The Skater Girl Next Door Chapter 4: Mimi's POV, a digimon fanfic

Author's note: Hello everyone! Here's chapter 4 and Happy Holidays

Disclaimer- Do not own Digimon...

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I angrily follow Matt towards his 'favorite' store. Some place with a bunch of guitars, so boring. Not that it was any different than shopping with Sora. All she ever wants to go is go to skate stores, soccer stores, and wow so many sporty things. The only thing I'm really into is Cheerleading. Those little flips they do in the air just fascinate me so much. But anyways, Matt runs into the store like a little kid at a candy store. Grabbing every little thing in sight.

"Wow Mimi look at this" he says startled, he drops all of the things in his hands and stares blankly at a show case guitar. Its gleaming red coating reflecting Matt's enthusiastic eyes. Wow, he really likes that guitar. I don't get what's so big about it though, stupid boy.

"So, its a guitar just like every other guitar in here" I say pointing at every guitar on the racks.

"Its not just any other guitar, its the MaxWell 360 (A.N.- I don't think this is a real guitar company, I made it up just so you know)

"So?" I question observing my fingernails, I need to get another manicure.

"So! Its the best living guitar ever!" he yells throwing himself at his knees, staring at it over and over again.

"Ah, yes the MaxWell a fine piece of work in deed" came the voice of a man behind us. I turn around and face him, his wrinkled skin screaming 'I need some lotion!' and his blood shot eyes in serious needs of some eye drops. Actually, I could do some serious work with this guy...and trust me he needs it.

"Yeah it is, how much?" Matt asks

"One twenty five" he says

"Hundred?"

"Thousand" I look over at Matt expecting him to jump for joy and take out his credit card, when he just looked at the ground and turned the other way. I stared at him startled.

"Matt? Just pay the guy its not a lot of money" I say simply

"Are you kidding? I could never afford that, but thanks anyways sir" Matt says walking out of the store, I quickly follow, a bit confused.

"What do you mean you don't have that kind of money?"

"I just don't have it Mimi, look not everyone has what you have. Nice clothes, non separated parents, big bucks, actually what you have is nothing but a dream to most of us." he whispers

"A dream? You mean, everyone wants what I have?" I ask startled,

"No duh Mimi, look at you, your wearing the most bad ass clothes I've ever seen, and now look at me" I look down at his outfit, wow, it looks so old and raggedy.

"Matt..."

"Let's go get some ice cream or something, yeah?" he asks taking my hand and we both walk towards the food court.

"Matt, I'm sorry, I didn't realize what I said, was so-"

"Stupid, uncaring, selfish-"

"Yes okay! I'm trying to apologize here!" I yell angrily

"My bad, continue" he beckons

"But yeah, I'm sorry alright"

"Its no big Mimi, I'm not sad that I'm broke as hell, I'm cool with it. Maybe not all the time but still...its just one of those things that you really can't change ya know"

"I think I do..." I sigh, looking at the large Christmas tree at the center of the mall, the lights twirling around the tree as they reach the top ending in a bright star. I look closer at the people around it, and suddenly note two people standing. A familiar auburn haired girl, and...Tai.

"Tai..." I whisper as I suddenly see Sora fall into Tai's arms. Oh no, what's going on? She said she would help me hook up with him, never that she would hook up with him! I could feel my heart begin to slowly beat at my throat. All I could hear was the sound of my heart, nothing or no one else. How could she do this to me? She knows I like him! But then again...

He does seem to like her better, her skater girl ways, her sporty ways , and I must admit she's really pretty. Sometimes I put on so much make- up just so that she won't look better than me. Tai's part of the reason that I decided to wear what I did today. Normally, I would never wear something like this! Its...not my style. But it is Sora's style, so I figured if I looked more like her, acted more like her, maybe he'd like me more like her. They're always talking, like the best of friends and its like I'm not even there.

I know she tries, but its so hard to believe when every day she gets so much closer to him and I always get so much more farther away. Why can't he like me back? Why doesn't he like me back? I can be the girl of his dreams! I am most guys dream girl...but why is he so different? Why is it that I actually want to be his dream girl. I don't understand any of it, not Sora, not Tai, not me...I just want him so bad, bad enough that...I'll even steal him from Sora...if I have to.

"Sora!" I called out to her in the hallways, she turns around to look at me.

"Hey Mimi" she says, I smile at her outfit, the usual Sora theme looks into place, I wonder if she'll notice that I-.

"Mimi what are you wearing?" she asks. I smile, comparing our styles. She wore a black and red stripped shirt with black jeans and red sneakers. Her hair covered in a red and black hat with a red skull clip on the side.

"Oh well, you know I decided to try something new, is all" and wow was it new. I wore a half pink and black shirt, the pink side acting like a tank top and the black side my long sleeved shirt, a pink hat wore on my head covering my tied back curls, I wore a ruffled black skirt and pink all star high tops, the perfect outfit. Being better at being Sora, than Sora.

