Romance in the Fright Pt. 2

Minutes after Mimi and Sora closed their heavy eyelids, a strange sound was heard outside the apartment. The sound became louder and louder as Mimi began to stir in her bed. Her eyes shot open as she heard a big bang on the large, glass window. She saw a flash a black. It had wings and large, ice blue eyes. She screamed from the top of her lungs as the creature stared wide-eyed at her.

Sora sat up, alarmed from the ear piercing scream. She looked over at Mimi and then at the window. She got out of her bed and put an arm around the frightened Mimi. "Don't worry, Mimi. It's just a bat. You know that some of them live around here."

But Mimi didn't seem to have heard a thing Sora said. She just stared into the bat's eyes. She seemed mesmerized. Finally, Sora got up and began banging on the window, trying to get the bat to go away. It flew away and Mimi seemed to have came back to reality. "Wow, a bat two days before Friday the 13th, that can't be good." Sora whispered.

Mimi just sat there, shaking as shock possessed her whole body. 'Something is going to happen.' She thought to herself. She stayed awake the rest of the night as she stared out the window.

On the street where Mimi and Sora's apartment is, a tall man with a dark robe looked up at Mimi's window. He smirked as his blue eyes shined out brighter than ever. "You're mine, Tachikawa." He whispered in a deep voice as he slowly turned and walked away.

*@----}----{----@* The next day in school

The voices of the chorus filled the room as the instructor tapped his foot to the beat. The music ended as the instructor cut them off. "Class over." He announced as the students rushed out of the room like an angry mob. Then, he looked up from his papers. "Mimi, can you come over here for a second?" he requested.

Mimi walked over with her books in her arms and stood still. "Yes?"

"Mimi... you're a little flat today. Is everything ok? I mean, you're the president of the chorus department. If that's too much for you, I understand and I can just get the vice president to substitute for now." He said as he looked up to Mimi from his chair.

"Oh, that's all right. I just have an itching throat today, that's all. Thank you for your concern though. Oh, I have to get to my next class or I'll be late. Bye!" Mimi said as she speed walked out the door, her face was a bright red.

As Mimi rushed back to her homeroom, she past by Matt's locker. She was just about to say hi when something inside her held her back. 'You have to forget about the past, Mimi. If he doesn't like you, you can't change that. Now look farther. I'm sure there'll be tons of guys who'd want to go out with you!'

As Mimi thought to herself, she looked down. Suddenly, someone bumped into her and she began to fall backwards. But before she reached the ground, she felt a strong arm slipping below right under her back. The arm caught her just in time. She opened her eyes and realized that she was staring straight into Damion's icy blue eyes. They seem more and more familiar but she ignored it. "Thank you so much, Damion." She said as she bent over to pick up her books. Damion crouched down and helped her pick up half of it. He handed it to her and they began to walk down the hall with Damion's hand around her shoulder. She was going to shrug it off, but then she held back.

From a few lockers back, Matt watched the two of them. Talking and laughing with each other. 'That should be me.' he thought jealously. Then he shook his head. 'It's all my fault anyway. I guess I shouldn't even bother to ask her to the dance since she seem like she's more interested to go out with that Damion guy.' He sighed as he slammed his locker shut. The loud noise blended with the rest of the commotion from the hallway. He brushed by Mimi as he walked back to his homeroom.

Mimi felt a sudden rush of guilt for a second. She felt guilty for walking in another guy's arms while Matt walked alone as always. She looked down as a dull and sad expression crossed her face. 'I'm sorry, Matt.'

Her thoughts were broken when she heard Damion mention the word dance. They were partners on the decoration committee so she thought that it was something serious. "Excuse me? I'm sorry, it's just... sort of loud here." She said, trying to make an excuse.

He bent down until his face is really close to her ear. She could feel his breath on her shoulder. She felt a sudden chill down her back. "I said, would you like to go to the dance with me tomorrow night?" he whispered in a mysterious voice.

'Oh my God! What am I going to do? Should I say yes or no. If I say yes then I'd feel bad because I wouldn't be going with Matt. But if I say no, I'll also feel bad because I'll hurt his feelings. What should I do?' "Uh..." She said, trying to buy time. 'What are you thinking, Mimi? Don't ever think like that ever again! You and Matt don't stand a chance!' "...sure." She said, trying to sound as cheerful as possible. "I-I'd be delighted to."

Damion immediately lit up and smiled a smile which can make any girl on Earth weak at their knees, but not Mimi. She was too in love, but not with him. "Great, I'll pick you up early so we can finish all the calculations before the dance starts."

"Um... Great. Well, I have to get to class, bye." She said with a sigh as she shrugged him off and began to walk towards toward her homeroom. She gripped onto her books tightly as if they're going to fall any second. 'Great, I'm going to the Friday the 13th dance with a guy who gives me the creeps. Perfect.' She thought to herself as she took her regular seat and sighed as she placed her forehead flat on the cold desktop.

