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Chapter 7 - Mind Games

"So I'm confused," Mimi said as she watched Sora ransack her closet, "You never wear dresses let alone anything to show off your figure. The only thing I ever see you in that's remotely close to sexy is your tennis uniform. Why the sudden change?"

"We're on spring break," Sora said throwing something else out of the closet, "I can be whoever I want to be here and not worry about what anyone thinks. This," she said finally getting her hands of what she was looking for, "This is exactly what I'm talking about. This will definitely turn some heads…"

Mimi stared at her still confused. Sora never acted like this. Usually her attire consisted of sweat pants and a tank top. Never in her life did she think Sora would actually want to play dress and impress anyone. She decided to go along with it. If Sora was doing this for a reason Mimi wasn't going to stop her.

"Go put it on. I know you'll look beautiful in it," Mimi said supportively.

Sora dashed into the bathroom and closed the door behind her. Mimi just rolled her eyes and shook her head. She'd already done Sora's make up and made her hair look amazing, at least by her standards. The dress Sora chose was something that would definitely catch attention considering there wasn't much to it. Mimi had a smaller figure and didn't have as many curves as Sora so it just looked plain when she wore it. Sora, being curvy and having a decent bust size, would probably make someone faint. She may be a tomboy most of the time but she definitely cleaned up nicely.

"Are you guys ready yet? We're starving what is taking so long?" Tai said letting himself into Mimi's room.

"Sora should be out in a minute," Mimi replied.

"What is she doing in there? She never spends this much time getting ready. Is she sick or something?"

Sora suddenly emerged from the bathroom in Mimi's dress. Mimi was right, she was a knock out. Tai did a double take and then freaked out.

"Sora!" He said grabbing a shirt off the floor, "What the hell are you wearing! Cover yourself up you're going to give people the wrong idea!"

He threw the shirt at her but she just put it on the floor, "I look like this intentionally. Mimi wears this dress all the time it's no big deal."

"Uh yeah but that's Mimi. You're not supposed to wear stuff like that."

"Why is that?"

"You'll draw too much attention to yourself."

Sora smirked, "Perfect."

She strutted past him trying as hard as she could not to fall in the heels Mimi had lent her to go with the dress. She walked out of the room and down the hallway. Tai poked his head around the corner and watched her walk away.

"What the hell is going on?" Tai wondered.

"Got me. She's the one that chose that outfit not me. I think she looks hot," Mimi replied.

"She's not supposed to look hot! She's Sora!"

"Let her do what she wants. Let's go have some fun!"

Sora walked into the living room and right past everyone. Every single person in that room did a double take as she walked by and out the door.

"Holy shit!" Davis said, "Was that Sora?"

"Uh… yeah," Tk replied.

"Sweet mother of God," Ken said.

"Oh my gosh stop drooling it's just Sora," Kari said kind of jealous that Tk was checking her out.

"Sora actually looks…. sexy! I mean, not that she wasn't good looking before but damn…" Davis stated, "Excuse me."

He jumped up from his chair and dashed out the door. He was soon followed by both Ken and Tk.

"What the hell was that?" Yolie wondered as Mimi and Tai joined them, "Sora looks… hot!"

"I'm a miracle worker," Mimi laughed, "Are you all ready?"

"Yeah, let's go. Hopefully Sora won't cause too much attention while we're out…" Kari said.

Everyone walked out of the house and Matt just sighed.

"Sora, why are you doing this…" He mumbled to himself as they left.


"Hottie three o'clock," Mimi whispered to Sora at dinner.

Sora casually glanced in the direction Mimi mentioned and noticed a guy with dark brown hair and ice blue eyes staring her way. He smiled once their eyes met. She grinned back and turned away.

"He is hot," Sora whispered back.

Their dinner was set outside on the beach. They sat on blankets in the sand at a table kind of like you would in Hawaii. There was live entertainment, dancing, and a lot of spring breakers.

"Would you stop staring? She's not going anywhere," Yolie scolded as Davis drooled over this new Sora that no one had ever seen.

"It's kind of hard when she looks like that," Davis replied.

"Sora cleans up nicely," Tk said.

Kari rolled her eyes. She knew it wasn't Sora's intention to make these young boys drool over her but did she really have to wear something that flaunted her body like she did? Kari just didn't like that Tk was paying so much attention to someone else.

"Let's dance!" Mimi said pulling Sora up off the floor. The two shuffled away and began dancing with the rest of the crowd.

Matt rolled his eyes, "What the hell is her problem?"

"Who?" Tai wondered.

"Sora! She's out there flaunting herself and not giving a shit about it."

"As much as I hate to say it she's just trying to have a good time. I just didn't ever think I'd see this much of her at once. She's my best friend it's kind of weird."

"She needs to calm down and put some clothes on."

