly followed, finding Tai trying to slip a
$5 bill down one of the girl's shirts.
"I don't offer discounts!" the lady
barked.
"But Amber! You know you want me!"
Tai whined as he took his hand and placed it on her behind.
"C'mon TK," Matt whispered. "Tai's
busy. Let's go check out the pole dancers and stuff."
"But what about Kari?" TK protested.
"Didn't she let you come?"
"Yes, but not to a strip club!"
"Drinks, strip club, they're all the
same thing!" Matt yelled. "Besides, it's not like she'll find out unless you do
something stupid and tell her!"
TK sighed. "Fine. But only for five
minutes. After that, I'm leaving."
"You made the right choice, brother
dear," Matt smiled. "Now welcome to my little world of pleasure…" He pushed the
door to another room open to reveal tons of braless girls dancing all over the
tables and in cages. "HELL, YEAH!!" he yelled in delight. "Now that's the way I
like it!" He looked at TK. "You can open your eyes now, ya know."
"Oh, I can see fine from here,
thanks." TK muttered, his hands firmly clamped over his eyes.
"You don't really wanna be here, do
you?" Matt asked, his eyes glued on one of the girls swinging around a pole. TK
shook his head. "Okay, fine. Have it your way." Matt dug into his pockets and
pulled out his car keys. "Here. Take the car and go home. I don't think me or
Tai will be going anywhere else tonight, anyways."
"Thank you." TK gladly took the keys
and with his eyes still shut, had his hands guide the way toward the exit. "If
any of you girls are in my way, please move, 'cause I'm a happily married man!"
he yelled, feeling his way out. He grabbed what he thought was the doorknob and
turned it.
"OUCH! YOU PERVERT! WATCH WHAT
YOU'RE GRABBING!!"
TK opened his eyes to find Amber
standing there with a pissed-off look on her face.
"Hey man, look where you're touching
her." Tai whispered. TK looked down and found his hand on the girl's chest.
"Oh crap, I'm so sorry!" TK
apologized as he made a run for the real exit.
"Sheesh, kids these days…" Amber
mumbled.
"You wouldn't happen to sell
prostitution, now would ya?" Tai asked. Amber slapped him.
"Baby,
just gimme a little luvin'!!"
* * *
TK sighed as he frantically stepped outside. He
couldn't believe that Tai and his brother thought this was fun! He thought it
was disgusting! And what would Kari think if she knew that her brother did
this? TK shuddered. He couldn't tell Kari about this. She would be so
disappointed. He'd just tell her that Matt and Tai had too much to drink, so he
brought them home. Anyways, it's not like he'd be lying. They did have
way too much to drink, right?
TK walked across the parking lot in
exasperation. He didn't want to lie to Kari, but it was his only choice.
Was about to go home
When there she was standing in front of me
She said hi
I got a little place nearby, wanna go?
"Oh, shit!"
TK turned around to find a young
woman screaming at her car.
"Work you useless piece of crap!"
she shrieked.
"Um…do you need any help?" TK
approached her uneasily.
"Gee, whaddya think, bozo?" The
woman hissed sarcastically then looked up and saw TK. She smiled. "Oh and who
might you be?"
"Oh, um, I'm ah, TK." His face
flushed with the color red. "So do you need any help?"
"Not anymore…" she cooed. "So what's
a sweet young thing like you doing out in this nasty part of town?"
"Well, ah, my brother thought I'd
like it here, so he drove me here, but er, I didn't so, now, well, I'm sort of
going home?"
The woman shook her head. "And such
a young one, too! Well, since you were leaving, how 'bout going to my place? We
could have some fun, you know, my treat?"
TK blinked then shook his head. "NO!
I mean, don't take this the wrong way 'cause you're cute and everything, but
I'm married! Happily married, I might add!"
"Oh, really?" the woman laughed.
"Silly me! Of course an attractive fella like you would be married! Well
how 'bout I take up that offer and you help me by giving me a ride to my hotel?