"Mimi! Is that my clothes!" she asks

"Yeah, I borrowed it, hope that's okay" I say grabbing a long board out of my locker. My sparkling pink nail polish scratching against the board.

"Oh...no..." I could hear Sora whisper as I took out my skateboard.

"Do you like it?" I ask her shoving it at her, Takenouchi will pay for taking my man, yes she will. But I don't wanna hurt her either. Maybe this isn't such a good idea after all.

"Um, yeah, actually I do, especially since I have the exact same one" she says, angrily throwing her own board on the ground.

"Well, mines still better" I say rolling it on the floor.

"It may be newer, better looking, and much more shinier than mine Mimi, but in the end its always the rider that makes the board" she says jumping on it and easily balancing herself on the board, guiding herself through the hallway and back towards me.

"Yeah, but when the rider and the board look good together, there's nothing left to prove, now is there?" I ask picking up the board and walking towards class. I could feel Sora's eyes follow me out of the hallway, I could tell she was giving me that ever so evil Sora death glare. The one that I always...hate. But Tai's worth it, definitely worth it...I hope.

"What up Mimi" Tai says sitting down next to me during our Spanish Class.

"What's up Tai" I smile smoothly, he grins at me

"I kind of asked you first, so answer me"

"Um, well its all been good I suppose" I turn to look at him, his eyes were glued to the board, and I smile. He looks so cute trying to concentrate...

"Ms. Tachikawa" oh damn that's me, I turn to look at our tall skinny teacher, Ms. Brooklin, she's not even really Hispanic so why the hell is she even teaching Spanish!

"Yes Ms. Brooklin?" I ask innocently

"If you would please stop staring at Mr. Kamiya, you would know the answer to the question I just asked you" she says, oh crap. Snickers were heard around the classroom and people began staring at me, then at Tai. This definitely wasn't good. I get up from my seat, thinking up something quick.

"Well if you weren't such a boring teacher, maybe I wouldn't have to look at Tai during your stupid classes" I say, I could hear Tai slap his head next to me. I look down and notice he's blushing slightly, the sight brings confidence to me.

"One's week of Saturday detention along with Mr. Kamiya who seems to be a key ingredient in all of this" damn her. Ms. Brooklin turns back to the board. I sit back down, anger boiling inside me as I as I feel Tai's eyes staring back at me.

"Please stop looking at me like that, I'm sorry" I say, whimpering. He laughs and lays back in his chair.

"Nah, don't worry about it, I didn't have anything else to do this Saturday anyways"

"Good, I guess we'll be spending Saturday detention together, huh?"

"Guess so, can't wait" he says sarcastically. I smile and look down at my notebook, suddenly, exited to go to detention. A week worth of Saturdays, and I'm spending them all with Tai...picture perfect.

"Sora! Sora get back here!" I yell at her, I've decided to talk to her again. I got sick of not being able to tell anyone about me and Tai. I just hope she's ready to talk to me again, which so far, isn't going so great.

"Go away Mimi, I got Soccer practice to go to" she says stubbornly walking faster towards the soccer field, I quickly follow behind. Not moving as fast as her, why am I always slower than her at almost anything physical...its kind of weird really.

"Then I guess I'm just gonna have to watch you practice" I smile, I can be just as stubborn as she is, and she knows that.

"Whatever, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna be talking to you any time soon" she says angrily running towards her coach. I smile running towards the bleachers, only to be caught off by a familiar boy.

"Tai? What are you doing here?" I ask, interested.

"Oh I decided to come and watch the skater chick practice, see if she's just as clumsy on the field as she is off the field"

"Funny, but she really is pretty good, I guess"

"Really? Hmm...maybe I could teach her how to do something she's been eager for me to teach her, I'll tell you she's persistent"

"Yeah, I know, but...wait? Your gonna be alone with her at a park teaching her to do a fancy soccer trick?" I ask

"Well, yeah I guess, if she wants" he says closely watching Sora run around the field with the bunch of other girls. Damn it no! He can't just hang out with her like that! Not when were hanging together during the Saturday detentions!

"Um, you know Sora's pretty good at Soccer, but I'm better" I blurt out, oh no what have I done? He laughs at my comment and looks at me again.

"Call me crazy but I can't picture you running around a muddy field dressed in high heels a skirt and tank top" he laughs again, looking back at the game. He was really into it, or maybe...really into Sora? No way, no way, no way! That wouldn't be fair, she doesn't even like him! Does...she? She's never really mentioned it before. But there's obviously something going on between the two, I mean Tai wants to hang with Sora, and he's being forced to spend a week's worth of Saturdays...with me. I doubt he'd really want to, but...I'll just have to try harder. Become more like Sora, and soon he'll start liking me more, and once he realizes I'm way better than Sora, he'll love me more than her. I just hope it works, it had better work.

