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So… this story will be done within probably 3-5 chapters from this point. I have a couple more twists I'm going to throw at you but it will come to an end eventually. Thank you to EVERYONE that keeps sticking with me because I'm not gonna lie… I'm just lazy and that's why I don't update too often. So yeah, here's chapter ten I hope you all enjoy!

Chapter 10

"Where are you going?" Sora moaned as Matt kissed her on the forehead waking her slightly.

"I have some things I need to take care of. Go back to sleep I'll call you later," he replied.

Not really in the state of mind to ask more questions Sora replied, "Okay, love you."

"Me too. I'll see you later."

"Mmm…" Sora groaned falling back asleep.

Matt quickly pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and walked out of the bedroom. Not really paying attention he ended up bumping into Mimi causing her to spill her cup of coffee all over her white shirt.

"Damn dude in a hurry much?" Mimi said in a kind of pissed off, sarcastic tone as she shook away the coffee that was rolling down her arms.

"I'm so sorry, Mimi," Matt panicked, "Let me grab you a towel… or bleach… or something."

"No, don't worry about it I have to change regardless. Lucky for you it only got on me and not the carpet. Sora might have had to kill one of us."

Matt laughed nervously. Mimi could sense in his jittery tone that he was in a hurry and was probably not going to tell her why. It made her very suspicious.

"So where are you off to so early? I would have thought you two would be sleeping until at least late afternoon," Mimi pried.

"I have some stuff I need to get done and forgot about it until this morning. I guess I should be asking you the same question though."

Liar. Mimi thought to herself, "Tai and I are going to breakfast. Would you care to join us?"

"Sorry, can't. I really have to get going. I'll see you later though."

Matt cut the conversation short and dashed for the door. Mimi was extremely suspicious now. Infidelity? No, that can't be it they just got back together…Not to mention he knows I'd rip his balls off if he ever even considered that. Mimi questioned as possibilities ran through her mind. I'm going to get to the bottom of this. Mimi whipped out her cell phone and dialed Tai's number. She wasn't usually one to snoop but because it was her best friends long time lover that was involved she decided to make it her business.

"Tai," Mimi spoke into the phone as soon as he answered, "Change of plans."

"Mimi this is really none of our business. We shouldn't be following Matt around like this it isn't right," Tai complained as Mimi drove his car following Matt through the city. She kept a good distance between them so he wouldn't get suspicious.

"If it's something that will hurt Sora then it is our business. I just want to know why he's being so sneaky and see where he's going without telling anyone. After that we can get something to eat and go about our day," Mimi replied.

"Maybe he's just meeting his mom for breakfast or something. I honestly don't see why this is such a big deal."

"Just be quiet and let me see what's going on."

The two followed Matt a couple of miles out of town until he darted off like a mad man onto a side road. It made it hard for Mimi to keep up because he kept swerving in and out of traffic. Eventually she lost him and their search ended.

"He must have known he was being followed because obviously he was trying to lose you," Tai said once they drove back into town and parked at the restaurant.

"I really hope he doesn't drive like a maniac when Sora's riding on the back of that thing. I can't even fathom the thought of her falling off or something because he's being stupid and showing off," Mimi said.

"He looked like he was in control. I don't think Sora has ridden on it that many times anyways."

"Motorcycles are so dangerous I don't blame her."

"So if I got a bike you wouldn't ride on it with me?"

"Hell no!" Mimi shrieked and then gave it a second thought, "I'd be driving it you'd be riding bitch."

Those were her final words before she walked into the restaurant leaving Tai outside to laugh and roll his eyes.

Matt sighed in relief when he finally got rid of Mimi and Tai. He didn't start to get suspicious about her following him until they were about a mile out of town. He wasn't really in the mood to explain where he was going or who he'd be with because he knew she would automatically jump to conclusions and spill everything to Sora. Just the fact that he was even attempting to meet up with Akira would have started a world war back at home. He thought it would be better off if she didn't see anything even though he was only meeting Akira to tell him their friendship and everything that went along with it was over. He had a new life now, a better life, and Akira didn't fit into it any more. Akira would be furious, and Matt knew that, but Akira did say once they got arrested that Matt was better off without him, now he was just making it a reality.

Matt parked the bike in front of the hotel Akira was staying in and wondered how long he'd actually have to stay. He didn't like hiding things from Sora and this was definitely something huge.

"Matt," Akira said answering the door with a big smile on his face, "Come in, bro!"

Matt nodded once and tried not to look too thrilled to see him. Maybe if he kept a stern attitude Akira would take the hint.

