Author's Note: I know I said I would be more promt with the new chapters but I have been enjoying my summer vacation and kept putting it off. When I realized almost a month had past since the last chapter I knew I had to get back to work. This chapter has been written off-and-on for about a month so it took quite awhile to produce. I hope you all enjoy. Also, I don't own Digimon or any of its characters.

CHAPTER 11 - Twists and Turns


Gwen looked at the clock in her dorm. "I can't believe I have a date with Mimi tonight. It's our first date. It's so exciting!"

Sora smiled at her best friend. "I know. I am so happy for the two of you. I'm so proud of you for telling Mimi that you like her last night. I guess your therapy session with Clair helped."

Gwen nodded. "It did. It made me so much braver. I am starting things with Mimi with an open mind."

"That's good."

"Speaking of romance, how are things with you and Joe? It must be hard being apart from each other. It is a shame he doesn't go to this college."

Sora frowned. "It is very hard. Long distance relationships are hard in general though so it wasn't a surprise. I miss him very much but we talk on the phone every day and we text and email."

"Well, that's good. I hope you guys keep things going strong."

"Me too. I haven't felt this way about a guy since I dated Matt in high school. Let's just hope that Joe isn't gay too." Sora smiled and laughed a little.

Gwen smiled at her best friend. "Let's hope."


Tai sat on the edge of his bed and looked at Matt who was cleaning the dorm. "You know, Yama, you would look so much sexier cleaning if you had on those pink panties I bought you yesterday."

"Tai, doesn't it seem a little unpractical to be cleaning our dorm room in nothing but pink panties?"

Tai laughed some. "You are already cleaning like girl. You may as well look like a girl too." Tai made his face look poutier. "Please, Yama."

"I wore them for you last night. They haven't been washed since then and probably have dried sperm on them."

"I don't care. I want you to wear them."

"Tai…"

Tai stood up and made his eyes look meaner. "Yama, I'm horny and I gave you an order. Are you my bitch or aren't you?"

"I am."

"You are what?'

"I'm your bitch, master."

Tai smiled. "Good boy." He patted Matt on the head. Matt stopped cleaning and removed all his clothing. He got the panties and put them on. "You're so obedient, Yama. You look so girly in those panties. I love it." Tai took off his shirt and jeans. He walked closer to Matt in nothing but his boxers. He put his arms around his boyfriend and kissed him. "I love you, Yama."

"I love you too."


Veronica walked to Izzy and Clair's apartment on campus. She knocked on the door and was happy to see her best friend answer it. "Hey, Clair."

"Hey, V. Come on in." Clair motioned for Veronica to enter and closed the door behind her.

"Where's your husband?"

Clair smiled at the use of the word husband to describe Izzy. "His cell phone contract just ended so he is renewing it and upgrading his phone to an iPhone. He has been going on and on about it all day. I was a little relived when he left to tell you the truth."

Veronica followed Clair to the sitting area as she talked and sat down next to her best friend on the couch. "I hope you two aren't already bickering."

"No, we never really bicker. He just has an obsession with electronics. It's not surprising though, considering he is a computer science major. We are still in our honeymoon phase so we are very close. He bought me lingerie yesterday which was incredibly sweet seeing as that is entirely out of his comfort zone. I love him so much."

Veronica smiled. "I can't really picture Izzy doing that. I can, however, picture him fainting in the store."

Clair laughed. "That sounds like Izzy. I'm so happy you stopped by, you know. We have been so busy this week that we have barely seen each other since the wedding reception."

"I know. The last time we talked, you showed me pictures of your honeymoon in Hawaii. I still haven't been able to get rid of the mental image of Izzy in that grass skirt and coconut bikini top. You scarred me for life with that."

Clair laughed again. "I know. I only showed that picture to you though. I knew if Tai saw it or heard about it, Izzy would never hear the end of it. The grass skirt and coconut bikini were mine though. I just thought it would be funny to take a picture of him trying it on."

Veronica laughed with her friend. "Whatever brings a smile to your face."

"So, what is going on with your life?"

Veronica paused for a few seconds. "I ran into Bryan yesterday."

"What?"

"I was coming back from my run and he came up to me and talked to me."

"About what?"

"He wants me to call off the trial."

Clair shook her head. "That is so like him to try to manipulate you. He is so controlling. Please tell me you aren't calling it off. You need to ensure that justice is served."

Veronica looked down. "I won't call it off. I actually thought about it though."

