Author's note: I don't own digimon or any of the characters. I told you all that I would be posting chapters more regularlly than before. This chapter takes place a week after the previosu chapter. Everyone has just finished their first week of classes after returning from spring break. I hope you all enjoy.

CHAPTER 10 - Next Level

Dear Journal,

I am not doing a very good job in writing in you often. Spring break is now over and I have been back at college for one week now. Things with Tai are amazing and the incident with his father only brought us closer. I still haven't told him that I spoke to his father though. Sora has been complaining all week that she misses being with Joe in person. He goes to a different college so they are a few cities apart. I am happy to see Sora falling in love again. She hasn't been in a relationship with anyone since me. I don't know if Joe is as good to her as I was but at least he isn't gay. Speaking of couples, Izzy and Clair had an amazing time on their honeymoon in Hawaii. They both came back more tan and rested. Izzy and Clair finally lost their virginities and Izzy can't stop bragging to Tai and I about sex. It is hilarious to hear Izzy talk about having sex. He is still such a computer nerd. Izzy and Clair now sleep in the same room in their campus apartment too. Gwen still has a huge crush on Mimi. I didn't know about this until the concert after-party which she left in a hurry. I guess things didn't go over well with her telling Mimi at the party. I'm not sure of all the details. Sora said something about Gwen catching Mimi making out with my drummer. I called him the other day and he said he isn't dating Mimi. He said they were playing Truth or Dare. I told Gwen this but she lost all her momentum to tell Mimi her feelings. She needs to rebuild it. I think that she thinks that since Mimi kissed somebody, that she doesn't have feelings for Gwen. It's all very confusing. Veronica told us that she has filed a lawsuit against Bryan for date raping her. I am proud of how strong she has become. She already has a lawyer and things are moving very rapid for her. She said that the trial might take place within a few months due to the severity of her claims. I can't wait to see what happens. I hope we can all handle the elements in our lives.

Matt

Clair sat her last shirt in the dresser and closed it. "There, we now officially live in the same room. I finally finished moving my things in here."

Izzy smiled at his new wife and hugged her. "I'm glad. It's about time. I'm glad we are living in the same room now. I'm especially glad that we are sleeping in the same bed."

Clair blushed. "Izzy!"

"What? I can't help it. I waited until marriage to have sex and now that I had it with you on our honeymoon, I can't get enough of it. Give me a break. I'm an eighteen-year-old guy."

Clair smiled. "I guess I can't be too mad that you find me irresistible, can I?"

"No, you can't." Izzy kissed Clair on the lips and began making out with her. The couple was still in their honeymoon phase and were constantly all over each other. Izzy began to take off Clair's shirt and moved her slowly towards the new queen-sized bed he had put in his bedroom of the apartment. Clair took Izzy's shirt off as he did this. Izzy then gently placed Clair on the bed as he unhooked her bra. He got on top of her and continued to kiss her passionately. Izzy unbuttoned his jeans and then Clair's. "I love you so much, Clair."

"I love you too, Izzy." The couple continued to remove their clothing and then proceeded to make love in the passionate and romantic way that they did on their honeymoon.

"For the last time, Gwen, I called my drummer and he said that they were only playing a game of drunken Truth or Dare." Matt rolled his eyes. "The kiss didn't mean anything!"

Gwen glared at Matt. Tai and Matt came over to Sora and Gwen's dorm room to hang out since it was a Saturday and there was no class. Sora and Gwen sat on one bed and Tai and Matt sat on the other. "I don't care. Who just makes out with people for fun?"

"Mimi!"

"Well, duh."

"I'm just saying that it isn't as serious to her. She has done worse, I'm sure. She used to be a huge party girl. To you, making out with a complete stranger is ludicrous, but to her, it is normal party behavior. Don't forfeit all of your plans to express your feelings to her."

Gwen sighed and Sora put her arm around her best friend. "It's okay, Gwen. I know it must be hard for you to deal with this due to the trust issues that you developed from two failed relationships with Rosemary."

Gwen looked at Sora. "You have been spending too much time with Clair. You are starting to sound like a psychology major."

