Here's chapter 2. I already posted about how I don't have any of the rights to Digimon or "One Week" in the first chapter. Here we go. Chapter 2. Now things get interesting. Oh, and a little bit of this chapter and a lot of the next one were influenced by parts of arpulver's Odaiba Memorial Day. So I hope he doesn't mind the strong influence, and those who've read it will know what I mean. The main reason I did this is that it's an idea that works with the song, and it's really the only way to get it from chapter one to chapter four. When it gets to chapter four it begins to differ. So anyway, enough with my long rant about that, I hope Arpulver doesn't mind, and here's chapter 2.

One Week Chapter two: The party

Tai finally left his house at seven forty. He hadn't planed on stopping, but he decided he'd better get some flowers. He could leave them outside during the party, and he might need them later. So Tai stopped on the way there to enter a convenience store. He was looking around for flowers, and suddenly he felt as if he was somewhere familiar. It wasn't until he stood up and looked behind him that he realized why. When he turned around, he was looking right at Yolei.

'Crap!' he thought to himself. 'Why'd I have to pick this shop!'

"Um Tai?" Yolei said, "Weren't you going to Sora's party?"

'Gah! Even worse!' he thought, 'she knows I'm going to the party!'

"Um, yeah, I am" he began to say, "But, uh, I have a date tomorrow, and I saw the store and figured I might as well get the flowers now."

"So you're going to go home again first?"

"Yeah, um, that was my plan…"

"Won't that make you late?"

"Um, well, I suppose it might, but, um, if you stand around here to talk to me, wont you be late?"

"Oh crap, you're right! See ya Tai, I gotta go!"

Tai sighed a breath of relief as Yolei turned around to go. It must not have been quiet enough though, as Yolei turned around, looking suspicious.

"So, Tai," Yolei began to ask, "Who's' the lucky girl?"

Tai could almost feel his stomach plummet. And so he said the first name that came into his head.

"Jun." He said, and almost immediately hated himself for it.

"You don't mean Davis's sister, do you Tai?"

"Well, um, when she asked me, I, um, decided that she deserved a chance."
"Wow Tai, you're the bravest person I've ever met. Good luck with that."
"O come on, she can't be that bad."

Tai was beginning to get some confidence back, and became more capable of defending his lie.

"Yea, whatever." Yolei said as she walked out of the store.

This time Tai waited for Yolei to leave before he sighed in relief. He quickly grabbed a bouquet, and went to the register. He paid for the bouquet and was about to head to Sora's apartment, when he realized he would have to wait a while so as to not make Yolei suspicious.

Tai proceeded to spend the next half an hour standing outside of the store. Everything went without any hitches except for that when Izzy went past, and Tai was worried Izzy had also been invited to the party. He attempted to hide, but unsuccessfully. Izzy didn't even look at him and just said, "Hi Tai."

Izzy seemed to be to depressed to notice the flowers or that anything was odd about Tai hanging out around a convenience store. Tai couldn't tell weather he was relieved or upset that Izzy was that depressed. Tai was however too preoccupied to notice that Izzy was still in the same wet clothes from earlier.

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It was eight twenty when Tai finally showed up at Sora's apartment. Tai put the flowers down next to Sora's door, and then put an ear near the door. Tai could barely hear anything on the other side of the door, and only a moment or two after ringing the doorbell, Sora opened the door, smiling brightly at him. She was wearing a Tee shirt and a pair of jeans.

"Hi Tai! Glad you could make it!"

"No problem at all."
Sora brought Tai inside, and he saw that the reason for the lack of any party type noises was that only six people were there. He saw Izzy sitting in a corner, still seeming depressed, and still in the same wet clothes, although they had dried a bit by now. Joe seemed to be trying to cheer Izzy up, while Yolei Cody and Ken were sitting at a table and seemed to be talking about something. The other person was someone Tai was sure he'd never met before in his entire life. He was a young man, probably a year older than Tai at most. He had black hair and blue eyes, and was close to six feet tall. He stood, observing the party with a steady gaze.

"Tai, I have someone I want you to meet," Sora said, as she began to walk over to the man. Tai followed, and they were now standing in front of him.

"Tai, this is Walter. He's from America, and he's been living here for the past few years. He's been writing songs for the wolves for the past few weeks."

Tai extended a hand, as did Walter. They both shook hands, and Sora continued.

"Walter, this is Tai Kamiya, a friend of mine. This is the guy I was telling you about the other day."

Walter nodded in comprehension, as he said in a somewhat quiet voice, "A pleasure."

Tai was surprised for a moment. For a foreigner, his Japanese was flawless. Tai looked at Sora, as Tai and Walter stopped shaking hands.

"So, uh, in what context was I being discussed?"

"Oh, um," Sora began, "You see Walters…"

She was interrupted as Walter reached into his pocket as he began to say, "What she means to say is," He pulled out a digivice from his pocket, "I'm a digidestined. I was just curious about her and Matt's adventures in the digiworld."