"Ah, don't worry about it," Tai said just as a waitress came by with a tray full of shots. Tai grabbed one for himself and one for Matt, "Are you ready to start this week off right?"

Matt stared at the shot. Sora had managed to infuriate him which drew him to the conclusion that it was probably intentional after what had happened earlier. She was doing it for revenge. He laughed to himself. No way in hell was she going to win this game.

"To the best fucking week of our lives!" Matt said and they threw back the shots.


Yolie, Kari, Davis, Ken, and Tk decided to go back to the beach house after a couple of hours once the place got crazy packed. They all decided they could party just as easily there but without so many people getting in the way. Also, unlike the others, none of them had fake I.D.'s so getting anything with alcohol was impossible. Sora, Mimi, Tai, and Matt on the other hand refused to go anywhere.

Matt watched as guy after guy took their turns dancing with Sora and Mimi. Tai managed to squeeze his way in between them at one point and found himself in the middle of them as they all danced together.

Sora was drunk. Matt knew this because she kept taking shot after shot. Each time she danced with someone new he would buy her one. Hell, even the girls were buying her shots. She was the talk of the crowd. Everyone there wanted to be around her, including himself but he was in no state of mind to confront her. He'd either scream in her face or drag her out of that place and tie her the couch so she couldn't expose herself any more than she already was.

He continued to drink to supress his anger. It wasn't helping. As the night continued he just grew even more upset. He didn't want Sora doing what she was doing. It pissed him off to no extent. He couldn't really say much though. It wasn't like she was his girlfriend or anything so he figured he had no right to get mad. He decided finally to ignore it. She wasn't going to ruin his vacation.

The party raged into the night. The four finally returned back to the beach house somewhere around 3am when the bar closed. They were all wasted to say the least but weren't ready for the night to end just yet.

"That party was insane!" Sora said running her hands through her hair as they approached the house.

"I know! They were all loving on you tonight honey, even the girls…" Mimi laughed.

"I had a great time. I can't wait until tomorrow night we can do it again."

"Sounds like a plan! Man this is so much better than being at home and studying for useless tests. I say we hit up the hot tub out back. It will be the perfect way to end the night."

"That would be awesome!"

The girls ran into Sora's room and changed into their bikini's. Mimi managed to get ready faster so she left.

"Meet you out there!" Mimi giggled as she dashed through the house to get to the hot tub.

"Hey no fair!" Sora said back but Mimi was gone in an instant.

She was struggling to get her top to tie when suddenly Matt came storming in the room and slammed the door behind him. She jumped in surprised. He was pissed.

"What the hell was that tonight?" Matt shouted.

"Excuse me? I'm not a child don't you dare speak to me that way," Sora spat back.

"Oh yeah well you were certainly acting childish tonight. Flaunting yourself and shit for everyone to see."

"Whatever. You're not my father or my boyfriend for that matter so you cannot sit here and tell me what I can and cannot do."

"Like hell I can't. I don't want you out there acting like that any more. It's not you. You're giving people the wrong impression. You looked like a slut out there tonight ready to get into anyones pants that would offer it."

Sora laughed, "Oh, so I'm a slut now? How dare you! I've never even slept with anyone, unlike you. What's your number up to now? Fifteen? Twenty? You've slept with like half the girls in our grade! Don't you dare call me a slut when you're the one that sleeps with anything that has a vagina!"

"God you are so fucking unbelievable. I can't believe I ever even considering trying to pursue anything with you. You're so fucking stubborn and thick-headed you can't see a good thing when it's sitting right in front of you. You just continue doing what you want. I don't even give a shit any more."

"Oh, I'm sorry but in case you've forgotten you're the one that pushed me away earlier not the other way around. I was trying to prove a point that what we did meant nothing but I'd be lying to myself if I said it didn't. There's obviously something there whether you see it or not. I will do whatever the hell I want while I'm here and you can't say shit about it."

"Of course there's something there! We've both known that since the first time we kissed when we were eleven. I'd be lying before God if I said I didn't care but I do, Sora. I do care about you. You think I want to see you out there flirting with other guys? It kills me to see other guys hit on you. Whether you're doing this out of some sort of revenge or something because of what happened that's fine. I didn't want to take advantage of you while you'd been drinking. THAT is why I pushed you away earlier not because I didn't want it. But believe what you want I'm over it."

He turned to walk away. His hand touched the door knob but just as he turned the handle he was stopped by a gentle hand touching his arm. He turned around and came face-to-face with Sora. The look in her eyes said everything he wanted to hear.


"Where the hell did Sora and Matt go?" Tai wondered as he and Mimi hung out in the hot tub alone.

"Maybe they fell asleep," Mimi said scooting closer to him, "Forget about them. We're alone in a hot tub with absolutely no one to bother us…"

"Oh, baby," Tai smirked just as Mimi pressed herself against him.