Clair reached out and grabbed her friend's hand. "Well, that honestly isn't surprising. Bryan had some unnatural control over you. Boyfriends shouldn't have a power that strong over their girlfriends. You were in an emotionally controlling relationship and it was as far from healthy as it could have been. You started dating him after he raped you. Things just got worse from there. You became isolated from all your friends, you had an abortion that you didn't want to have done, and you were totally miserable. You are free now and you shouldn't worry about him. Worry about yourself and that's it."

Veronica squeezed Clair's hand tighter. "Thank you, Clair. I think I needed to hear that."

"Anytime, V. What are best friends for?"

Veronica smiled and leaned in to give her friend a hug. She embraced Clair who hugged her back. "I'm so glad that I have my best friend back, Clair."

"Me too, V. Me too."


Sora walked out of the girl's restroom at the end of her hall and headed back to her dorm. She stopped when she heard her name being called. She turned her head sideways to see that Mimi was calling her from her dorm room. Her door was open and she was lounging on her bed reading a tabloid magazine. Sora walked into Mimi's dorm. "Hey Mimi, what's up?"

"Come in and talk to me for awhile."

"Gwen is in our dorm. Why don't you come back with me?"

"No, I can't. Gwen and I made a promise that we wouldn't talk until our date tonight so it would be more special and Veronica is over at Clair's apartment. I'm so lonely! I need someone to talk to for awhile."

Sora sighed. "I guess Gwen can spend some time alone for a little bit." Sora walked into Mimi's dorm and moved the door stopper that was holding the door open. She took a seat at the foot of Mimi's bed. "So, what do you want to talk about?"

Mimi sat down her magazine and sat up. She paused to think for awhile on what subject to talk about. "Tell me about you and Joe."

"What about us?"

"How are things going between you two?"

"Things are fine. Gwen asked me that same question a few hours ago. Do you two think that Joe and I are having problems or something?"

Mimi looked at her friend with sympathy. "Sora, you two are in a long distance relationship and that causes a lot of strain. That is especially true when one of the people is a nineteen-year-old boy. You need to fulfill the sexual side of your relationship with him."

Sora blushed a little and then got annoyed. "Mimi, there is no sexual side to our relationship. I have never had sex with Joe or anyone else. Joe is a virgin too. Not everyone is promiscuous, you know."

Mimi sighed. "Sora, just because you don't express yourself sexually, it doesn't change the fact that Joe is a horny college boy just like the rest of them."

"Joe is different."

"Maybe he is. I guess you know him better than I do."

Sora stood up. "So, just because I don't let Joe get into my pants, he is going to cheat on me with some slut he picks up at his own college?"

Mimi looked surprised at Sora's changed demeanor. "I didn't say that. I am just giving you facts you already know. All I am saying is that if I were Joe's girlfriend, I would be doing something to keep him interested."

Sora growled under her breath. "Well, you're not. I am and I think I can handle myself."

Mimi stood up as Sora headed for the door. "Sora, I think you are taking what I said the wrong way. I didn't mean to offend you. I'm sorry. I know-" Mimi stopped her sentence once Sora slammed the door shut behind her. Mimi sighed and laid back down on her bed.


Later that evening, Gwen walked down to Mimi's dorm to pick her up for their date. Gwen picked out a sexy yet classy cocktail dress to wear as she was taking Mimi out to dinner at a nice restaurant. She knocked on Mimi's door and was happy to see Mimi answer it. Mimi smiled at her date. Gwen looked down to see that Mimi had on a similar cocktail dress. "I guess great minds think alike, don't they?"

"They sure do." Mimi laughed and locked her dorm door. She walked out of the residency hall with Gwen and the two of them headed off campus.