It's not too far from here, just out of town."
"Well, I guess that's okay…" TK
slowly agreed as he walked the woman to Matt's car and opened the door for her.
"So what's your name?"
"Oh!" the woman squealed in
response. "I'm so stupid! My name's Natalia, but you can call me Nati."
"That's an interesting name…" TK
said. "What do you do?"
"I used to work at Freddie's." Nati
replied airily. "I was the main attraction. Then I quit."
"Oh…may I ask why?"
"My husband. He owns the place, ya
know? We got into a fight, he hit me. He has a really bad temper."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"Don't be." Nati rolled her eyes.
"It's not like it was the first time or anything like that. It's been going on
for, like, two years, I just never had the sense to leave the bastard."
"Is there anything I can do?"
Nati thought for a moment then
answered, "Actually, yeah. I know you said you were married, but do ya think
you could stay with me for a couple of hours at my hotel? We won't be doing
anything, I just need to feel safe, just in case Freddie comes, ya know?
There's no telling what that asshole can do, especially on a night like this if
he finds me."
"I suppose." TK began, "but I'll
have to call my wife and tell her first."
Nati laughed. "Oh, yeah, what are
you gonna tell her, 'Oh sweetie, I went to a strip club and picked up a
stripper, and now we're goin' to her hotel room. I hope you don't mind if I
spend the night!' Yeah, TK, that's really gonna go over well!"
"Hey! Kari will understand." TK
replied defensively. "We trust each other."
"Well don't count on her to trust
you after this!" Nati chuckled. "Trust me kid, I have a lot more experience
than you do, and if my man told me he was spending the night at a stripper's,
or any girl's hotel for that matter, I'd send his carcass out the house! Love
don't last forever, I'll tell you that much!"
"Our love does. You don't know Kari
and I. We've known each other since grade school. I would never lie to her."
"Oh, really? So you're saying she knew
you were partying at a strip club? That's some wife you got there, TK!"
"Well, no she didn't, actually…" TK
muttered, a bit flustered. Maybe Nati was right. Maybe it wasn't such a good
idea to tell Kari that he was with a stripper that night. Besides, it wasn't
like they were gonna do anything! Yeah, he'd think of it as a good deed
for the community… "Give me the phone."
"Okay…" Nati said uneasily. She dug
into her purse and handed TK her cell phone. "Don't talk too long, it's
battery's kinda low."
"Don't worry." TK replied. He had
other things to worry about. Like how he couldn't believe he was going to go
through with the call. He hoped Kari would believe him…
I should have said no
Someone's waiting for me
But I called my girl up and said
Listen baby I'm sorry
Just wanna tell you don't worry
I will be late don't stay up and wait for me
Say again
You're dropping out
My battery is low
Just so you know
We're goin' to a place nearby
Gotta go
"You're a good man, ya know that?"
Nati smiled.
"Yeah, right," TK groaned. "A good
man wouldn't have lied to his wife."
* * *
"Welcome
to my humble abode." Nati stated dramatically as she unlocked the door to her
hotel room. TK stepped inside after her and took a look around. Its condition
was appalling. There were broken pieces of wood hanging out from the drawers,
the walls were stained in grease, the ceiling looked like it was about to
collapse, and there was an awful stench in the air that reminded him of a dead
rat.
"Wow.
I'm speechless." TK whispered.
Nati
shrugged. "Yeah, I know it's not much, but it's all I can afford." She took off
her coat and threw it on the bed. "Make yourself comfortable."
TK
walked over to the scratched up table and pulled up a chair. "So what do you
wanna do?"
"I
don't know. How 'bout some refreshments?"
"Sure." TK watched as Nati disappeared into the kitchen.
He couldn't believe anyone could live in such a nasty shelter. He felt so sorry
for Nati. He found himself wondering if Kari would mind her moving in with
them. Nati seemed nice. Ha, good luck convincing her. TK thought. After
this stunt, Kari would most likely
never trust him again. But he had to help Nati. After all, wasn't that what he
lived for? Helping people?