Sora laughed. "Well, I'll take that as a compliment. Clair is very insightful to things like this though. She might be of some help."

"Yeah, maybe I will talk to her when Izzy isn't fucking her brains out."

Tai spit out the water he was drinking and burst out into laughter. Matt gently slapped Tai's arm but couldn't hold back his laughter either. All four friends started laughing at Gwen's comment on Izzy and Clair's sex life.

Veronica walked backed to her residence hall after going for a run through the park. She had been eating healthier and exercising more as one of many ways to deal with her pain. She turned more attention towards her health to distract herself from negative things. She was listening to her iPod and wasn't aware of her soundings other than the direction she was heading in. She was looking at the ground and looked up to see that she was about to run into somebody. She immediately stopped and looked up at the person blocking her path. She was surprised when she realized who it was. She was standing right in front of Bryan. She took out her headphones and continued to stare at the face of her ex-boyfriend.

"So, I hear that you are taking me to court."

Veronica looked down and from side to side. Once she broke eye contact with him, it was hard for her to regain it. "Well…I…yes, as a matter of fact, I am." She then looked at him right in the eyes with a confidence she didn't even know she possessed.

"For what? Me taking your virginity?"

Veronica glared at him. "You know damn well that you did more than take my virginity. You raped me!"

Bryan looked around to see if anyone heard her. He took a step closer to Veronica. "Oh, did I? What evidence do you have to support that? Oh, that's right – none. I am not owning up to anything either. From my point of view, you came over to my apartment in search of some sympathy sex and you received it. It was supposed to be a one-night-stand but you kept coming back for more after that until you became my girlfriend."

"I didn't keep coming back for more sex. You had me trapped with your mind games and you were emotionally controlling me. I've been in enough therapy sessions to know that our relationship wasn't a healthy one. I had no say in anything at all. You were controlling me like I was a puppet."

"Oh please. That's the biggest load of bullshit that I've ever heard."

Veronica glared at him harder and got closer to him. "You think demanding me to get an abortion when I was pregnant with your child isn't controlling?"

"You're eighteen-years-old and in college. What the hell were you going to do with a baby? There is no way you could have raised it and still attended classes."

"I could have given it away for adoption. At least then I wouldn't be murdering it."

"You removed a newly fertilized egg, not a fully-developed fetus. Calm down."

Veronica slapped Bryan across the face. "Calm down? I'm not freaking out over a bad hair cut or a flat tire. I terminated my pregnancy because you made me! How can I calm down over something like that?"

"Because it is over. That's why. Besides, I didn't even think you did after that slutty-looking girl you live with told me you decided to not go through with the abortion. The only reason I knew you went through with it is because you never had a baby bump when I saw you around campus. You're still as skinny as you were then."

"Yes, I did go through with it. And yes, it is over, but that doesn't mean the pain is. I have cried every single day since I went through with terminating our baby and you have probably just been enjoying your life. You have probably been playing tennis, having parties, and screwing every whore you can get your disgusting hands on." Bryan put his hands on Veronica's shoulders and she quickly slapped his arms to remove them. "Don't touch me!"

Bryan sighed. "Listen, you and I can argue and argue for years about things but that isn't why I approached you."

"Why then? To make me sick to my stomach?"

"No. Veronica, with the charges you pressed on me, I am on suspension from the tennis team and my athletic scholarship is in jeopardy. I might get it taken away if I am found guilty and I will get kicked off the team. I can't afford college without the scholarship and my life will be ruined. You need to drop the lawsuit. For me."

Veronica looked at Bryan with disgust and shook her head slowly. "I should have known you would want it dropped for some selfish reason. I don't give a damn if you get kicked off the tennis team and if your scholarship gets taken away. Your life may get ruined but that is the price you will have to pay for ruining mine." She looked at Bryan for a few seconds and then looked away. "If you'll excuse me, I need to go." She walked past Bryan without saying goodbye. She continued to head towards her residence hall. She turned around to see if Bryan was still standing there but he had left.