The hotel Akira was staying in was a grungy, low-budget place. Matt recognized it as one of those hotels that people go with prostitutes when they're look for an inconspicuous lay. He decided to stand in fear of being infected with anything from the furniture.

Matt also noticed multiple pizza boxes lying all over the place along with dirty clothes, chip bags, beer bottles, cigarette butts, and many other things. The room smelled heavily of marijuana instantly making Matt decide he'd better get this over with quick.

"How have you been, man? It's been like a month since we last spoke!" Akira said falling back on the couch.

"I've been really good, actually," Matt replied not really wanting to go into details.

"That's great! I'm so happy to be out of that cell man. As many times as I've been to jail you think I'd be used to it by now," Akira said and then took a drag on a joint he had sitting in an ash tray. He offered it to Matt but he refused it taking Akira by surprise.

"That's unlike you to reject a hit. Anyways, what's been going on? What have I missed out on? I got some inside information that a friend of mine is getting a huge shipment of X. He'll be selling incognito at a rave tonight in Kyoto. What do you say? You down for old times?"

Matt pursed his lips together trying to find the words to say, "Well, that's kind of why I'm here, Akira. Times have… well, they've kind of… changed."

Akira sat up from his relaxed position now fully aware that Matt wasn't just here for a friendly visit, "Changed how?"

"Well, first of all, the band is breaking up."

Matt decided to start with something small and work his way up to the sorry-but-we-can't-be-friends-anymore-because-my-girlfriend-thinks-you're-a-crack-head-and-a-bad-influence-and-I-would-rather-be-her-boyfriend-than-your-friend-anyday speech.

"I figured as much. We haven't really been all that involved in the music for a while now," Akira said calmly. Considering he missed half of the concerts they held anyways Matt didn't think he would really care.

"Yeah, I mean the guys and I are throwing a small farewell concert next week. We have all of the songs picked out and everything."

"Good for you. I'm kind of glad that part of our lives is over. Now we have time to do things that are actually fun and worth our time. What else is new?"

"Well, I, I mean we, as in me and Yutaka and Takaishi, are kind of to the point of getting our lives back on track. I mean I'm almost twenty-two years old I can't keep dicking around with all the crap we used to do. I'm finally getting my life together and it feels really good. I'm a different person now and that's where I want to stay."

Akira was surprisingly understanding, "Good for you, man. At least one of us is ready to grow up. Anyways, enough with the bull shit catching up thing, what do you say you and I go meet some hot girls and just drink until we black out? I know of a couple chicks that would be dying to sleep with the leader of a former band. I can get you more than one at a time, if you want."

"Akira, that's kind of another reason I'm here."

"So you're down! Let me get my things and we'll head out!" Akira said getting up off the couch and walking toward the bed to get his things.

"No," Matt said holding up his hand to stop Akira from walking any further, "I… met someone, Akira. Well, not really met, she's been in my life forever, but we're back together now and she's the best thing that has ever happened to me. I don't want to do anything to screw it up. She's my best friend and I love her."

"Oh," Akira said taken aback, "You're not talking about that red head from the day we got arrested are you?"

"Yeah, that's her. I cannot lose her again so in saying that I've had to make some… sacrifices when it comes to my old life."

Akira stayed silent for a moment. He was finally beginning to see where this conversation was leading, "What sacrifices?"

"Well…"

"Just fucking say it, Matt."

"You."

"What do you mean me? I'm the sacrifice you had to make?"

"Yeah, that, and I gave up the drugs and smoking."

"So what, you're ditching your best friend that you've been through more with than anyone else in your life for some chick that you think you're in love with and want to be with for the rest of your life? That's low, man. Do you seriously hear the words that are coming out of your mouth right now? I'm your best friend and you're dumping me for some stupid bitch!"

"Don't you dare talk about her like that," Matt said getting extremely defensive.

"If you're going to let that slut come between us then you're better off with her. I can't believe you would ditch a friend like this."

"I said stop talking about her like that!" Matt's almost shouted as his fists balled together.

"Oh, I'm sorry; did I hit a soft spot? Well, you know what, Matt? Fuck you and fuck that little slu-" Matt ended up punching Akira in the jaw before he could finish. He stumbled back and fell onto the couch. Matt took a deep breath and showed himself the way out.

"You're going to be sorry, Matt! This will not be the last time you see me! You'd better watch your back and pray that I don't find you!" Akira shouted from the hotel room as Matt slammed the door behind him.

