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Ps. Thanks to all who reviewed to the first chapter! Ps. Since Sora is Mimi's roommate in the story they'll probably be some of Taiora sorry to those who hate them. Forgive me.

Present Day

Chapter 2 – The Real World

"Order up a lobster meal with a side of coleslaw" Sora told Mimi slapping the order onto the cooking area in the back.

"Great these people always want the complicated meals don't they?" Mimi commented finishing up a steamed fish and putting it up on the top shelf for the waitress's to grab.

Sora grabbed the plate. "Yes they do, be right back I believe this belongs to my table." She said heading out the door again as Mimi prepared the next item.

Soon enough she was back in with another order. "It's never ending Mimi, it's like they all have tapeworms in their stomachs."

Mimi laughed. "Agreed I don't even know how we do this every day. Oh here's the salad."

"Right, thanks" Sora said heading out and then back into the kitchen.

"Remind me why we're working here?" she asked reentering the room.

"Well I want a career in cooking for some crazy reason and you're trying to pay your share of the rent for the apartment until you find out what you want to do with your life." Mimi answered tired.

"Ick it's like I'm having a mid life crisis in my 20's. What do you want with your life Sora?" she said speaking to herself.

"I don't know" Mimi said. "But right now the lady at table 7 wants this chicken."

Mimi and Sora finished up their shifts and closed the restaurant up for the owners. Finally coming home Sora collapsed on the couch making a groaning noise. "I quit."

"You can't" Mimi said laughing at her. Then she picked up some flowers that were left on the front step. "Looks like Tai brought yeah something." She said winking.

Sora looked up and smiled. "Aww that's sweet…maybe he did something wrong…" she said grabbing the flowers and reading the card. "No he said he was thinking of me and these were on sale…"

She looked up at Mimi. "My boyfriends a cheap"

Mimi laughed. "Hey at least he brings you flowers even if they are inexpensive, I never get anything from Jeff."

Sora looked at her sadly. "I wish you would dump him, you could do so much better than that loser."

"You could do better than, Tai"

"Yes, but here's the difference…he knows I could do better than him." Sora said laughing.

Mimi sat down next to her. "Jeff's a nice guy he just often…well get's caught up in baseball you know he's trying to move from minor league to major league."

"So he has to forget about you?" Sora asked with her eyebrows raised.

"He doesn't have time for flowers and stuff but he pays attention to me and has a good thing going for him…I need a stable life." Mimi said quietly.

"You need someone that will treat you like a princess like you deserve my friend. Not someone who cares more about himself."

Mimi sighed. "Okay off the Jeff subject, do you know whose house we're meeting at for Christmas this year?"

"I was hoping Matt's since his is the biggest and last year we could all barely fit into Joe's." Sora said.

"Yeah I think the tree took up more space then we did…" Mimi added.

"Yeah…" Sora looked up at the ceiling. "We better go off and get some sleep tomorrows going to be a long day."

Mimi looked down. "Why's that?"

Sora gave her a look. "You know it's the anniversary of Izzy's death, Mimi."

Mimi just looked the other way. "Yeah…I'm going out with Jeff tomorrow night so I probably won't be thinking about it."

"Mimi…"

"What? It's been five years I can't mope around every year…I think you're right I need some sleep see you tomorrow." She said rushing into her bedroom as Sora just stared at her bewildered.

Closing the door behind her she felt a couple tears run down her face. Izzy had been gone a long time now but she still missed him. She walked over to the window and stared at the stars in the sky.

Flashback

"Izzy aren't the stars beautiful?" asked an 18 year old Mimi lying on the grass.

"More like billions of degrees" he responded lying next to her.

"Oh Izzy, seriously? Can't you just look at the beauty in the world?" Mimi asked the red head boy.

He looked at her. "I do see the beauty in the world but I also see the truth and facts."

"Don't you ever not want to know certain things, so you can wonder about them and create your own beliefs?" she asked dreamily.

"Why would I want to live in an unrealistic world when I can have all the facts and deal with them?"

"Because sometimes it's nice to imagine things in a different perspective, you know have your own view of the world and dream about it that way." She told him.

"I don't understand why you'd want to dream about things that aren't real."

"Because sometimes the things that aren't real are the best of all, it's easier to make the world a better place inside your head."

"We can't live our lives in fantasy worlds, Mimi."

"No, but sometimes you can take a break and wonder what if life was this way." She explained and looked at him. "Fine what do you find beautiful in life if not the stars?"

"You" he answered simply and she smiled to herself.

End of Flashback

Mimi sighed and headed back over to her bed to sit. How could it have already been five years since she last saw his smile and felt his love?

She shook her head trying to brush it off. She had Jeff now and things were going well with them. She sighed and tried to get some sleep. Tomorrow was just another day…


"Flight 392 has come to a complete stop. Please exit at your right and have a nice day." Said the announcer over the speaker as the red headed boy walked off the plane.

"I'm home" he said simply.


A/n – okay so these haven't been the longest chapters but what you gonna do? Sorry about that but I appreciate all of the reviews given. Please review again I appreciate it!