Sora sat in her dorm room by herself and thought about her conversation with Mimi that she had earlier in the day. "I cannot believe Mimi told me that Joe will cheat on me. Joe would never do that. If there is one gentleman left on the planet, it is him. He is so sweet to me and I haven't felt like this about a guy since I dated Matt in high school. She has no idea what she is talking about. Why would I even think to take advice from her? Mimi may be one of my oldest friends, but she is not exactly an expert in relationships. I would only ask for her advice if I wanted to hook up with somebody I met at a party. Although…Gwen also asked me how I was making a long distance relationship work with Joe. That's a different story if she is showing some concern. Gwen might be a little promiscuous, but she isn't a slut like Mimi. If two different people both think I should do something to spice things up then maybe I should consider it. What can I do to keep Joe's attention? Maybe we could have phone sex? No…both of us are way too shy to do that. It would be so awkward and embarrassing. I very rarely masturbate by myself, let alone over the phone with my boyfriend. I couldn't do anything over a webcam either. That would be even worse because he could see my embarrassment all over my face. Not to mention how embarrassed he would be to be playing with himself while I watched. No…Joe and I aren't as sex-obsessed as other people our age are. What else can I do? I want to do something to ensure that I keep him interested. Joe is a nineteen-year-old boy who doesn't have sex. He must be jacking off every night at least. Maybe I could take some risqué pictures of myself and send them to him. Hmmmm….that just might do the trick." Sora looked at the clock and realized that Mimi and Gwen wouldn't be back for a few hours. She stood up and locked the door to her dorm. She went over to her laptop and turned on her webcam. She looked at herself on the screen of the computer and contemplated if she really wanted to do this. She nodded and took off her shirt. She stood there in a bra and skirt. She pondered whether she should take off her bra but decided to keep it on and make the pictures rated "R" instead of "XXX". She changed the skirt she had on for her short tennis skirt. She knew that she didn't know how to be seductive so she decided to use her innocence as sex appeal. She clicked the timer on the webcam for it to take a picture in three seconds. She did a sweet yet sexy pose and looked at the camera. She heard the noise of the image being taken and saw it on the computer. She smiled and repeated the process over and over. She took about twenty pictures but decided to only send her favorite seven. She figured that she shouldn't overwhelm Joe by sending tons of pictures to him. She opened up her email and uploaded the chosen pictures and sent them to Joe with an email that simply said "Enjoy."


Izzy sat on the chair to Matt's desk as he talked to Tai and Matt who were sitting on the edge of their bed. "Yolei emailed me today and told me how busy her family's bridal shop is with orders for prom gowns. She says business is insane."

Tai rolled his eyes. "She is doing all those fittings for prom when she is probably not even going herself."

"She is taking Cody."

"She is probably forcing him to go. He is only a freshman and Yolei is a foot taller than him."

Izzy laughed. "You're right. Yolei is a bit bossy. I can't believe it is already time for prom for the high school kids. The school year is coming to an end so soon. We only have just over a month here at college."

Matt nodded. "I know. Soon we will be headed back home." Tai looked down at his lap and Matt put his arm around his boyfriend. "Maybe your father will change his mind by then and let you stay at home. I know how important it is for you to re-establish your relationship with him."

Izzy moved his chair closer and put his hand on Tai's knee. "Matt's right, Tai. Things might change, especially after Matt talked to you dad." Tai looked up at Izzy with a confused look and Matt's eyes grew. He looked at Izzy with a combination of fear and anger. Izzy realized that Matt hadn't told Tai about his meeting with his father during spring break. "Oh…I meant….never mind, I don't know what I am talking about right now."

Tai looked over at his boyfriend. "You talked to my dad and didn't tell me?"

Izzy stood up. "I'm sorry I brought this up. I should go and let the two of you talk. Goodbye and sorry once again." Izzy pushed the chair back to under the desk and left the couple in their dorm room.

Tai kept staring at Matt waiting for an answer. "Well…Tai…" Matt sighed. "Yes, I did. I talked to your father a couple of days after I took you home from that bar."

Tai shook his head. "Why did you do that behind my back?"

"I…I don't know, Tai. I was just so upset that your father still wouldn't let you come back home and that him saying that to you led you to drown your sorrows with alcohol. Picking you up from that bar completely wasted was the most depressing thing I have ever had to do. I hate seeing you like that. I just want you to be happy. I went to your apartment a few days later with TK who was picking up Kari for a date. I went inside and talked to your father and told him he was pushing you so far away that he might never get you back again. I only talked to him for a minute or two."

Tai sat and stared at Matt. He tried to process all the information Matt had just given to him. "Well, your efforts clearly didn't work because I haven't spoken to my father since I went over to see him during the beginning of spring break."

Matt hugged his boyfriend. "I'm so sorry, Tai. I know I shouldn't have gone behind your back." Matt took his arms off of Tai when he realized that Tai wasn't hugging him back. "Are you okay?"

"Izzy knew about this and I didn't. That just blows my mind. Who else knows?"

"It's not like I am telling everyone. I told TK because I had to explain why I was going with him to your apartment and I told Kari when I asked permission to go into the apartment. I told Sora after we got back here because I was so concerned about you and she is our closest friend. I also told Clair who is basically a therapist and Izzy just happen to be there in the apartment with her. Those are the only people I told."

"You told all of those people and you didn't bother to tell me?"