He quickly ran down the stairs and got on his bike. The engine roared to life and he skidded out of the parking lot as fast as the wheels would take him. He knew Akira wouldn't take it well. They had been best friends since high school and all of a sudden it was over. Matt didn't feel any remorse whatsoever toward the ending of their relationship but apparently Akira was not happy about it. Akira's threats made him realize it wouldn't be the last time they saw each other but he was too angry to care at that point. If they crossed paths later, so be it. He would deal with it when the time presented itself. As for now, he was a free man and he couldn't feel any better about it.

After a few weeks of not hearing anything from Akira, Matt decided he had probably backed off and just didn't want to bother with it any more. After all, it was a stupid situation but Matt knew he was better off without him. He never told Sora about the incident because he didn't want to frighten her with his threat so he just buried it deep and suppressed it. After all, his birthday was the next day and Sora was planning the rest of surprise party.

The sound of dry heaving and a toilet flushing alerted Mimi from Sora's kitchen as soon as she stepped out of the bathroom.

"Damn girl did you eat something rotten? You've been all weirdly nauseous for the past couple days and it doesn't look like its getting better," Mimi asked with concern.

Sora shook her head not really knowing what was wrong, "I don't know what it is. Ever since two or three days ago I've been really sick in the mornings. My boobs hurt and I can't sleep very well. It's weird."

Mimi's eyes widened at what she heard. She turned to face her friend with her jaw dropped making Sora extremely concerned.

"What?" Sora wanted to know.

"So you say your sick... and it usually doesn't hit you until the mornings. Your boobs hurt and you're not sleeping well?"

"Yeah, that's about right why?" Sora listened to what was just repeated back to her and instantly began jumping to conclusions, ".god. You don't think I'm... do you??"

"Are you??"

"I don't think so! Matt and I are always safe! Well, there was this one time a couple weeks ago... but there's no way that's possible."

"When was your last period?"

Sora panicked. She didn't know. Ever since Matt came back into her life she didn't really pay attention to dates. She quickly rushed to grab a calendar.

"What's today's date?" Sora wondered as she flipped open a day planner.

"May 6th," Mimi replied.

Sora flipped backward through the day planner looking for any indication that she'd actually had a period in the month of April. Usually she indicated that fact by a small star or circled the number on the day she started but wasn't coming up with any in that month so she flipped to March. A small star hung by the number 18.

"March 18th? Has it really been that long?" Sora asked wide-eyed.

"So assuming you have yours every 28 days like most people you would be..." Mimi counted in her head, "Twenty one days late, right?"

"As in three weeks?" Sora was extremely panicked now, "No, no, no! This can't be happening! I'm too young, we're not even married! I can't support a child! What if he leaves me? What if I turn into one of those washed out single moms with stretch marks and a fat ass? I can't handle that Mimi!"

"Sora, calm down we don't even know if you are or not. Maybe it's just a false alarm. You have been really stressed out lately with school and Matt's party. Sometimes stress can stall it. We need to go get a test to make sure. Be calm..."

Sora took a deep breath. It was hard to be calm with the information that was just presented to her. What if she was? What would Matt say? What were they going to do? Sora's attention turned from planning a surprise party for Matt to trying to decide whether or not she was carrying his child. She started crying.

"Why are you crying what's wrong??" Mimi asked quickly rushing to her friend's side.

"I don't know!" Sora bawled, "I don't know what's wrong!"

"Your mood swings aren't helping your case at all."

"Don't say that to me!"

"We need to get a test, now!" Mimi said pulling Sora off the couch and forcing shoes onto her feet.

The two ran into the closest convenient store and made their way to the pharmacy area. They stopped in front of a shelf that had multiple brands of pregnancy tests on it.

"Which one do you prefer?" Mimi said looking at them all, "This one gives you a smiley face if you are and a frowny face if you're not. And this one just tells it straight up 'pregnant' or 'not pregnant'."

"I don't have a specific preference! Just grab them all!" Sora began throwing every kind of test into a shopping cart.

"You're going to pay for all of these?"

"The box says it's not 100% correct. I'm giving it best 4 out of 5. Or I guess in this case best 8 out of 10."

"If more than half of them say yes then you probably are."

"Mimi!"

"Sorry, just stating the truth."

Sora purchased the multiple pregnancy tests and the two rushed back to her apartment. She threw the bag on the bathroom counter and waited.

"What are you waiting for?" Mimi wondered.

"How am I supposed to pee on every single one of these? That's not even physically possible," Sora stated.

"I'll be right back!" Mimi said dashing out of the bathroom. She returned moments later with 4 bottles of green tea, "Just keep drinking these they will make you pee like there's no freakin' tomorrow!"