"Hey, TK, I hope you like beer. There was nothing else
lying around." Nati handed him a glass, then walked towards one of the drawers
and began to undress.
"Well, actually," TK began uneasily, "I don't usually
drink beer." He stared at Nati as she dug into the drawer and pulled out
something red and see-through.
"C'mon!" Nati urged. "It's not like it's gonna do
anything to you! It's just one glass!"
"I don't know…" TK winced as Nati stripped down and put
on the newfound lingerie.
"Please?" Nati leaned towards TK. "For me?"
"Uh, okay, fine then." TK took the glass. "But only one
drink."
Nati smiled. "That's enough for me!"
TK and Nati sat there and talked about their lives. He
learned that Nati had been married to Freddie for about two years and that
Freddie had been abusive towards her. Nati had requested a divorce the other
day when Freddie threatened to kill her. That's when she left the strip club,
and ran into TK.
"Wow. I can't believe it." TK said softly. Nati had more
problems than he thought. He put down his empty glass and looked at the time.
It was past midnight. "Oh, damn, I'm sorry, Nati, but I've gotta go home.
Kari's waiting for me." TK got up quickly, but sat down again when a sudden
wave of fatigue fell over him.
"Can't you stay for one more drink?" Nati asked.
"No," TK attempted to get up again. "I'm sorry, Nati, but
I really have to go. If you want, I can ask Kari if you could stay over at our
house." He staggered towards the door as his head spun in confusion. What was
going on? The beer couldn't have taken that much of an affect over him, could
it? TK concentrated on getting to the door as his world began to darken.
Something was definitely wrong. He clumsily reached for the doorknob, and
turned it as he felt himself fall deeper into oblivion.
"Oh my God. TK?"
TK looked up to see a familiar figure loom in front of
him. It wasn't Nati…
"Izzy…"
Everything went black.
* * *
~FLASHBACK~
"Hello?"
"Hey, Kari, it's TK."
"Oh hi, TK. When are you gonna be
home?"
"That's the thing. I'm gonna be
late."
"Really? Why?"
"Well, Matt had a little to much to
drink and he doesn't want Mimi to know, so I'm gonna drive him around for
awhile until he calms down."
"Oh. Okay. How's Tai?"
"Tai, er, Tai's fine. He's great
actually!"
"That's good. Usually he drinks more
than Matt does when they go out on outings like that. Hey, wait a minute. They
didn't try to take you a strip club, did they?"
"Strip club? Um, no, of course not!
Why would you think that?"
"I don't know. I had a weird feeling
that Tai would pull a stunt like that. You know how he gets when he's drunk."
"Um… yeah. Listen, Kari, I gotta go.
The battery's running out on the phone I'm using."
"Okay. I'll see you soon."
"Yeah, okay."
"I love you, TK."
"I…love you too…"
~*END OF FLASHBACK*~
"No! Kari! I didn't mean to lie to
you!" TK screamed as he sat up on the bed, drenched in sweat. He looked around
his surroundings in bewilderment. Where was he? Suddenly, he felt sick to his
stomach. He leaned over the bed and began to throw up.
"Finally! You're awake!"
TK looked up to find Nati walk in
from outside. "Where the hell am I? What did you do to me?"
Nati blushed. "I'm sorry. I didn't
mean to put that much sleeping weed into your drink. I just thought that it'd
keep you from leaving me so soon."
"What?!" TK glared at her. "You drugged
me?!!!"
"I'm sorry!" Nati apologized again.
"It's just that I was so scared of being alone. I mean, what if Freddie came
back to get me?"
"So?!" TK exclaimed in fury. "That's
no excuse to drug me!! And anyways, if Freddie was coming back, how the hell
would I be able to protect you if I was knocked out?!!"
