After yesterdays excitement I couldn't sleep. It was a shame the party got interrupted by the Digimon coming into our world and we did our best to send them back. Unfortunately in the end we had no choice but to destroy them as they were attacking people, including me. It wasn't really a long battle but we were all tired afterwards. We walked back to Ken's house to say goodnight but me and my Digimon stayed behind a bit. Taking down control spires was pretty tough, but keeping it cool when the guy you like kisses you, that was a challenge. After several hours of not being able to sleep I nodded off, replaying the kiss in my dreams.
I woke late in the morning with chocolate and strawberry coloured fur in my face and a snoring green and cream fuzz ball next to me. Terriermon can be loud for his size. Lopmon's fur is so soft, I started to stroke it and her ear moved to reveal two half open deep brown eyes. She let out a delicate yawn.
"Good morning" she whispered, he voice was weary and lacking energy. Suddenly we heard a beastly grumble and I was so shocked I fell off my bed! When I opened my eye Terriermon was stood in front of me.
"What are you doing down there? What's for breakfast, I'm hungry." Well that solved the mystery of the strange noise. I made pancakes and cereal. I know I always say things like this, but Terriermon can eat a lot for his size. My D-TERMINAL went off so I went to check it out.
"An email from Ken" I exclaimed.
"Autumn got an email from lover boy!" shouted Terriermon from the other room. He can be annoying at times.
"He's asking if we want to go shopping?" I asked them. Shopping... what for? I thought to myself, has he asked anyone else to come along or will it just be me and him, and our Digimon.
"Perhaps it's a date" Terriermon seemed to have read my mind. With that I got dressed and my twin Digimon put on their warm Christmas clothes and we headed over to Ken's house. It was cold outside but the sun was out, which made the thin layer of snow glisten. There are a lot of families out today, I don't blame them, it is beautiful. I decided to take a detour through a nearby park.
"Where are we going, I thought we were going to Ken's?" Lopmon asked me
"To the park for a little while, don't ask why, we just are" something inside me felt hollow, I knew this park, I'd been here when I was little. Did I perhaps come with my parents? No, not my parents, it was after their death. Then who? Who brought me here? I hadn't realised that I'd been stood on the small wooden bridge staring out at the pond for the past five minutes. How time flies. I wish I could remember more about my past, and about what happened to my parents. There's no time for this now, I have to think about the present.
I turned to Terriermon and Lopmon who were just stood at the side of me, waiting for me to make a move.
"Okay, we can go now" I said. I picked Lopmon up and put her under my coat to keep her warm, and then I put Terriermon under my coat too, there wasn't much room but at least they were warm.
We arrived at Ken's house and once again his mother answered the door. She already knew about Ken's shopping idea.
"Ken, your friend Autumn is here for you, I'll give you both some money for your shopping trip" she said as Ken came round the corner wearing different clothes than he normally wears. He looked...wow. He had a beige sweater on with a white shirt underneath and dark blue jeans and dark brown shoes. It made a change from his usual grey attire. Was this... a date? Maybe I'm just reading into it too much.
"Are you ready to go, Autumn?" he asked me, I nodded and smiled.
"Yup" I replied "See you later Mrs Ichijouji, thank you for the money" I said as we left. I kept holding back because I felt embarrassed. I forgot to give Ken his card yesterday. I plucked up the courage and gave it to him.
"Here Ken, I'm sorry I forgot to give this to you yesterday." As usual I began to blush. Why didn't I just put 'Merry Christmas' like a normal person? Nice one Autumn, he's gonna think you're weird. He began to read it.
"Dear Ken, if I had a star for every time you brightened my day, I'd have a whole galaxy in my hands. Love Autumn" He turned a pastel pink colour "Thank you Autumn, this is so sweet. I'm keeping this forever" he said as he moved to hug me. I hugged him back. Then I remembered Terriermon and Lopmon were still under my coat!
"Hey quit squishing us!" Terriermon's muffled voice came from within my coat.