The soccer practice ended finally! It seemed like forever since she started and me and Tai barely talked to each other through out the entire thing! I can never figure out what to say to him...damn it. Now I was more eager to talk to Sora, I needed to know for real that she doesn't like Tai, because then I wouldn't technically be stealing him from her. Tai, unfortunately, got to her first.

"Hey Skater girl" He smiles with his usual greeting. It always seemed to burn a hole in my heart whenever he said that to her. I have been obviously caring a skateboard everywhere with me, just like Sora and he has yet put a nickname on me yet! Not cool...

" Hey Tai...and...Mimi" she says my name as if she completely hated me, although, I give her reason to. Tai doesn't seem to notice, not that he ever really notices anything. She grabs her small blue duffel bag and skateboard, chugging down some water.

"So...what's up?" she asks, breaking the awkward silence.

"Nothing, but you were really good on the field, its nice to know that your not falling on anyone on the field, cause off field all you do is fall on me"

"That is not true Kamiya and you know it" she smiles, spraying him with a bit of water

"Oh please, ahhh Tai save me I'm gonna fall!" he screams imitating Sora, he then pretends to fall on Sora.

"Oh Sora! Your always falling on me you klutz! But I'm not any better cause I'm just a dork trying to get you to fall in love with me!" Sora says imitating Tai in a low low voice.

"Hey! I do not sound like that!"

"And I don't sound like this either! Ah" she says her voice going up in a high pitch.

"Fine...well anyways Sor, now that I've seen you rip up the field I can teach you that trick now"

"Seriously! Yes!" she smiles jumping on Tai and giving him a huge hug. He starts laughing and they both fall on the ground. I stand there, watching them impatiently. Why won't he just push her off so we can walk home together or something! I know, I'll invite him to get some hot chocolate with me or coffee or something! Just as long as he's not with Sora anymore...no more Tai, no more.

"See you spend half the time falling on me!" Tai whimpers, Sora laughs and pulls him on his feet.

"Haha, and no I do not spend half of my time falling on you! Maybe its the other way around" she says

"Really? Haha no I doubt that, otherwise I'd be the one on top of you" he smiles, Sora rolls her eyes at him.
"Ah, you got me all sweaty thanks Sora" he says sarcastically.

"Its my pleasure Taichi Kamiya, and I'd gladly do it again" she smiles, bowing at him. He laughs.

"Ahem, yes well," both of them turn to look at me in surprise, I guess they forgot that I was even there. Stupid Sora, she will pay, she will pay. But she's my best friend...what am I doing, "Um, I guess we'd better get home, parents will get crazy on us, ya know" I finally say. Sora and Tai nod, grabbing there stuff and walking out of the field with me. Now its time to put my plan into action.

"Uh, Tai?" I ask, he turns to look at me.

"Yeah?" he asks

"Do you want to get some coffee with me?" I ask, Sora turns to look at him, I could tell she was questioning what I was doing, but I don't care, as long as he agrees to come.

"What about Sora?" he asks

"Me? I hate coffee besides, I'll probably just ruin your guys is fun" she adds, I look at her and suddenly feel stupid for asking this in front of her, but on the other hand she would ruin my fun...to bad Tai doesn't see it that way.

"Aww C'mon Sora, your the funniest, Klutziest, and...weirdest person I know" he smiles

"Ha...hmm...thank you...I guess?" she smiles

"Eh, whatever if you wanna come you can come" I say.

"Um, nah its cool, besides I'd really rather not be with you right now Mimi, hope that's okay, see ya later Tai" she says turning the corner towards her house.

"What was that about?" Tai asks

"Oh, I don't know she's crazy"

"No she's not, maybe I shouldn't go"

"No, please, come, I don't wanna go alone" I whimper. He nods and we leave toward the coffee shop, I turn back looking at the lit house that is Sora's. I could see her through her bedroom window, plopping down on the bed and staring at the wall. Her eyes slowly closing...what on earth am I doing to my best friend, I shouldn't be all over Tai like this. Not if its going to hurt her, but someone, I just...want him so much. I don't know why, but something's wrong with me, jealousy could it be? I don't know, but its something bigger than I thought it was. Could it be that I don't even like Tai all that much, that I only want him, so that Sora can't have him.

No way, why on earth would I do that! Please...I just like Tai... a lot more than I had hoped for.

Author's note: Okay, let's just get something straight, Mimi is not the bad person in this story. She's just going through some second thoughts. Don't we all? And most people do anything to get what they want, like Mimi. She's just one of those people who doesn't give up to easily, and yes, Matt will come back into the picture. Thanks for reading and until later readings! Happy Holidays!