"Well I don't know!!" Nati began to
get angry. "I was scared, okay? I couldn't think straight!"
They bathed in silence for a couple
of moments before TK finally spoke up, "How long was I out?"
"All night. I thought you were dead
or something."
"ALL NIGHT?!!" TK roared. "What am I
gonna tell Kari? Give me your phone! I have to call her!"
"Uh… that wouldn't be a good idea."
Nati said awkwardly.
"And why is that?" TK demanded.
"Your friend Izzy happened to work
at this hotel and he saw you and me in the room together, and I think he got
the wrong idea."
"Wait," TK took a deep breath. "Are
you telling me he told Kari I was with you that night… doing stuff?"
"Well, yeah, if you put it that
way-"
"DAMMIT!" TK slammed his hand
against the wall. Then he threw up again. Kari was going to kill him.
Now one night gone
Nothings been won
I can't take it back
What's done is done
One of her friends found out
That she wasn't my only one
And it eats me from inside
That she's not by my side
Just because I made that
call and lied
"TK, calm down, I'm sure
it's not that bad."
"NOT BAD?!!" TK yelled. "Not bad?!
Nati, going out with your brother's not bad. Going home with a stripper, that's
bad!!"
"But you said you trusted each
other, right? Just explain to her that you were only here to help me. Nothing
happened."
"Good idea." TK panted. "Where's
your phone?"
"Here." Nati handed TK her cell
phone. TK quickly dialed Kari's number and waited impatiently for his wife to
pick up.
"Hello?"
"Kari? It's TK."
Click!
"Damn! She hung up on me!" He dialed
the number again. This time there was no answer. "What am I going to do?" he
asked Nati urgently.
Nati shrugged. "Try again? I mean,
if you keep on calling her, she has to pick up eventually."
So that's what TK did. Unfortunely,
nobody picked up. He tried again and again. Finally, after about an hour of
calling, someone did pick up.
"Hello?"
"Sora? It's TK. Put Kari on the
phone."
"No, TK. She wants to be left
alone."
"I don't care! Put her on the
phone!" TK heard a slight pause then Sora came back on.
"I'm sorry TK. She doesn't want to
talk to you."
TK looked at Nati for help. She just
shrugged her shoulders. "Okay, listen Sora, tell her that it's not what she
thinks-"
"Not what she thinks!" Sora
interrupted. "TK, Izzy saw you in a hotel room with a half naked girl, drunk
out of your mind! Tai came home yesterday and said he remembered you and Matt
leaving with two strippers! Now add the fact that you both have been missing
for one day! Tell me how it's not what we all think!"
"It's hard to explain." TK answered,
exasperated.
"Well then tell me. I've got all
day."
"Well first of all, Matt wasn't with
me-"
"And that's supposed to make it
better?" Sora interrupted again. "TK, that's even worse! That means you were
alone with another girl!"
"It's not like that!"
"So you weren't with another girl?"
TK sighed. "I was, but-"
"TK, I can't believe you. I thought
you loved Kari. We all did. I guess we were wrong."
"But I do love her." TK replied. But
it was too late. Sora had hung up. "God, I can't believe this is happening." TK
cried. "This is all because I made that stupid call to her and lied!" He tried
to push it out of his head. This had to be some sort of nightmare. But it
wasn't. It had happened, and there was nothing he could do about it. He made
the call. He lied.
Listen baby I'm sorry
Just wanna tell you don't worry
I will be late don't stay up and wait for me
Say again
You're dropping out
My battery is low
Just so you know
We're goin' to a place nearby
Gotta go
"Move." TK pushed Nati out of the
way as he headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" Nati asked in
confusion.
"Home," TK muttered angrily.
"But what about me?" Nati inquired.
"I don't know. I don't care. Just
let me leave, you've ruined my life enough already."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Nati ran up and
stopped TK before he opened the door. "What did I do?"
"You dragged me to this hell hall,
drugged me, made it look like I slept with you, and pitted the love of my life
against me."