"Tai…I…I'm so sorry."

Tai stood up. "I need to go take a walk to clear my head." Tai put on his shoes and started heading for the door.

Matt stood up and grabbed onto one of Tai's arms. "Tai, please don't go. Stay here with me and we can talk about it. I know I shouldn't have gone behind your back on such a sensitive issue."

Tai pulled his arm out of his boyfriend's grasp. "I'm sorry, Yama, but I need to go get some fresh air and think things over." Tai turned around and walked out of the dorm room. He shut the door behind him. Matt stared at the closed door for almost five minutes before he realized that his boyfriend really didn't want to talk to him at the moment.


Gwen and Mimi sat down at the restaurant for their first official date. They ordered their drinks and decided on what to get for dinner. They ordered their food after the waitress gave them their drinks. Gwen took a sip of hers and looked at her date. "So, I know I already told you this but you look lovely in your outfit."

Mimi smiled. "Thanks, Gwen. So do you."

Gwen smiled back at her. "Thanks." She opened her mouth to say something but then closed it again. She had never been this nervous on a date before and her mind was blank. She didn't realize it would be this awkward to take Mimi out. She and Mimi had become such close friends over the past couple months and had tons of similarities and shared interests. Gwen realized that it had been silent for too long and that she needed to say something. "I…um…" Her mind went blank again. "I'm sorry, Mimi. I am normally not like this on dates. I don't know what is wrong with me."

Mimi smiled sweetly. "It's okay. I know it is harder to date a friend than it is a complete stranger. It feels like there is more pressure riding on you to make sure things go well."

"Thanks for understanding. My mind keeps going blank and I feel so awkward like I am a teenager going on my first date."

"Are you a big dater?"

"Not really. I am more of a relationship-type person. I don't have much experience in dating."

"I do. I haven't had that many relationships that lasted a long time. I was too busy with work and traveling around the world. I am never in one spot for too long. Quitting modeling has been very relaxing."

"Aren't you a little bored with not working? You went from being a top model living in Manhattan to being a college student in Tokyo."

"Being a college student is a little dull. It's a nice change of pace though. Maybe I can do some modeling work over the summer here in Tokyo."

"That would be fun."

"Yeah, it would."

"Yeah." Gwen paused for awhile. "I don't know why it is so easy to talk to you when I am just being your friend but when I think of you as my date I freeze up."

Mimi nodded. "I feel the same way. I am never this quiet. Everyone knows I can't keep my mouth shut."

"How about we just be friends for the rest of our dinner date then? That seems to be the only way we communicate."

Mimi laughed. "Sounds good." The waitress came back over to their table and gave them their food.


Sora laid down on her bed after doing some studying. Joe hadn't replied to her email yet and she worried that he may have lost some respect for her after she sent him pictures of her in a bra and tennis skirt. She closed her eyes but quickly opened them again when she heard her cell phone ringing. She looked down at it to see that Joe was calling her. She opened her phone and answered. "Hello."

"Hi Sora. How are you?"

"I'm doing fine, Joe. How are you?"

"I'm doing well. Well, better than that. I got your pictures you sent me."

Sora felt herself blush. "Oh…did you…um….did you like them?"

"I did. You looked very sexy in them. Wow, I can't believe I used the word sexy without breaking out into a sweat."

Sora smiled. "I'm glad you liked them. I was worried I offended you by sending them."

"No, you didn't. I'm a nineteen-year-old boy. Provocative photos of my girlfriend are definitely not offensive to me."

"I'm glad."

"I was surprised that you sent them though. It sort of came out of nowhere."

"Well…Mimi and Gwen were both talking to me today about how hard it is to make long-distance relationships work and that I might need to spice things up a bit. I guess I was trying to keep your interest."

Joe sighed. "Sora, I love you. You don't have to get sexual to keep my interest. You are a very decent girl and I like that about you. Don't let your friends get inside your head. You have my interest already and soon we will both be back in our hometown for the summer. I am not going anywhere."

Sora smiled widely. "Wow, thank you Joe. I love you so much."

"Your welcome, Sora."

"I'm kind of embarrassed that I sent you those pictures now."

"Don't be. You may not have needed to spice things up but I'm not complaining. I am still a guy, remember?"

Sora laughed. "Oh yes, I remember. At least that means you aren't gay." Sora laughed again and Joe joined her.


Gwen and Mimi walked back to their residence hall on campus from the restaurant. Mimi grabbed onto one of Gwen's arm and linked her arm into it. "I really enjoyed our dinner tonight."