Sora wrapped her arms around Matt's neck and pushed him up against the bedroom door. Their kiss intensified as Matt picked her up off the floor and led her to the bed. One by one their clothes began to come off and fall to the floor. Sora didn't have any doubt in her mind now that what they were doing was wrong. They would no longer be just friends after the night was finished. They both wanted this and they refused to fight against it any more. They let their natural instincts take over and consume them.

Sora never imagined her first time to be while she was intoxicated in someone's beach house. She never imagined her first time would be with Matt either but when it happened so quickly she didn't have time to think twice. It wasn't about where it happened for the first time it was about who it was with. She wouldn't have chosen any different.

Sex with Matt was both painful and extremely pleasurable at first. But once she got past the initial pain it was the best thing she'd ever experienced in her life. She couldn't believe she'd waited this long to experience something like this. Her body and Matt's fit together like puzzle pieces. It was like they were meant to be intertwined with each other. She loved every moment of it.

Their sexual release continued well into the night until they both passed out on the bed. It was exhausting and exciting and the best thing that had ever happened to them.


Mimi smiled when her eyes fluttered open and she saw Tai sleeping peacefully next to her. She scooted closer to him and kissed him lightly on the cheek. He stirred and then his eyes opened.

"Good morning," Mimi whispered still smiling.

Tai rolled over to face her and smiled also, "Good morning."

Mimi cuddled up next to him and laid there quietly. Last night was incredible and she didn't want this moment to end because she feared it soon would. Tai wrapped an arm around her shoulders and closed his eyes. He soon fell back to sleep breathing heavily while he did.

Mimi tried as hard as she could to fall back asleep but it didn't work. They'd slept in really late so she quietly slipped out of the bed and put on a robe. She walked out of the room and met the eyes of five people staring at her.

"Nice to see you finally decided to join us!" Davis said.

"Good morning everyone," Mimi laughed.

"More like good afternoon," Yolie corrected, "Damn you four sure do sleep in late."

"Four…?" Mimi questioned, "Where are Sora and Matt?"

"Not sure. We assumed Sora was in her room but I have no clue where Matt is. Maybe he went for a jog or something."

"That's weird. I wonder…"

Mimi walked back down the hallway and crept up to Sora's door. She listened trying to block out the sound of the living room TV to see whether someone or someones were actually in the room. When she heard nothing she cracked the door open slight and her eyes about popped out of her head.

"Holy shit!" She squealed to herself because of what she saw.

Laying in the bed was Sora, naked on her back underneath a sheet, and Matt laying on his stomach next to her not covered at all and just exposed for everyone to see. He had an arm draped over Sora and neither of them were moving. She guessed from the scene that they had a pretty heated night.

She shut the door quickly and left them alone. No way was she going to tell everyone what she'd just seen. She collected herself and walked back into the living room.

"Yeah, Matt must be out for a jog. Sora's still in there sleeping but no sign of Matt," Mimi lied, "I'm sure he'll be back soon."

"He's brave. How can you drink that much and then wake up and run?" Yolie wondered, "I'd get sick."

"Us men can handle anything. It's what we do," Davis boasted only causing the others to roll their eyes. They soon dropped the subject.

Mimi grabbed a cup of coffee and went back into her room. Tai was still sleeping so she decided to shower and get herself ready for the day.


Not too long later Sora breathed in heavily and woke up. She smiled. What a great dream. She thought to herself. The presence of someone else quickly alerted her.

She turned her head and saw a naked Matt laying next to her. His arm was draped over her body making it hard for her to move. She looked at herself and then at him. She was naked, he was naked. The awesome sexual bliss she'd experienced wasn't a dream at all it had actually happened.

"Alcohol is a very bad thing…" she mumbled to herself as she tried to wiggle out of Matt's arm without waking him up.

She managed to get out of the bed and tip-toed quietly to the door. She threw some clothes on and quickly exited the room but ran straight into Mimi.

"Hey!" Sora said quickly.

"Hey…" Mimi replied.

Awkward silence.

"How was your night?" Mimi said with a hinting tone in her voice.

"I think I did something bad…"

"Welcome to the club."

"I don't even know how it happened! The last thing I remember was Matt and I screaming at each other. He was pissed because other guys were hitting on me and I was pissed because, well, let's face it alcohol makes me more upset than I should be and then the next thing I know I'm waking up naked next to Matt! Oh my God…" she threw her hands over her mouth, "I had sex with Matt! Oh my gosh how did this happen?"

"It's called a lot of alcohol and sexual tension. I'm shocked. I didn't actually think you guys would do that. I mean, you've never done it. I know he has but I would have thought…"

"Yeah, you think? I can't believe it went that far. I just wanted him to admit that he likes me that's all… Holy crap Mimi what now?"