"Um, no I didn't!" Nati retorted.
"It was your choice to come here, your choice to take that drink,
and for God's sake, I'm a freakin' stripper! It's my job to look like I've
slept with the world!"
"Well, I don't happen to care about
you or your job anymore, alright?" TK said as he pushed Nati out of the way and
opened the door.
"You bastard."
TK looked up to see a malicious
looking, cumbersome man standing above him in fury. "Who are you?"
"I'm Freddie, Nati's husband." He
replied, pushing TK back into the hotel room, and shutting the door. "And I'd
like to know why you're in her room."
"Freddie, please," Nati intervened.
"Shut up, bitch!" he yelled back at
her. He turned back to TK. "I said, I'd like to know what you're doing with my
wife."
"It's not what you think." TK
answered.
"It's not what I think, my ass!"
Freddie yelled. "I come looking for my woman, and I find her in bed with a fuck
like you!! What the hell am I supposed to think! Now how the hell did you meet
her?"
"I don't have time to explain this."
TK tried to shove him out of his way, but Freddie just put more force onto TK.
"Maybe this will give you time." He
took out a gun and pointed it towards TK's head. "Now talk."
"Freddie, leave him alone." Nati
started crying. "This has nothing to do with him. It's about me and you. Let
him go."
"I told you to stay out of this, you
slut!" Freddie pushed Nati onto the floor. "Now, don't make me hurt you kid."
TK glared. "You don't scare me. And
you shouldn't treat your wife that way."
"How I treat my wife doesn't concern
you!" Freddie raised his fist and popped TK on the jaw.
"You shouldn't have done that." TK
charged towards the giant and knocked the gun out of his hands.
"You fuckin' moron! I'll send you to
the moon for that one!" Freddie picked TK up and threw him into the kitchen. TK
quickly got up and felt his arm pop out of his socket. Angrily, TK picked up a baseball bat that was hidden
near by, and cracked it over Freddie's skull. Freddie fell to the ground as TK
dropped the baseball bat. Was he still alive? He bent over to check for a pulse
when he heard a noise.
"Get away from him." Nati said. She
had the gun in her hands, and was pointing it at TK. "I said, get away from my
husband, you murderer!"
"But Nati, I thought-"
"You thought nothing!" Nati cried,
tears streaming down her face. "Get away before I shoot!"
"Nati, please, I-"
"NO!" Nati closed her eyes as she
pulled the trigger. It was all TK could do from screaming out as he felt the
cold bullet plunge into his stomach. He collapsed onto the ground in pain as
Nati walked over to him. "It didn't have to be this way, TK. You could've left
me alone. You could have left both of us alone!"
What was she talking about? TK
wondered. She was the one who brought me here and drugged me!
"I'm not crazy!" Nati yelled. "Those
weird people at the hospital… they're wrong about me! I'm fine! I'm fine!"
"Nati, please…" TK whispered. He
felt himself fade slowly into darkness. He was losing the fight.
"You can't take me…" Nati raised the
gun again. "This is for Freddie."
The sound of the gunshot rang in the
air as TK's destiny was changed for eternity.
Matt:
Let me tell you the story
'bout the call that changed my destiny
Me and my boys went out
Just to end up in misery
Matt stared up at the girl who was
dancing over him in boredom. It had been two hours since TK had left, and Matt
was beginning to sober up. What am I doing? He thought. This is
wrong. He motioned the girl to leave, and when she didn't, he took a
napkin, jotted down Tai's phone number and stuffed it down her bra. She left,
happily. Matt sighed. This was his life. Getting drunk and partying on
weekends, and just getting drunk on the other days. He walked out of the
private room to find Tai, who was conveniently on top of the cashier, Amber.
"Tai, let's get outta here." He
said.
"Aww, Matt, but the fun's just
beginning!" Tai answered.
Matt rolled his eyes. "Fine. I'm
leaving, though, so find your own ride home."
