Hi Everyone, thank you so much for reading and reviewing! This is my first story here in a very long time and I was very nervous about posting, so it made me feel much better. I know I am using the dub names, and to be completely honest the thought of using the original names never even crossed my mind when I was beginning this fic, so I am really sorry if it bothers you :-( Because I started with the dub names and I am a newbie to this world, for this fic I will be continuing to use the dub names, but hopefully I can branch out next time

Mimi was waiting impatiently at arrival gate 29 at JFK International Airport in New York City. People milled around the gate, some in groups and some alone, their sole similarity being that they were in a hurry, wherever they were going. The arrival/departure board still listed flight 1456 from Tokyo as ON TIME , so his flight should be landing soon. She absentmindedly twirled a piece of her no longer pink hair around her first two fingers, and thought back to the rather chaotic phone call she had received a few weeks ago.

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She had been trying to do her math homework in her room when the phone rang. Thankful for the distraction from her least favorite subject she walked to the bedside table and picked it up
"Hello?" she asked
"Hey Mimi, it's Tai!" the enthusiastic caller bellowed. Mimi called up a mental picture of her friend Tai, the leader of the first Digidestined with a smile. With his chaotic dark brown hair and go for it attitude he generally kept everyone hopping.
"Hi Tai, what's up?' She asked, sitting down on the bed with the receiver in her hand.
"Well we have a situation we were hoping you could help us with—see Izzy,"
"Izzy?" Mimi asked weakly
"Yeah, you know him…sorta short, red hair, says prodigious a lot when he gets excited—anyway he won this really awesome computer prize thing…the only kid in Japan to win—and the prize is he gets to attend a convention in New York City! Only thing is his parents won't let him go…they say it's not safe or something…but I was thinking if your parents called his and promised to look after him while he's there maybe they will let him go?! He really—" Tai cut off abruptly and Mimi could hear something going on in the background. Actually, it sounded like someone was yelling and there was a loud bang accompanied by shuffling.
"Hello? What's going on?! Hello?!" she asked, her mind frantically racing. Izzy in New York City? Sure, Kari and TK had come a few months ago, but she hadn't talked a lot to Izzy since that night; Their night. There were more strange sounds on the phone and then a different voice came on.
"Hey, sorry Mimi, it's Cody." The calm voice came over the line.
"What happened?" Mimi asked nervously.
"Oh Izzy was upset because he told Tai not to ask you, said he just wouldn't go—then when he went to the bathroom Tai decided to ask you anyway. Izzy kind of tackled Tai to try to get the phone..and then Joe got involved…" he trailed off.
"Oh." Mimi stated "Well I have to go because airtime is expensive and my dad will get upset but tell the guys I will ask. And tell Izzy if he wants to come he should…bye now!" she said brightly hanging up the receiver, sounding much more confident then she actually felt.
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And now as she stood at the gate waiting, she thought that perhaps she had been wrong to tell him to come. It had been fairly easy to convince his parents to let him come after her parents offered to watch him and let him stay with them. She hadn't talked much to him other than group calls or chats or emails. She wasn't avoiding him, but she didn't seek him out the way she may have done before if she had a particular problem. She was more embarrassed than anything else. She had been sad and lonely and had thrown herself at him…he probably hated her, that's why he didn't even want to ask if he could come.
She looked up as the door opened and people started embarking off the plane. Standing on her tiptoes she tried to see over the crowd. Suddenly she caught a glimpse of dark red hair and, unable to stop herself she waved her arms above her head,
"Yoo-hoo, Izzy! Over here!" she cried. Izzy pushed through the crowd and they stood awkwardly face to face until Mimi impulsively reached out and pulled him into a quick hug. "So good to see you!" Izzy, blushing slightly and smiled pulling away.
"Good to see you too Mimi " She studied him quickly giving him a quick up and down assessment, he had grown since the last time she had seen him, before he had been a few inches shorter than her, but now he was just a bit taller than she was. He was wearing his standard button down and shorts with sneakers and wore his backpack with two straps. He was still not a large person, but he looked much older than the last time she had seen him.
"Let's go get your baggage!" She looped her arm through his and pulled him towards the baggage claim "You must be exhausted!"