*@----}----{----@* later on, out in the soccer field.

"What am I going to do, Tai? I mean, that creep is taking Mimi to the dance!" Matt said, frustrated. He made sure no one heard him.

"It's your own fault, Matt. I mean, you should've asked her in the first place. Oh yea, I forgot. She doesn't even think that you like her as a friend! I don't know why you keep pushing her away if you like her so much. I mean, if I pushed Sora away, we wouldn't be having such a good time right now." Tai said as he played with the soccer ball with his ankles.

"Gee, thanks for rubbing it in. You're a real friend." Matt muttered sarcastically.

"You're welcome." Tai said with an innocent smile, but all he got for return was a death glare. "Well, it's true. If you don't keep pushing her away, maybe then you'd have a better chance of going out with her!" He said a little too loud.

"Why don't you say it louder so the whole place can hear you?!" Matt said sarcastically. He was getting really irritated by Tai's "immature" attitude about this problem. But he really feel better after telling someone. "Well, it's not like I want to push her away. It's just that... it's just that I don't know if she likes me or not. And I keep thinking that I might make a fool out of myself if I expressed my feelings too openly. Also, I really don't want to get hurt if I fall too deep..." He said softly, but straight from his heart. He looked down at his hands as he sat alone on the bench. Any second now, their coach is going to have them back on the field.

Tai walked over to his troubled friend and placed a hand on his shoulder. He looked him straight in the eye and began his speech. "Matt buddy ol' pal. That's a chance you'll have to take or you'll never fall in love. I mean, it's not every decade you find a girl you like that much. Trust me, that's why I didn't hesitate for a second to ask Sora out." Matt smiled at his old friend for such a valuable advice.

Just then, the warmth was broken by a loud whistle. They both shivered as the high pitched sound pounded on their ears. Their coach signaled them to hurry over. "Come on, Ishida, Kamiya. My grandmother can beat you in a race at that pace!" Immediately, Matt and Tai began to run over to their coach as they snickered along the way.

*@----}----{----@* Cheerleaders...

"What am I doing here?" Sora asked herself as she complained for the ten millionth time. She flung one of her pompoms over her shoulder and she held the other one as she placed her hand on her waist. She was dressed in an impossibly short skirt with green plaids just like her school uniform.

"It's not that bad, Sora. Now just listen and watch what we do and say." Mimi said as she stepped up on the wooden bench where they usually sat during rests. "All right everybody! I have an announcement to make! Since Sherrie had to move, I found a new person to take her spot. She's tough, she's athletic, she's talented, and she's Sora Takenouchi!" She said loudly as she dragged Sora onto the bench. Everyone applauded and she bowed her head ever so slightly.

"Welcome to the group, Sora." Abby said as she walked up to Sora. She had impossibly skinny legs and Sora wondered how they could support her whole body weight.

"Thanks, nice to meet you." Sora said, smiling. During the practice, they all greeted her with respect and they immediately became great friends. Sora used to think that they're all a bunch of snobs other than Mimi who just drool over the guys on the sports team all day. But obviously, she was wrong.

After practicing for about half an hour and Sora got the hang of the whole cheerleading thing, Mimi called everyone out for a break. They sat down on the bench alone as the other girls went to gossip about one guy or another.

"So... I heard you're going to the dance with our school's newest member of the most popular guys, Damion. Why, Mimi?" Sora asked.

"Wow, news does spread fast." Mimi said, trying to avoid the subject.

"Yea, good that you've noticed. Especially when the news is about the head cheerleader and practically the crush subject of more than half the female population in the school! Now tell me why, Mimi. I want to know!" Sora said. She sounded very urgent. She just didn't want her best friend to make a bad choice which she'll regret for life.

"Why? What do you mean why, Sora? Just because he's one of the hottest and most popular guys in the school." Mimi said, trying to sound excited. But her voice betrayed her.

"You don't have to act around me, Mimi. I know that Matt's the only guy for you and-" Sora began, but she was cut off by Mimi's abrupt emotions.

"Look, Sora. That's over now. I'm going to get a fresh start and I'm not going to waste my time like this anymore. This is going to be a whole new me. And Damion happens to be the first guy in my whole new life!" Mimi said loudly, but not loudly enough for anyone else to hear. She stood up and began to walk away, her face bright red with annoyance.

'How could you blow up on Sora like that, Mimi? She was just trying to help you...' Mimi thought sadly to herself as she sat down on one of the benches in the girls' locker room where she can get some privacy. She laid down as her long, glossy hair fell over the edge of the slim bench. She sighed as she felt a rush of tears come rushing into her eyes, practically burning them. 'This is wrong. My whole life is wrong!'