"Oh, okay. I thought maybe she was telling you about 'that jerk who lives for soccer.'"

Walter laughed. "No, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but she only had good things to say."
Sora blushed a bit, but Tai didn't notice. Walter however did.

"Well, if you'll excuse me," Walker said, as he began to walk away, "I have to relieve myself."

He walked down a hallway, and opened a door. Tai looked over at Sora, and just noticed she was blushing. He decided to ignore it.

"He seems nice." Tai said, trying to relieve the awkwardness of the moment.

Sora regained her composer, and answered, "Yeah, he is."

"So, uh, nice place."

"Oh, you've never been here before have you?"

"Nope."
"Oh, yeah, it's not huge, but it's enough for two people."
"Yeah, just for you two it seems plenty big."

"That was the thought when we moved in."

The two stood there for a moment, and neither spoke. After a while, Tai said, "Hey, uh, Sora?"

"Yeah?"

"Once everyone else goes, remind me that there's something I need to tell you."

"Alright. Nothing bad I hope."

"No, it's nothing like that."

A timer went off and Sora walked off into the kitchen. Tai walked over to Izzy.

"Hey man, feeling alright?"

Izzy looked up at him, looking somewhat confused for a moment. Then he seemed to realized what was being asked, and answered, "Not yet, but I will be. I just need sometime."

"Alright." Tai put a hand on Izzy's shoulder, when he walked over to Yolei, Cody and Ken.

"So, what you guys talking about?"

"Hi Tai!" Ken said with a smile, "We were just discussing how long until Davis realizes that Kari's dating T.K."
"Oh, that's easy." Tai said, with a grin.

"Oh really? Well when?" Yolei asked, looking somewhat surprised.

"Well," Tai said as he pulled out his cell phone, "I'd wager no more than a few minutes from now."
He began to laugh, as did Ken, but Yolei just looked upset.

"Tai! Don't tell him! We wanted to know how long until he realizes on his own!"

"Relax Yolei," Tai said as he put his cell phone away, "I was just kidding."

"You had better be," She said, "Or else I'll tell everyone who you're going on a date with next week."

Tai's face reddened, as he remembered what he had told Yolei to keep her from realizing. Ken looked at Tai inquisitively.

"Who's the lucky girl Tai?"

"Um, well," Tai needed an excuse. He looked around, and he saw Walter walk towards the kitchen, and Tai stood up.

"I have to go. I'll be right back."

Tai ran off to the bathroom, and went inside and locked the door. He waited for a minute or two before going back out. As he had hoped, Ken Yolei and Cody had begun another conversation while he was gone. Tai went over to Joe and sat down.

"So Joe, how's college going?"

It was about midnight, and everyone except for Tai and Walter had left. The three had been talking for a while, as Joe was the last to go at 11:40. Suddenly, Walter looked down at his watch.

"Damn it!" He said, as he looked back up.

"I'm really sorry, but I've got to go. Thanks for inviting me Sora."
"No problem Walt."

"And nice to meet you Tai."
"Same here."

Walter began to walk out when he turned around.

"Oh, Sora?" Walter said.
"Yeah?"

"I'm going on a trip tomorrow until next Friday, so can I drop off those lyrics for the new song tomorrow morning?"

"Sure, no problem."

Walter walked out the door, leaving just Sora and Tai. Over the course of the party, Tai had decided against telling Sora. He figured he should probably head home.

"Thanks for having me over Sora." Tai said as he started walking towards the door. He had just put his hand on the doorknob when Sora said, "Wait Tai. Didn't you want to tell me something important?"
'Damn!' He thought. 'She remembered.' He walked back towards her, deciding he had nothing to loose. Except for two friends.

"Um, you might want to sit down."
"Alright."

Sora sat down on her couch, and Tai sat down next to her, and looked at her.

"Sora, I should have told you this a while ago, but due to circumstances beyond my control, I really don't have any more time to wait."

Sora looked kind of nervous, although she had absolutely no idea what Tai was going to say.

"I don't know how to say this," Tai began. Sora grabbed his hand.

"Tai, I'm your friend. You can tell me."

Tai looked into her eyes for a moment, before finally deciding the possible gains outweighed the possible loss.

"Sora, I love you." He waited for her response. She seemed completely surprised, and wasn't able to answer. Tai stood up.

"I'm sorry, I just couldn't wait any longer. Just forget I said anything." Tai could feel tears forming in his eyes. He started walking towards the door, when Sora got up.

"Tai, wait."

Tai turned around to look at her. She walked up to him. She was very close to him physically, and he was worried she was about to smack him and start yelling something about how she was dating Matt. The last thing he expected however, was what happened. Sora wrapped her arms around him, and started kissing him.

So there's chapter two. The similarities between this and Arpulver's aren't that big as of yet, but next chapter might have more similarities. And although it is slightly influenced, again, I didn't use these similarities because he wrote it, it just works best with the song and the story. So next up is chapter three.