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The next few days passed in a mostly uneventful fashion. Mimi's parents were thrilled by Izzy, who was according to them, the perfect house guest.
"He is so polite and sweet!" her mother gushed, "and he hangs up his towels!"
"That boy is as smart as a whip! Did you see what he did with my computer?" her father had asked that morning after breakfast. Mimi rolled her eyes at the memory of the Izzy lovefest and shook her head. She was currently standing outside the hotel where the programming convention was just now wrapping up waiting to take Izzy out for dinner on his last night in town. She had to admit it had been nice to have him here, he was good company and they had even managed to find time to visit the Digital World to see Palmon and Tentomon. It blew her mind that he was the same boy that she had first met at camp all those years ago. The doors to the hotel started opening and closing quickly as convention goers began pouring out on the street.
"What a nerd convention!" Mimi thought to herself, "I have never seen so many pale people in my life!" Finally she saw Izzy push his way out of the hotel with several other well, nerds, in what seemed like a deep conversation. Izzy looked up and spotted her and waved.
"Hey Mimi!" he plowed his way through the crowd towards her, his posse following him closely, "I want you to meet some people! Guys, this is my friend Mimi." Mimi smiled generously at all of them
"Hi everyone!" she said.
"Hi, I'm Jim" said the first boy, an American with dark features.
"Devon." Nodded the second, flipping his blond hair in what Mimi could only assume was an attempt to look suave.
"And I'm Charles, It's nice to meet you" said the third. He was black with a British accent and large glasses.
"Is it ok if the guys come with us tonight? I told them you were going to show me the city." Izzy asked.
Mimi nodded "Sure! The more the merrier! What do you say to dinner? There is a good pizza place that is not very far...TK and Kari loved it when I took them!" Everyone nodded and let her lead the way.
Mimi pretended not to hear when Jim leaned over and whispered to Izzy. "Dude, you didn't tell us your friend was super hot!" she just rolled her eyes and kept walking.

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65 Spot was one of the hippest under 18 clubs in Manhattan. Mimi had been there many times before with her girlfriends, dancing the night away. Never in a million years did Mimi think she would be at a hot club and bored out of her mind. After taking Izzy and his "nerd herd" (as she had termed them in her head) to dinner they had wanted to have some fun. Mimi considered 65 Spot a completely appropriate idea. But here they were in a dark room full of techno, glow sticks, and teenage hormones, and these guys were all crowded around a table talking computers. Or at least that's what she thought they were talking about. She had hit jargon overload before the pizza had come to the table at the restaurant. Deciding that she could take it no more, Mimi got up from the table to get a drink from the bar.
"Hey guys, I'm going to the bar." she said or rather tried to shout over the loud music. Not one of the guys looked up or even acknowledged her. With a rather loud sigh she made her way through the sweating crowd, shooting a longing glance at the dance floor as she walked up to the bar. She had only been standing there for a few minutes waiting for her drink when she was interrupted by a male voice.
"Hey beautiful, why aren't you out on the dance floor?" Mimi turned around to see the speaker. He was a little older than she was tall, dark, and completely handsome.
"Well no one has really asked me..." Mimi trailed off and smiled coyly.
The guy put his arm around her shoulder, steering her to the dance floor
"Well babe, I'm Ricky and you can come dance with me!" He grinned cockily. "Oh and this is my friend Pete-" he jerked his thumb to the guy walking behind them, "Don't mind him he is probably just jealous I saw you first."
Mimi giggled and let them lead her out onto the floor. It was about time she got to have some fun. She lost count of how many songs they danced to, Ricky was a great dancer and his friend Pete seemed along for the ride too. In fact she was having so much fun dancing that she forgot about Izzy completely. That is until some time later when she saw him standing on the edge of the dance floor looking through the crowd.
"Oh shoot!" she thought, "poor Izzy, I forgot!" walking off the dance floor to join her friend she didn't catch the disgruntled looks her dance partners were giving her.
"Oh, Izzy, I am so sorry! I just went to get a drink and then these guys asked me to dance and I lost track of the time.." she sighed feeling incredibly guilty. Izzy half-shrugged his left shoulder.
"It's ok Mimi, I know that coding protocol is not something you get into..actually after talking about it for that long, I'm not sure I'm interested in it anymore."
Mimi laughed happily at his joke, pleased she had not offended him too much.
"Oh good! Then you will dance with me?" She asked pursing her lips together and making her eyes big.
"Mimi you know I can't dance!" He groaned.
Mimi was about to tell him to stop being so uptight when Ricky came up with Pete in tow and pushed his way in between her and Izzy,
"Hey Babe, what's the deal, I thought we were dancing?" He demanded.
Mimi smiled apologetically "Oh I'm sorry, I saw my friend over here and I realized I had left him so I came over...this is Izzy." she said gesturing to the red head.
"Whatever." Ricky said "Ditch the nerd and come dance with me."
Mimi felt her blood begin to boil just a little bit, " No thank you. If you can't be nice to my friend I certainly don't want to dance with you anymore." she told him,
Ricky frowned, "Fine!" he barked and turned to Pete who was slightly behind him, "Let's go! Stupid Bitch!" he muttered.
Out of the corner of her eye, Mimi saw Izzy stiffen at Ricky's insult and calmly moved to tap him on the shoulder. Ricky turned, and Mimi saw something she never thought she would see in a million years. Moving faster than she would have though he could, Izzy pulled back his fist and punched Ricky right in the nose. Ricky reeled back in shock grabbing his nose and gasping in pain. Mimi looked at Izzy, completely shocked. Izzy looked back at her, seeming as shocked as she was and unfortunately did not see the blow that Pete was aiming at him until it was too late. The bigger guy landed a punch on his right cheek, knocking Izzy down completely. Suddenly the bouncers were there pulling the teens apart while everyone else in the club looked on.

