thanks for the reviews. this chapter focuses on the guys. same day.

queen-sarcasm: thanks for taking the story's virginity! hehe. and of course you can.

Super garurumon: yeah her mom's kinda, retarded.

ARCtheElite: i'm sorry, but her mom isn't going to be the only jacked up parent.

ThatsWhatSheSaid07: i like ur name! yes its a best friend story. here is more of that.


Chapter 2
Boys


"Well, I think tomorrow I'm going to ask her out. That is, if it's okay with you bro. Is it?" Matt Ishida waited patiently as he looked into Tai's thoughtful face.

"Dude, been there. Don't worry, just go for it. I see the way the two of you make googly eyes at each other. Personally I think it's disgusting." Tai Kamiya laughed as Matt punched his shoulder. "Do you have a plan already?"

"I don't know, kinda. I was thinking of asking her at lunch. At the table."

"Won't that be a little public?" Tai asked.

"Well, I want it to be public because I don't want anyone to try asking her after," Matt chuckled at his own words.

"Mr. Ishida! Are we jealous?" Tai teased.

"Well, he is anyways. Blushing isn't very cool, Matt." Izzy Izumi had joined in on the conversation from behind his laptop.

The guys had all gathered in Izzy's room on Sunday night to discuss this coming year. Their final year in high school, aka, hell. Izzy the computer whiz had hacked into the school's database and was already programming all their classes.

"Izzy, can you be sure they put me in the right classes this year? I don't want to take home ec. Again. It was entirely pointless. I'm going to be a doctor, not a chef." Joe Kido had asked. He had just put down one of his many medical books.

"Sure thing, Joe. Hey, Tai, call the girls and see if they have any special requests. I'm getting into the T's and I don't want to go backwards," Izzy stated.

"Kay. Hang on." Tai dialed Sora's number. She didn't answer, so he tried her house.

"Hello."

"Hi, is Sora home?"

"No."

"Umm… Okay, can you tell her Tai called?"

"No! I don't know where she is! Don't call here again. She doesn't live here!" Click.

"What the hell was that about?" Izzy asked. Tai's phone was loud enough so the people neare to him, in this case Izzy, could hear the entire conversation.

"I have no idea!" Tai looked just as confused as Izzy.

Matt on the other had looked very concerned. "What happened?"

"Sora's mom said she doesn't live there anymore." Tai responded. But when Matt whipped out his phone and started dialing he asked, "What are you doing Matt?"

"Calling Mimi!"

Meanwhile in the mall, Mimi's call tone went on. Kissed a girl and I liked it. The taste of her cherry chap stick. I kissed a girl just to try it, I hope my boyfriend don't mi-

"Mimi Tachikawa. What can I do for you Mr. Ishida?" Mimi greeted.

"Where are you?" Matt asked curtly.

"Manners, Mattie. I'm at the mall. What's up?" Mimi questioned.

"Sora. Tai called her house and she's not there. Her mom said she doesn't live there anymore. Is that true? Do you know where she is?" There was silence when Matt finished. "Meems? Babe? Hello?"

"Did you just call her babe?" Tai asked incredulously.

"He calls her that a lot. Haven't you noticed?" Joe asked.

"But I thought he was gonna ask Sora out. But… if he's with Mi-" Tai started.

"He's not." Izzy finished.

"Shut up, you guys! Do you hear that?" Matt growled.

Hushed voices could be heard.

"She said that I what?"

"Well, if she wants you out, you got my place…"

"I can't believe her…Wait…did he call you babe!"

"Ya…but… No, Sora…stop!"

"What!"

"Did you hear what Tai said?"

"No…What did he say?"

"He said that he's gonna ask you out!"

"Tai's gonna ask me out?"

"Sounds that way."

The silence was broken by Mimi's raised voice.

"Sorry Matt! Dropped my phone," Mimi evidently lied.

"Oh, okay… Well, do you know where Sora is?"

"She's with me. She didn't move out of her house…yet."

"Yet? Where is s-"

"Matt, hon, don't worry. I have this all under control. Kisses." And Mimi hung up on Matt.

Matt breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that Sora was with Mimi. She had cared when he called Mimi babe. He made a mental note not to do that in front of Sora. But Tai's reaction didn't make sense. Why had he gotten so upset?

"Tai, why do you care what I call Mimi?" Matt raised an eyebrow at Tai.

"I don't really, but you're talking about asking my best friend out, and then you go and call her best friend babe! That just sounds wrong."

"Oh, I see. Sure. Is that the only reason? I mean, Mimi's my best friend, so is there something I should know?" Matt asked.

"Yes," Tai snapped.

"Ha! I knew it. You got it bad for Mimi… Well, this ought to be interesting," Matt chuckled.

"I mean, no… Wait… okay. Yes to the first question, no to the second." Tai said. He hoped desperately that Matt would understand and not go overboard with this. Thankfully, Izzy changed the subject.

"Matt, toss me my phone, because you didn't get the information I needed out of her either."

Mimi and Matt weren't a strange friend coupling, but it just seemed odd to everyone that they were merely friends and nothing more. Both were, for lack of a better word, HOT! Girls followed Matt at every turn and guys literally fought over Mimi's attention. The only people who could rival their popularity were the other best friend pair of Tai and Sora. Those two also seemed destined to be together, but that wasn't the case. In both pairings, they were just too similar to balance each other out. They had both tried though.

Sora and Tai dated for about a month before they realized that soccer stars sucked as significant others… well, in their situation anyways. Tai wanted Sora at all his games, Sora wanted Tai at hers, but the schedules conflicted and irritation took over both so they decided that in order to save their friendship they end the fling.

Mimi and Matt were another story. A week… It seemed like the shortest courtship that anyone had ever witnessed. They had argued from the first day – stupid arguments really, mostly about their looks. So with that much tension, not to mention hair, they called it quits at the end of the week. Both relationships had flared and died sophomore year.

Now they were seniors, and found themselves the four most-sought after people in school, and none of them minded.

So much had changed in the last few years that nobody knew how to describe how close they had all gotten. But they owed that to the time they spent together "at camp," as they described it when people were around.

"Hey, Matt?" Tai asked with a devious smirk on his handsome face.

"What?" Matt asked as he raised a manly yet man-scaped eyebrow.

"Let's make a bet."

"In game."

"This ought to be good," Joe proclaimed, nudging Izzy to get his attention.

"Well, gentlemen, what are the terms?" Izzy inquired, entering the conversation.

"Most girls by the end of the year," Tai answered.

Joe's faced dropped, as he knew he wasn't going to win: he already had a girlfriend. Izzy paled slightly, but he really didn't care about winning this one. Matt's eyes sparkled with the anticipation of a coming win.

"You're on. Izzy, you in?" Matt asked.

"Sure, why not. I have nothing to lose. But let's clarify something first, what do you mean exactly? Are you talking dates, or sex?"

"Do I really have to answer that?" Tai said, his smile getting bigger.

"Man, you guys are punks!" Joe groaned.

"Hey, you chose to be a one-woman man. We didn't!" Matt laughed. "What are the stakes, though?"

"A grand?" Tai suggested, looking at his competitors.

"Sure."

"Fine."

"So we start tomorrow?" Izzy asked.

"As soon as the bell rings." Matt said.

"Well, it's on, and I'm out. I gotta go fix up my car. Peace." Tai strutted out of Izzy's room.


Beta'd by: PY687