"Sorry guys, you were so quiet and so comfy under there, that I forgot you were actually there!" I said, trying to laugh about it. We walked for a few minutes.
"In here, it's the best sweet shop around" Ken told me, pointing to a brightly coloured shop with an array of sweets and chocolates on display in the window. It looked so inviting. We went in with empty hands, and we came out with all our hands full, pockets full and my bag was full. Ken took me to the park where we were earlier. There were some kids around our age playing with a Frisbee, some people jogging, others walking their dogs, then me, Ken and our Digimon were sat together just watching the world. The thoughts from earlier were still lingering in my mind.
"What's wrong Autumn?" Ken asked from my left. I looked over at him and hundreds of responses flooded my mind... 'nothing', 'I'm just thinking', 'I like it here', but I decided to tell him straight up.
"Well, I have memories of this park, someone brought me here but it wasn't my parents, it was someone else. I can't think who It could have been or why they would have brought me here." I explained
"Do you remember what happened after that?" he knew what it felt like to not remember things like this.
"Let me think..." I pondered for a moment, "Yes! That's it! I remember the people that brought me here took me to a different place... the Digital world. They disappeared though, and I was wondering around for a very long time, that's when..." I trailed off
"That's when we found each other!" said Terriermon as he poked his head under my arm.
"Yes, that's when I first met my best friends and partners, and I wouldn't trade them for the world. At the time I didn't know what it meant. The second time I went to the Digital world I met some other kids with Digimon, Summer, Spring, and Winter. We stuck together after that. I think it was a couple of years later, during the incident with Diaboromon, that we met Tora, Raiden, Ash, Kaede and Ren. That was also the time I started getting in touch with Izzy and the other Digidestined like Tai and Matt. I've learnt a lot from all of them." I smiled, then I realised... "Sorry I've rambled on about this"
"I don't mind, it's interesting" Ken said, smiling back at me. I think he was just being polite. Some time passed by and Ken checked his watch then got up.
"Where are you going?" I asked him. The Digimon all looked up at ken.
"We are going back into the town, my lady" he said while extending his hand to me. Wait, what did he just call me? His lady? Oh my, I think I'm going to faint! Did that really just happen?!
"I'll follow your lead wherever, Ken" I said as he pulled me up, I could feel my cheeks turn rosy.
"After you, my lady" Wormmon said to Lopmon, and she blushed just as I had. I was following Ken, Lopmon was following Wormmon and Terriermon was following himself. Seriously, he was following his shadow. The sun was behind us.
Ken then spun round so that he was behind me and he put his hands over my eye.
"We're nearly there now" he said. I could feel us going round a corner and turning to face something. He took his hands away from my eyes. We were at an Italian restaurant!
"Ken, are we seriously eating here?" I asked him, I was shocked, this place was fancy!
"Why do you not like Italian food?" he sounded disheartened.
"No I don't, I love it! This is perfect!" I gave him a big hug and we went in. The meal was amazing, the Digimon sat underneath the table and we'd occasionally pass them some food, but mostly the sweets were for them.
"Ken, can I ask you something?" I began to think of the best way to ask him.
"Of course, what is it?" he seemed puzzled and slightly worried.
"Is this a...a... a date?" I asked him, stuttering a bit.
"Umm, well." He reached across and put his hand on mine "Yes"
"Thank you Ken, this is the best date ever, well it's my first too but that's what makes it the best, because it's with you. Thank you for asking me" I smiled.
"The pleasure is all mine" he sounded so mature and much like a gentleman. As far as I was concerned he was my gentleman. Not officially but we're getting there.
Ken walked me home.
"I had a great day with you Ken. Thank you so much. We should do something again sometime" I said
"That can be arranged" he smiled and used his hand to tilt my chin up, then kissed me gently. He went back home, I went inside. My heart was racing. I tucked Terriermon and Lopmon into bed and got in myself. I emailed Yolei, Kari, Spring and Summer telling them everything. I revisited the memories from today. It went so fast. I closed my eyes and went to sleep.