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Mimi and Izzy crept silently into her apartment trying not to wake her parents. After the fight they had been kicked out of 65 spot and had taken a taxi back. Mimi touched Izzy's shoulder.
"Hey, we need to clean you up, come into the bathroom." she whispered. He followed her into the bathroom and winced as the bright fluorescent light came on.
Mimi leaned closer to him as she examined the quickly darkening bruise on his face.
"I think you are going to have a shiner." she told him.
Izzy grinned and then winced at the pain that it caused "Well there's a first time for everything." he joked.
Mimi leaned even closer to get a better look, she was so close she could feel him take a deep breath as he braced himself against the bathroom counter.
"I want to just-" Mimi muttered to herself, reaching to open the mirror cabinet behind his head, bringing her body completely into contact with his. And that's when she felt it. He was hard...really hard. She looked down to see a telltale bulge in his khaki pants and then her eyes moved back up to his face. He was completely red in the face, blushing furiously...adorably. So she did the only thing she could think of at the moment and leaned in and kissed him.
He responded to the touch of her lips immediately by adding pressure of his own to the kiss. Slowly she opened her mouth, inviting him in with her tongue, letting him explore as she pulled his body tight against hers. She let out a little sigh of pleasure as they continued to kiss. "He is such a good kisser" she thought, "All the other guys are always in such a hurry to get further, and he is just content to kiss me." and in that space she made up her mind. Pulling back from their kiss she looked up slightly at him,
"Come back to my room?" She asked holding her breath.
Izzy brushed a piece of her hair off of her face for her. "Do you really have to ask?" he questioned.
Mimi grabbed his hand and let him back to her bedroom and turned on the bedside lamp. He stared at her a little awkwardly, not seeming to know what to do. Hoping to speed the process along, Mimi daringly removed her shirt and skirt, leaving her in her underwear.
Izzy quickly pulled his shirt over his head and backed her onto the bed until he was lying on top of her, propped up on his elbows. He kissed her soundly, using his tongue to it's full advantage. Mimi moaned as he moved his kisses down her neck, stopping at her bra strap. She half sat up and helped him remove it, fumbling with the clasp a little bit. Dipping his head he took her left nipple in his mouth and swirled his tongue around. She arched into him, gasping as he did the same thing to the right nipple. Kissing slowly down her abdomen he reached the top of her underwear. Looking up for permission he smiled when she nodded and he slowly pulled off her remaining piece of clothing.
Mimi laughed and poked a toe at his pants, which he was still wearing. He undid his belt quickly and she helped him remove them completely. He moved to crawl back on top of her again, but she stopped him and stood up and pushed him down on the bed. Then she climbed on top of him instead, taking great satisfaction at his shocked face as she positioned him and slid him inside while she was still on top. Slowly she began to move up and down, eliciting a groan from him that was matched by one of her own as he filled her so completely. He felt good inside her and she could feel her climax starting to build. He started moving too, matching her stroke for stroke as they began to move faster. He reached down to touch her and she came apart feeling pleasure move like white light through her entire body. She cried out and quickly clamped her hand over her mouth remembering her parents were asleep. Izzy climaxed right after she did, breathing heavily beneath her.
Leaning down, Mimi softly kissed his bruise and rolled off of him onto the bed, lying her head on his shoulder.
"Wow!" he said, "that was.." He seemed to be searching for a word.
Mimi giggled "Prodigious?" she asked innocently.
"So much better than that!" he exclaimed pressing his lips to her forehead. They laid there for a while their breathing returning to a normal rate. After a while Izzy turned his head to look at her,
"Hey Mimi, can I ask you a question?" he asked. Mimi nodded and closed her eyes. "Why me? I mean why did show up at my apartment last year? And why haven't we talked really since?"
Mimi opened her eyes "Oh." she said quietly "I didn't plan that you know. I was just sad that night and I knew you were still awake. I never thought of you that way before that, you were being so sweet and I just wanted to kiss you...so I did. And then you were a good kisser and well...I just wanted to feel good, I guess. Does that make sense? I was really embarrassed afterwards, I was afraid you would hate me."
Izzy laughed quietly "How could I hate you after that? Beautiful girl comes to nerd's room and jumps him. It's like a dream come true. So is that why you didn't talk to me much this last year?"
Mimi burrowed her head deeper into his chest "Yes and no...I mean it was wonderful, but I didn't want to ruin our friendship..it was really good but we don't really fit in each other's worlds, you know?"
Izzy nodded "I think I get it." He glanced at the clock on the bedside table "Wow, it's four o' clock! He exclaimed. Mimi sat up and yawned,
"We should probably get some sleep, you're flying out in the morning." she said. Izzy nodded and got up, and starting fumbling around for his clothes.
"Have you seen my underwear?" he asked.
Mimi just laughed.