Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon…but if I get into my cousin's will I could buy it.  I love having an uncle with 15 million dollars.  No kidding.  He has a private jet and three expensive cars.  Invest your money.  It pays off.

I didn't put the chapter up sooner 'cause I was waiting for more reviews.  Unfortunately, that didn't happen.  I only get the chance to right this fic on weekends and Thursdays so be patient. Anyway, here's the next chapter.  What will happen?  DO DO DO DO

Random person: Shut up will ya!!!!

Key:

"Text" = Dialog

'Text' = Thoughts

~*~Chapter 3~*~

It was 4:30 and Henry was heading over to Rika's house.  He was wearing his usual black shirt and orange vest with brown pants.  He got to Rika's house with 5 minutes to spare.  Renamon was leaning against a tree with her eyes shut.

"H-hi Renamon."  Henry nervously spoke.  He once made the mistake of waking up Renamon and he didn't want it to happen again.

Renamon opened one eye.  "Rika in back by the garden."  Then she quickly closed her eye again, making it obvious that she didn't want to talk.  Henry walked across the lawn of the old style Japanese mansion.  He opened the gate and found Rika standing on the bridge over her pond.  She was wearing a dark blue t-shirt and jean capris.  Henry sighed.  'She isn't going to make this easy is she?'  He thought.  "Hi Rika."  He waved his hand to draw her attention.  She turned her gave to him and smiled for a brief second.

"Where should we go?"  She asked.

"We could get some ice cream."  Henry suggested.

"Ok."  Rika replied with some anticipation in her voice.  It was pretty warm out, the perfect temperature for ice cream.  They walked off, but unknown to them, Terriermon wasn't far behind.

~*~

They were walking through the city looking for an ice cream shop to eat at.  "We can eat here."  Rika walked towards the building she was pointing to.

Henry quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her back.  "No we can't."

"Why not?!"  Rika hated being told she couldn't do something.

Henry pointed to the window where Takato and Jeri could be seen sharing a sundae.  "That's why."

"Good point.  If we walked in there we'd never hear the end of it."  Rika grimaced.  Henry just nodded.

After a while they finally found another ice cream shop.  "May I take your order?"  The waitress asked.

"Two sundaes please."  Henry answered.

While Henry and Rika waited for their ice cream to arrive they spoke about lots of things.  They had a brief discussion about how they defeated the D-Reaper, Rika taking the opportunity to brag.

When their ice cream came they stopped talking and began to eat.  Afterwards, Henry paid and they left.  They decided to go down to the carnival.  On the way they ran into Calumon who getting dizzy staring at the merry-go-round.

"Whoa!  Whoa!  Whaho!!"  The rabbit-like Digimon spun around.  "Everything is spinning."

"He looks like he's drunk."  Henry commented to Rika who giggled at the thought of Calumon drinking.  Henry froze when he heard Rika giggle.  He had heard her laugh but that!  That just wasn't normal for her.  When he snapped out of his thoughts, Calumon was about three inches away from his face.  "Ah!"  He almost tripped from surprise.

"You sure are acting funny."  Calumon asked in his silly way.

"Don't worry Calumon.  Henry is just being an idiot."  Rika explained jokingly while flashing Henry a grin.

~*~

At the carnival, the two Tamers first decided to go on the roller coaster.  The ride started off slow and went upward for a long time.  When it reached the top it slowly climbed over the small hill and went rushing down the rest of the ride.  The wind blew at the Tamers' faces.  They passed through many loops and endured sharp turns.  The ride slowly came to a stop and let the dizzy riders off.  Henry and Rika stumbled off and sat down on a bench.

Rika laughed.  "You look just like Calumon did."

"At least I don't look have a stupid as the three of you look."  Henry pointed to Rika.

(AN: You probably understand what the last sentence meant unless you're stupid.  He's so dizzy he sees three Rika's.)

They sat on the bench until the earth around them stopped spinning and then went to play some games.  Rika saw some ditsy girl hovering over her boyfriend.  "Win me a teddy bear, sweety."

Rika rolled her eyes and turned to Henry, mocking the girl.  "Win me a teddy bear, sweety."  They both laughed as the girl gave them a glare.

~*~

It was now 8:00 and Henry and Rika were heading back.  They had played games, gone on rides, and ate.  Calumon had gone back along time ago, complaining that he was too dizzy.

'Dammit!'  Henry thought.  'Why did today have to be so fun?  It's not fair.  I was supposed to have a lousy time.  But if I didn't that means…oh crap…'

Rika also thought to herself.  'Today was pretty fun.  Wait.  That's a bad thing.  Isn't it?  I think it is.  I'm not sure.'

They reached Rika's house in silence.  "Mom, Grandma, I'm home…Mom…Grandma…are you there."  Rika called.  Nobody answered.  She walked into her room looked around for some sort of note.

"Maybe they're out shopping or something."  Henry theorized, his voice full of disbelief.  About a minute later, the phone began to ring.  Rika grabbed for it.  "Hello?"

"Hi R-Rika?" Her mothers voice spoke in a quiver.

"Mom what's wrong?"  Rika didn't usualy hear her mom sound like that.

"Your Grandma had a heart attack.  We're at the hospital.  You can come down whenever you like.  Rika?  Rika?"  Rika had hung up the phone.

"Rika?  What happened?"  Henry asked worridly.  No response.  He tried repeating the question again incase she didn't hear him.  "What hap-"

"Grandma had a heart attack…"  She cut in.

Henry tried to reasure her.  "Rika I'm sure she'll be fine."

Rika turned to face him in a rage, tears filling her eyes.  "No she won't!  She'll die.  I'll be stuck to live with my no good excuse for a mother!  I can see it now.  She'll force me to wear dresses and go to stupid fashion shoots with her!  My Grandma was the one that always talked her out of that stuff!  With her gone, nobody can stop her.  How am I supposed to survive?

"…"  Henry couldn't think of anything to say.  He had a complete family.  An overly complete one at that.  He didn't know what it was like to be rejected and ignored by the people around him.  But from what Rika always told him, it was the worst thing ever.

"Besides her, nobody cares about me."  The anger in Rika's voice turning to saddness.

"Rika I…I care about you."  Henry spoke softly but loud enough for her to hear.

Rika wiped away her tears to have them replaced with new ones.  "That's different.  You care about me like a friend."

Henry winced a bit, as if regretting what he would do next and sighed.  "Rika, I don't care about you like a friend.  I care about you like this."  He leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers gently.  'Get ready to be punched in the face.'  Henry told himself.

They slowly parted and Rika laied her head upon his shoulder and continued to cry silently.  Henry stroked her head, trying to comfort her.  "It's ok.  Just cry."  He knew Rika hated to show emotions but she had to cry or her anger and saddness would be bottled up inside, like they used to be.

When Rika was finished crying, they both looked at each other, their eyes speaking for themselves.  They began to walk to the hospital, hand in hand.  Neither of them noticed the shocked Terriermon that sat in a near by tree.

To Be Continued…

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*laughs* I did it!  It took forever but I did it!  I can't wait for the next chapter.  Give me suggestions because I have no idea what to do next.  I wish I could have made this chapter longer but I just couldn't think of more to add.  REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I LOVE REVIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!  Do you want me to include more interaction with the other Tamers?  Is Rika too OOC?  I NEED YOUR VOTE!!!!  DO YOU WANT HER GRANDMA TO LIVE OR DIE?  YOU DECIDE!