"Why are you making Matt and I come with you?" Tai looked at Gwen as he and Matt walked alongside Gwen to Izzy and Clair's apartment.

"Lord knows what those two are doing. If I am interrupting something, I didn't want to do it alone. They are both so quiet and shy. I bet they are freaky in bed. They would probably ask me to have a threesome -especially since I'm bisexual. I figured you two could go hang out with Izzy while I get Clair's advice on the Mimi situation."

"Well, we haven't seen that much of Izzy since the wedding so I guess that could be fun."

Gwen, Tai, and Matt reached Izzy and Clair's campus apartment and Gwen knocked on the door. "I swear if they answer the door naked, I am just turning around and leaving."

After a few seconds, Clair answered the door. To Gwen's happiness, she was fully clothed and her hair wasn't a mess. "Hey guys. Come on in." Gwen, Tai, and Matt entered the apartment to see Izzy using his laptop on the kitchen table with Clair's unoccupied laptop next to him.

Izzy looked up from his computer. "Hey everyone. What brings you all over to visit us boring married folk?"

Gwen smiled. "Actually, there was something I wanted to talk to Clair about."

Clair looked surprised and concerned. "Oh, what is it?"

"I'd actually rather discuss it one on one with you. I brought Tai and Matt with me so Izzy wouldn't be bored and alone."

Clair smiled. "I see. Well, the boys can go out and the two of us can stay here and talk."

Izzy sighed. "But I'm writing my memoirs in Latin."

Tai rolled his eyes. "Come and hang out with us, Izzy. You can go be nerdy some other day."

"Ok, fine." Izzy closed his laptop and stood up. He kissed his wife goodbye and left with Tai and Matt.

Clair motioned for Gwen to follow her to the couch. Clair sat down and Gwen sat next to her. "So, what did you want to talk about?"

"I think I need some advice. Sora said you are a good person to go to when you have problems."

"Well, I should hope so. I want to be a therapist one day. What do you need advice on?"

"Well, I kind of have a crush on Mimi."

"I see. Well, Mimi is openly bisexual so at least you know that there is a possibility of a romantic relationship forming. It is a very different situation from the Sora ordeal of last November."

Gwen blushed a little thinking about her former crush on Sora and how it almost ruined their friendship. "Yes, thank God."

"When did the feelings for Mimi start?"

"Well, I have been attracted to her since I met her in January so there has always been a physical attraction. The romantic feelings started at your wedding reception. I was watching all the couples dancing and wallowing in self pity due to my recent breakup with my ex-girlfriend. Mimi came over to me and cheered me up. I just couldn't believe how everyone could call her the nasty names that they do when she can be the sweetest girl in the world. That is when the crush formed. After that, I stayed with her over spring break. One night I told her that I wanted to ask her out on a date when we first met and she told me that I should have. That made the feelings stronger because I thought that she had feelings for me in return. I was scared to express my feelings though because I didn't want to ruin our friendship."

"I see. So you never made your feelings known to her?"

"Well, I was going to at this party last week. I went to go find her and when I did, she was making out with some boy she didn't even know."

Clair frowned. "I'm sorry, Gwen."

"He is in Matt's band and Matt talked to him. According to the boy, Mimi and him were only playing Truth or Dare and the kiss didn't mean anything. It still bothered me though."

"Why do you think it bothered you so much? Mimi kissed a boy in a meaningless manner and she is single. There technically isn't anything wrong with that."

"It bothered me because I really like her and seeing her with someone else just made me get emotional."

Clair nodded. "Well, that probably has to do with the way both relationships with Rosemary ended. You dated her in high school and she cheated on you. You ended things and then gave her a second chance earlier this year which, once again, ended up with her cheating on you. I think the trust issues you developed from her really impair rationality." Clair paused for a second. "I hope that didn't sound too harsh."

"No, I mean, I am basically asking for free counseling. It is fine to be harsh. Do you think Mimi would cheat on me if I dated her?"

"I don't know Mimi's past relationships well enough to know that. I think that Mimi is at her best when she is around you. You and her are very alike. Izzy has been comparing the two of you before I even met Mimi myself."