"Let me take one now and see what it says," Sora said unwrapping a box and reading the directions, "Sit on toilet and pee on stick at a 45 degree angle, yady, yady, yada. All right! How hard can it be?"

"How are you doing in there?" Mimi asked from outside the open bathroom door.

Sora started whining, "Ew! I peed on my hand!"

Mimi wrinkled her nose in disgust, "Just drip it on the stick!"

Sora flushed the toilet and emerged from the bathroom after washing her hands.

"Now what?" Mimi wondered.

"The box said to set it down on a flat surface and wait for three minutes."

The two sat on the floor next to the bathroom in silence. Seconds ticked by making Sora very anxious. She wasn't used to this kind of pressure and having to wait on a stick that determined the rest of her life wasn't helping.

"Has it been three minutes yet?" Sora asked.

"It's been a minute. Just relax and take a deep breath," Mimi replied after looking at the timer they'd found in the kitchen.

"This is the longest three minutes of my life."

"Don't worry, babe. If you are we'll get through this. It's not the end of the world. You'll be a mom and that's the greatest thing that will ever happen to you. If you're not your life will just go back to normal."

"You're such a good friend Mimi. Thank you for being here with me for this. I don't think I could handle this on my own."

The timer went off indicating the three minutes was up. Sora's heart raced.

"It's the moment of truth," Mimi stated, "You ready?"

Sora shook her head, "No. You have to look at it I can't do this!"

Mimi jumped up off the floor as Sora buried her head in her hands.

"What is the test supposed to say if you're pregnant?" Mimi questioned looking at the test.

"Two lines mean yes, one means no."

"Okay, so what does a line and a half mean?"

"What!?" Sora said jumping off the floor and rushing into the bathroom grabbing the test from her, "A line and a half? What the hell?"

"Does that mean… you're kind of pregnant or kind of not?"

"I have no idea!"

"Maybe you didn't pee on it enough."

"I need to take another one, like, now!"

Sora sat down on the toilet with a bottle of green tea in her hands. She began chugging the liquid to get her bladder full enough for all the tests. Once she was ready Mimi began handing her the tests one by one. She even decided to take one herself just for shits and giggles.

"Holy hell," Mimi said picking up a test off the counter, "I got a smiley face!? Oh, wait that's one of yours. Holy crap that would have been horrible." She found the test she'd taken and it was negative, "Thank God. No offense."

Sora looked at all of the tests laid out on the counter. All of them, with the exception of the line and half, indicated she was in fact pregnant.

"Maybe it's a mistake. Maybe…"

"They're all wrong?" Mimi finished her sentence, "Sora, every test came back positive. You're pregnant sweetie."

Sora put her back against the wall and fell to the floor. She had a blank stare on her face.

"How are you feeling?" Mimi asked sitting next and taking her hand.

"I don't know," Sora replied honestly, "I don't exactly know how to feel. Excited… but scared at the same time. My life just took a drastic change."

"It's going to be okay, Sora. You're going to make a great mother."

Sora sighed, "I'm pregnant. Wow. I'm honestly for the first time in my life speechless."

"How are you going to tell Matt?"

"Matt's going to be the easy part. Telling my parents though… I don't even know how I'm going to handle that."

"I'm sure they'll be very understanding. Your mom was nineteen when she had you. If anything she'll help you as much as she can because she became a mom at a young age too."

"My mom always told me to wait until I was older. 'Raising a child at such a young age is no easy task' she always told me. She does always tell me that I'm the best thing that ever happened to her though. At least she was married before she got pregnant. She at least has that on me."

"You and Matt could always elope. Tell your mom you got pregnant on the honeymoon?"

"That would never work. If I'm three weeks late who knows how far along the baby is. She would catch that in a second."

"It'll be okay. You'll find a way to tell them… and Matt."

Sora sighed, "You can't tell anyone, especially Tai. He will freak and probably kill Matt. Now that I think about it, Tai's probably going to be the hardest person to tell. How do you tell your best friend since diapers you're pregnant!?"

"You told me and I'm just fine with it! I can't wait to be an aunt!"

"You're not helping, Meems."

"I'm serious though. If Matt decides he can't handle it, which he won't because he's a better person than that, then you and I can raise the baby together! It can have two mommies!"

Sora about busted out laughing, "So what we're gay now!? Great, my baby is going to have two lesbian moms."

"Hey now I never said anything about lesbians. It's very common for women and their friends to raise children on their own. As far as visitation rights go, I want Wednesdays and weekends. You can have him every other day."