"Are you two like official or something now? I'd say that was a pretty good way to seal the deal."

"We haven't even talked about getting together. It just kind of happened. How do you handle it with Tai?"

Mimi sighed, "Sadly, I'd give anything in the world to be Tai's girlfriend but he's never asked me. It's hard, Sor. When you like someone and they won't commit it makes things really hard. I want to be with him but he doesn't want anything serious."

"So why do you continue to torture yourself by giving into him?"

"I feel like the more attention I give him the more likely he is to want to be with me. It's not exactly working though…"

"Maybe you should play hard to get. That's what I did with Matt and now look what happened."

Mimi laughed for a minute then stopped, "I guess I could try that. Make him jealous or something. Maybe it will open his eyes to see that we're meant to be together."

"Give it a try. Now, how do I face Matt?"

"You two just need to talk. Figure out where to go from here."

Sora sighed, "Great, more talking. I guess I'll figure it out. Please don't tell anyone."

"I won't say anything. Your secret is safe with me."

Mimi squeezed Sora's hand and turned to walk away. Sora took in a deep breath and walked back into her room. She crawled into the bed enough to make Matt wake up this time.

"Where am I?" He asked quietly once he realized he wasn't in the room Mimi had originally told him to stay in.

"You're in my room," Sora replied.

"Oh… Oh!" Matt said sitting up, "Why am I naked?"

Sora stared at him dumbfounded. Apparently she wasn't the only one who thought last night was a dream.

"Did we have sex?" He whispered.

Sora hesitated but then nodded.

"Oh… cool."

"Cool!."

"I mean… oops?."

Sora sighed.

"Oh my gosh Sora I am so sorry. I took advantage of you. We were drunk I wasn't thinking. I can't believe it happened I'm so sorry."

"Why are you sorry?"

"It was your first time… right?"

"Yeah, but-"

"But nothing. I'm a horrible person! You're forever going to remember your first time as drunken sex with the guy you grew up next door to. Or not remember it because i know I vaguely do. How much did we drink last night? Holy cow, Sora how did this happen?"

"Matt!" Sora finally shouted to shut him up, "I don't regret it."

"Really?"

"Yeah, really."

"But it was your first time… and it was with me. I'm sorry."

"I'm not sorry. I wouldn't have had it any other way. You're one of my best friends. If it had to be with anyone I'm glad it was you."

"Well, to be honest I'm glad it was me too."

Sora smiled but then turned her head to look down at the bed. She didn't know what else to say. Everything happened so fast. Losing her virginity to Matt was something she could never get back. On the one hand she was glad it was with him on the other she had mixed feelings about the whole situation. Sex was supposed to be unforgettable. It was supposed to be with someone you were in love with, or at least that's what she'd always convinced herself of. Did Matt even care about her in that way or did he just feel like he took advantage of her? Would this eventually lead to something more or would they just go on like nothing ever happened? Her head was spinning.

A single tear rolled down her cheek.

Matt reached out and wiped the tear away and cupped her cheek. She turned to face him and tried to smile. She put her hand on his and laced their fingers together. Slowly, as if the world had stopped, he moved in and placed his lips to hers. It was a gentle, concerned kiss. One that said that he wasn't going to let anything bad happen to her. It was short but comforting.

"I like you Sora," he said, "I want us to be together. I want to be with you."

She was on the verge of tears, "You do?"

"Yes. I've been thinking about it for a while and I figure now is as good a time as any. What do you say? Do you want to be my girlfriend?"

"Are you sure?" She asked starting him.

"What?"

"I mean, I don't look or act like the girls you usually date. I'm not tall or pretty or blonde. That's usually your type. I'm just your next door neighbor. The girl you come to for advice when your dad's being a dick or when you're upset. I'm the one that you joke around with and tell all your buddies about but you never actually want to pursue anything with. You really want to be with me?"

"Everything you just described is exactly the reason I want to be with you. You're funny and smart and you're beautiful, Sora. You are the one person I go to for advice because I can tell you anything. I have always been able to. You're perfect and I want us to be together. Those other girls meant nothing to me. They were just flings. You're different. I think we'd be good together."

"Well, if you really want to be with me… yes. Yes, I'll be your girlfriend."

"I wouldn't want it any other way…"

He leaned in and kissed her again. This kiss was a bit more passionate than before. She pulled away.

"My mom is going to be so mad," she laughed.

He laughed also, "She'll get over it."

Just as they went in to kiss again cheering came from the other side of the door. Sora jumped up off the bed and opened the door. Everyone in the house was standing there cheering for them. Apparently they'd heard everything and were thrilled the two finally were together.


To be Continued...

So the tension has been released, they're finally together... yay. Review!