Gwen smiled. "I guess we are alike. I don't know why I let Rosemary fuck up my trust so much. She is just a cheater and that has nothing to do with me."

"That's correct, Gwen. Nothing about how you handled things led to her cheating. Rosemary just was not capable of being faithful. Don't let the hurt caused from that relationship ruin your chances with Mimi."

Gwen put her hand on top of Clair's. "Thank you so much. You don't know how much more calm I feel after talking to you. I think I want to tell Mimi how I feel about her."

Clair smiled. "Good. I hope everything works out for you." Clair leaned forward and gave Gwen a hug.

Tai led Izzy and Matt down the streets of Tokyo. Matt sighed. "Seriously, Tai, where are you leading us to? Why couldn't we just hang out on campus?"

Tai smiled devilishly. "You'll see, Yama." Tai turned down a street and led Matt and Izzy into a store. Izzy and Matt were talking to each other and didn't even notice what the store was. It wasn't until they were already inside that it hit them.

Izzy gasped and tried to formulate a sentence. "We're in a…a…"

Matt turned around and pushed Tai lightly on the shoulder. "Tai! You brought us to a sex shop?"

Tai burst out into laughter. "Lighten up, Yama. I thought it would be fun and different. Don't be such a prude."

"I'm not a prude!" Matt leaned closer to Tai. "I thought we talked about you being less sex-obsessed and crude. You know that I love sex as much as the next guy I am not as public about it as you are. I thought you were going to stop all of this when I got mad about the male stripper at the bachelor party."

Tai sighed. "Relax, Yama. I promise I won't do anything loudly inappropriate here. Besides, everyone is here for the same reason so they won't judge or stare. I just thought Izzy could use some ideas since he is just now discovering the world of sex. This will be fun, Yama."

Matt stared at Tai in silence for awhile. "Ok, fine. I'm not happy but I guess I will give this all a try."

Tai smiled and kissed Matt on the lips. He then put his lips closer to Matt's ear and whispered to him. "Good boy, Yama."

Matt blushed. "Tai."

"That's Master Tai to you."

Matt's face got even redder. "Izzy can here you."

"No he can't. Look at him." Matt looked at Izzy whose face was red with embarrassment. He was looking around the store nervously. Tai moved away from his boyfriend and moved over to Izzy. "Come on, Izzy. Let's go explore the store."

"Uh…I don't know, Tai."

"Come on, Izzy. There is nothing to be embarrassed about. You have been bragging about finally having sex so you shouldn't be that embarrassed anyway." Tai pushed Izzy further into the store and Matt reluctantly followed. Tai led Izzy to the costume section and stopped. "Here you go, Izzy. You could buy Clair a schoolgirl outfit. They also have a nurse outfit and a dominatrix outfit if you two are into that sort of thing."

Izzy's face turned red. "No! We are most certainly not into that!"

Tai laughed. "Why not? Dominance and submission is hot." Matt put his hand over his eyes and hoped Izzy wouldn't piece together that him and Tai were into that.

"We just aren't into it, Tai. I don't want Clair to be covered in black leather. She is too delicate. The schoolgirl costume is too perverted and early Britney Spears. The nurse outfit is just stupid. I don't like any of the costumes because I don't want to put her in any of them. I don't need fantasy when I am attracted to her the natural way she is."

Matt stepped forward and put his hand on Izzy's shoulder. "I think that is very sweet, Izzy. Don't let Tai pervert you."

Izzy smiled. "Thanks, I won't."

Tai sighed. "You should at least get her something - like some lingerie."

"Well, I guess I could get her something like that. However, it can't be all trashy and slutty. It has to have some elegance and beauty like Clair does." The three boys moved to the lingerie section of the store and Izzy started seeking out the spars classy lingerie. Tai looked at some as well as Matt followed him.

Tai picked up a pair of pink lacy panties and looked up to see that Izzy was distracted with shopping. Tai smirked and turned to whisper to Matt. "I want to get these."