"Oh, I have a ride, alright!" Tai
whooped.
Matt walked out into the parking lot
before realizing TK had the car. "Damn." He sighed. It looked like he was gonna
have to walk it. He strolled around back of the building, wondering where to
go. He couldn't go home to Mimi. She'd strangle him. Or maybe she wouldn't.
What he and Mimi had wasn't exactly love. They were pretty good friends, but
nothing more. Then why are you married to her? A voice in his head
whispered. Good question. Why was he married to her? Maybe because of
the circumstances? TK and Kari were getting married, and so were Tai and Sora,
and Ken and Yolei… maybe it was that he felt like he had to? He knew Mimi was
pretty desperate. But what about him? Personally, he couldn't care less if he
was married or not, so why did he agree to marry Mimi?
He stayed still, hoping that the
stars would answer his questions. They didn't. Matt shook his head and was
about to turn and leave, when he heard a soft crying in the distance. He
followed the sound and found the stripper that was dancing on the pole earlier,
crying on the sidewalk.
Was about to go home
and there she was standing in front of me
I said hi
I got a little place nearby
Gotta go
"Hey,
what's wrong?" Matt asked her gently. She shook her head in reply. "Well, I got
a place nearby, and you can come with me if you want."
The girl looked up and glared at
him. "Just because I'm a stripper, doesn't mean I don't have any morals."
"Well, sorry! I just thought
you'd want to have a little fun, that's all."
The girl stood up. "You are a pervert,
you know that?" She began to walk away.
"Hey!" Matt chased after her. "I'm
sorry if I offended you, but c'mon, if you have that kind of job, people tend
to think those kind of things about you."
The girl rolled her eyes. "Well,
what if I don't like this job?"
"Then why are you working in it?"
"Because I have to, okay?"
Matt shook his head. "That's not a
good enough reason."
"Well, I don't have a good enough
reason to tell a complete stranger my life story, okay?" she sped up in
annoyance as Matt continued to follow her. "Will you leave me alone?" she
cried.
"No, and my name is Matt, so there,
we're not strangers anymore."
"Yes we are, and don't think I don't
have enough sense to carry around a can of mace for crazy people like you,
'cause I do."
"Whoa, steady there." Matt said.
This girl was kind of feisty. He liked that in a girl. "So tell me your name."
The girl turned around in
irritation. "My name isn't any of your business, so go back to your girlfriend
or wife or whoever your significant other is, and leave me alone!"
"I don't have a significant other."
Matt muttered. Mimi wasn't significant, or at least not to him.
"Really?" The girl stopped walking.
"That's funny."
"Why?"
"Because I DON'T CARE!!" The girl
punched him in the stomach and ran off, leaving Matt staring after her in
surprise. What the hell was that all about? He shrugged it off, and continued
walking down the promenade. For some reason, he couldn't get that girl's face
out of his head. What was going on? He sustained walking through the streets in
a daze. His mind was a blur. Suddenly, he remembered why he went out and got
himself drunk in the first place. Mimi was pregnant. And it wasn't his baby.
He looked up for a moment and saw
her. It was the girl from the strip club. He didn't know why, but he felt the
sudden urge to go talk to her. Matt inconspicuously followed her so that he was
not to be noticed. He didn't know why he was suddenly infatuated with that
girl. All he knew was that he needed to speak to her right away.
* * *
Knock,
knock, knock!
Syrena Loire groggily got up from her nap and looked
at the clock. 4 am. Who would be knocking on the door this early in the
morning? She stumbled out of bed and carefully opened the door. "Oh, please,
not you again!" she moaned.
Matt
stepped into her apartment and looked around. "Not bad for a woman who needs to
strip."
"Will
you just leave me the hell alone?" Syrena cried.
"Yeah,"
Matt began, "But I need to talk to you first."
"No."
"Then
I won't leave you alone."
Syrena
rolled her eyes. "Fine. You have five minutes."