Sora laughed, "You're going to spoil the hell out of this child aren't you?"

"You know it! I'd have one of my own if I could! I don't think Tai would fly for that right now though. I'd probably scare him away with that conversation."

The two laughed together.

"Tai? A father? I can't even see that right now. Tai is still a kid at heart which I guess would make him a good dad but still. He'd be having that kid pushing soccer balls with its head before it could even walk."

"Ah, okay enough of that. We need to find a way to tell Matt that you're having a baby. What about tomorrow for his birthday? That would be the best surprise of all."

"I don't want to ruin his birthday. Maybe I'll tell him after. I want him to have a good time."

"Don't you think the fact that you won't be taking celebratory shots with him will kind of make him suspicious?"

"Just because I won't be drinking doesn't mean he'll get suspicious."

"Sora, you love taking shots. Matt will be suspicious."

"You're right. I have to tell him."

"Tell me what?" Matt asked walking through the front door catching the two completely off guard.

Sora panicked and quickly shoved Mimi into the bathroom to clean up all of the tests and boxes that were lying all of the place. Her heart began to race again as she tried to hide her very big secret.

Matt wrapped his arms around her and gave her a loving kiss on the lips, "Hey you."

"Hey," Sora replied trying to calm herself.

"Why were you two sitting in the hallway?" Matt wondered.

"Um," Sora tried to think of an excuse, "We were trying to get a stain out of the carpet. Mimi spilled some tea. You know how clumsy she gets."

"Uh hum!" Mimi shouted from the bathroom.

Matt smiled, "Okay… you said something about telling me something. What's up?"

"Ah, yes, that. Well, I wanted to tell you… You see, I wanted to tell you that um…" She decided to play it off by being very seductive and wrapping her arms around his neck and grabbing onto his hair, "I wanted you to know…." She kissed him on the lips, "that I love you very much and that you're the best thing that has ever happened to me."

"Mmm…" Matt replied kissing her again, "You look very, very sexy right now… maybe we should move this party somewhere a little more private…"

"I was thinking the exact same thing…" Sora said with a smile. She was satisfied with herself that she gotten out of having to tell him what was going on.

"Sora and I have plans today. You can do that later," Mimi said emerging from the bathroom and pulling Sora away from him. She was hauling a large black trash bag behind her

"Are you trying to hide a dead body in there or something?" Mimi said pointing to the black bag.

"I was doing a little spring cleaning. Sora is very messy. You wouldn't believe the crap I found under her bed and in the bathrooms. Not to mention her closet!" Mimi lied and then elbowed Sora in the ribs to continue the lie.

"Ow! Oh, yeah, right I'm very messy. I can find just about anywhere to hide stuff. Lucky for me though Mimi is a very cleanly person and just loves keeping my apartment in tact!"

Sora pinched Mimi on the arm harder than she probably should have making her laugh in response.

"Well, we'd better get going," Mimi said trying to rush her out the door, "Lots and lots of things to get done today!"

"She's right we do need to go. You can stay here if you want we won't be gone long," Sora stood on her tip toes to kiss him again, "I'll call you in a little bit okay? I love you!"

"Love you," Matt began only to watch the front door slam, "too…"

"Could you be any more damn obvious that I'm hiding something?" Sora asked once they got into Mimi's car.

"He won't figure it out. I got all of the tests out of the bathroom and even wiped everything down so it looks like I actually did do some spring cleaning. Just try not to act too jumpy around him tonight. His party is tomorrow and he'll find out everything. Actually, you'd probably be better off just not even seeing him tonight. You're really bad about keeping secrets from people."

"Is it such a bad thing that I'm a genuinely honest person? I don't like hiding anything. Besides, I can't not see him tonight then he'll think I'm avoiding him."

"Wrong. You'll be staying at my apartment tonight. Just tell him we're having a girl's night he'll understand. That way you won't have to see him and we can continue setting up for his party. It's good we're having it at my place. He won't suspect a thing."

"Yeah, not to mention your place is twice the size of mine. We'll need that for all the people I don't even know that you're inviting."

"They're friends from school. It's a birthday party therefore it's a celebration. A celebration calls for many people with common interests."

"What common interests? Alcohol?"

"It aint a party until someone gets naked!"

"Oh man."

"It'll be fun no worries."

"Believe me, the party is the last thing I'm worrying about right now."

To be continued…

Yay! That chapter happened to be longer than I thought. That's a good thing though! Hope you all enjoyed my exciting twist. Don't hate. Review! Thanks to those who do!