"Well, you need to get a matching bra if you want to suggest them to Izzy."

"No, I want to get these for you."

Matt looked confused. "For me? Tai, these are made for women."

Tai smiled. "I know they are. However, they are your size and very sexy. I want to see you in them along with your leash and collar. You know how you being girly turns me on."

Matt sighed but then smiled. "If it turns my man on, then how can I say no?"

Tai giggled and kissed Matt on the lips. "That's more like it. I'll go buy them right now while you keep Izzy occupied. Tell him I had to go to the bathroom next door or something. I don't think you want him to know that your boyfriend is buying you pink panties."

"No, I don't. I'll help him shop and I'll keep him back here away from the cash register at the front of the store." Tai snuck off to make his purchase and Matt helped Izzy pick out some lingerie for Clair. After Tai came back, Izzy went to go buy it and then the three boys left the store and headed back to campus.

Later that evening, Gwen knocked on the door of Veronica and Mimi's dorm room. Veronica answered the door. "Hey Gwen, what's up?"

"Hey, Veronica. I was wondering if I could talk to Mimi alone for a few minutes."

Veronica smiled. "Sure, no problem. I'll go hang out in your dorm with Sora until you're threw."

Gwen smiled back at her. "Thanks, V." Veronica left and Gwen walked into the dorm and shut the door behind her. She turned around and looked at Mimi who had just finished painting her toenails hot pink. "Hey, Mimi."

Mimi sat up on her bed. "Hey, Gwen. I'm glad you wanted to come talk to me because I feel like you have been avoiding me ever since spring break. Ever since that concert after-party you have been so distant, even when you were staying with me in my bedroom."

Gwen walked closer to her and sat on the edge of Veronica's bed. "Well, that is kind of true. I have been avoiding you slightly."

Mimi looked confused. "Why? We grew so much closer over spring break."

Gwen sighed and looked down. "I know we did." She paused for a few moments and Mimi didn't pressure her to hurry up. She could tell that Gwen was in a serious mood. "Mimi…I kind of like you as more than just a friend." Gwen looked up to see Mimi's reaction.

Mimi looked surprised that Gwen said that but not totally stunned. "Well…I figured you had a small crush on me over spring break. You did tell me that you wanted to ask me out before Rosemary came back into your life."

"I know. I wanted to ask you out again though. I finally worked up the courage to tell you last week to tell you that I like you."

"Why didn't you?"

"I saw you kissing that guy at the concert after-party."

Mimi blushed a little. "Gwen, I was playing Truth or Dare and someone dared me to do that. I wasn't like I genuinely liked him."

"I know that now. Matt called him and talked to him. It just mad me lose my momentum I built up when I saw you kissing someone else."

Mimi nodded. "I guess that makes sense. So, what is your current stance on me?"

Gwen paused. "After thinking it over, I realized that I still want to take a risk and express my feelings for you. I really like you, Mimi, and I hope that maybe you have some feelings for me."

Mimi smiled some. "Well, you know I really only date guys."

Gwen looked solemn and stared at Mimi. "I know."

"However, I like you too. I like you as more than just a good friend and shopping partner. I have been attracted to you since we first met. I see a lot of myself in you. Maybe that's why I like you so much. People say I'm a narcissist." Mimi laughed and Gwen joined her.

"Well, I don't think you're a narcissist. I only see you're good qualities."

"Well, thank you. So…what do we do now?"

"What do you mean?"

"Are you going to ask me out on a date?"

Gwen laughed nervously. "Oh…yeah…of course. Mimi, would you like to have dinner with me tomorrow night?"

Mimi smiled. "Yes, Gwen. That would be amazing."

Gwen smiled widely and stood up. Gwen walked over to Mimi and put her face close to Mimi's face. She moved it closer and closer until it was almost touching Mimi's. She tilted her head to the side and slowly kissed Mimi on the lips. Her heart started beating loudly in her chest and she took her lips off on Mimi's and looked at her crush. She saw that Mimi enjoyed the kiss and smiled again. "I'll see you tomorrow then."

TO BE CONTINUED…