Matt
sat down on her couch, and they stared at each other in silence.
"So
whaddya wanna talk about?" Syrena asked impatiently.
"Actually,"
Matt began to laugh. "I'm not really sure."
"Then
get out!!" Syrena screamed.
That's
when Matt's cell phone began to ring. "Oh damn, not again. Hello?"
"Matt,
it's Mimi. When are you coming home?"
Listen baby I'm sorry
Just wanna tell you don't worry
I will be late don't stay up and wait for me
Say again
You're dropping out
My battery is low
Just so you know
We're goin' to a place nearby
Gotta Go
"Oh, no you don't, Yamato
Ishida!" Mimi exclaimed. "Tai's right here with me, and according to him, you
left a long time ago with some girl."
Matt's eyes widened in amazement.
Tai found his way home? "Er, I'm sorry, Mimi, can't hear ya. My battery must be
low. Gotta go." He quickly hung up.
"I can't believe you just did that."
Syrena acknowledged. "And you had the audacity to tell me you didn't have a
significant other, too!"
"Oh, well, uh, she's not really that
significant…" Matt replied.
"You're a big jerk, you know that?"
Syrena said. "Get out."
"No, wait!" Matt stalled for time.
"I suddenly remembered why I wanted to talk to you!" He began to tell her how
he only got married to Mimi because she was feeling down about being the only
girl not getting married from her group of friends. Then he told her how he
eventually began to love Mimi, but she broke his heart by getting impregnated
by another guy. When he finished, Syrena stared at him in awe.
"How did you know?" she asked.
"How did I know what?"
"Earlier I told you I didn't tell my
life story to strangers, but you knew it anyways."
"What are you talking about?"
As if on cue, a cry rang out from
one of the bedrooms, and Syrena disappeared for a moment, coming back with a
baby. "Matt, meet Hasana."
"Wow…" Matt looked at the baby in
surprise. "Is she yours?"
"A year ago, me and my boyfriend got
into a huge fight, so I went off and slept with his best friend to take revenge
on him." Syrena rocked the baby back and forth in her arms. "It was the biggest
mistake I ever made. I ended up getting pregnant, and my boyfriend didn't want
anything to do with the baby. Ever since then, I've been living in debt trying
to support me and Hasana."
"Which explains the strip club."
Matt finished.
Syrena nodded. "Matt, I guess what
I'm trying to say is, don't leave Mimi just yet. Give her time. She needs you, even
if she doesn't act like it. I know my life would be a lot easier if I had a man
around to support me."
"You're right." Matt stood up,
"Thanks. I guess I found what I was looking for."
Syrena walked him to the door.
"Don't take this the wrong way, but I hope I never see you again."
"I hope so, too." Matt smiled. "Good
luck with you and Hasana."
"Thanks." Syrena said as she shut
the door.
Matt sighed as he walked through the
sunrise. He was lucky to meet up with Syrena. It looked like her advice would
change his destiny once again.
His phone began to ring, and for the
first time in years, he was happy to answer it. "Hello?"
"Matt… its Mimi…"
"Oh, hey Mimi. Guess what, I have
good news-"
"Well, that can wait." Mimi
interrupted. "Matt, its TK. He's dead."
*phone hangs up*
A/N:
Okay, okay, so it's a bad ending. Well, the story was about ONE NIGHT the
changed their destinies. It said nothing about the aftermath. Unless, of
course, you want a sequel. But I doubt that.
Just
a lil' note: I don't support Mimato. I have nothing against it, I just thought
it was necessary for the plot. Okay?
Hey,
Nati, I'm sorry I made you totally psycho and everything. But you said you'd
rather be a psychopath than die! Um…just for the record, Nati's a REAL PERSON
who I know PERSONALLY, and if she was a real psychopath, I wouldn't have put
her in the story. So please don't flame her. Thanx!
Okay,
ya'll, R&R!! Luv ya!!