Gwen smiled. "I'm glad. I did too. It was fun once we decided to just be friends during the dinner."

"Did that count as a date then?"

Gwen contemplated the question in her head for awhile. "No…I suppose it didn't. We started out on a date but then we just started talking like we always do."

"So we were just two friends having dinner?"

"Pretty much. When we were trying to be a couple, things just felt so awkward."

"I agree. That was the only time the two of us have ever been together and quiet at the same time."

"Should we try this again to see if it is better a second time?"

"Um…I don't think we should. I think the two of us make amazing friends but starting up a relationship might ruin everything. I think this night helped me realize that. The two of us shouldn't date." Mimi gently pulled her arm away from Gwen's.

Gwen frowned for awhile but then nodded her head. "Yeah, you are probably right about that. I don't want to ruin our friendship by becoming girlfriends." She sighed. "It would be easier though if I weren't so attracted to you."

Mimi laughed. "Same here." The two of them continued to walk back to campus. After about five minutes of silence, Mimi opened her mouth again. "Maybe we could do something about the attraction without dating."

Gwen looked confused. "What do you mean?"

Mimi blushed some. "You know…like friends with benefits."

Gwen looked at Mimi with shock. "What?"

"You've never heard of being friends with benefits before?"

"I've heard about it. I've just never done it."

"Really?"

"Really. I have never been with someone whom I wasn't dating at the time."

"I've done the whole friends with benefits thing back in America. It is really fun and it doesn't make the friendship as awkward as you think it would."

"I don't know, Mimi."

"Come on, Gwen. Think about it at least. It is seen as a typical college thing anyway."

"So are threesomes and beer pong but I don't want to do either of those."

"I never took you for being so conservative."

"I'm not conservative at all. I just am not the type of person to do something like that."

"Well…that's fine if you don't want to. I was just throwing it out there. Just think about it some and let me know if you change your mind."

Gwen nodded again. "I will. Now let's get back before it gets any darker."


Matt waited alone in his dorm room for hours. He was starting to get worried that Tai was alone at some bar getting drunk again. He held onto his cell phone in case Tai called but he knew he wouldn't. He debated calling or texting Tai to see if he was okay but he knew that was pointless when Tai was mad at him. There is no way he would answer his phone. Matt laid down with his face buried in his pillow. After laying down for awhile, he heard his door being opened. He sat up to see Tai walk into the dorm room and close the door behind him. "I thought you would be asleep seeing how long I made you wait."

"I wasn't going to sleep until you came back so we could talk."

Tai sighed. "Yeah…I just needed some time to clear my head and think things over. That was a lot of information and secrets to drop on me all at once. I didn't know how to handle it all."

"I know and I understand. I was just worried that you would be out drinking like you did over spring break. It broke my heart to see you like that when I found you. That's what caused me to talk to your father."

Tai closed his eyes and his facial expression went from calm to angry. "I was trying not to think about that right now so I would stay calm."

Matt looked down. "I'm sorry. I really am. Not just about right now, but for everything. For going behind your back…for lying to you…for telling other people…I'm sorry for it all."

Tai sat on the edge of the bed next to Matt but not as close as he would normally sit. "You really broke my trust, Matt."

Matt's heart sank when Tai didn't call him by his pet name. He looked up at his boyfriend and nodded. "I know I did, Tai. What I did was so stupid."

"I know. You've never done anything like this before. So many people have hurt me in my life. I was so dumbfounded when one of those people turned out to be my own father but after months went by without him apologizing or trying to amend the situation, I didn't let it affect me as much. I just took it as a life lesson that there are a lot of bad people in the world and that you should surround yourself with people who love you and that you can trust." Tai paused and looked at Matt. "You were the epitome of that to me. Nobody on this earth loves me as much as you do. You have been my best friend my entire life and last year you became my first boyfriend and first love." Tai stopped again and Matt looked over to see tears welling up in Tai's eyes. "I just couldn't believe that you, of all people, would do something like this to me. That you would tamper with the one area of my life that is the most sensitive and then not even tell me about it. As if that wasn't enough, you started telling people that we know as if you were talking about the latest episode of a damn soap opera." Tears started rolling down Tai's face. Tears started forming in Matt's eyes as well. "I just couldn't believe it was true."

Matt started sobbing loudly and tried to speak through the crying. "Tai…I'm so sorry. I really am…you have to believe me. I won't ever do something like that ever again…I promise."

Tai kept crying but tried to stay composed. "You know me well enough to know that I hate crying in front of people. I'm not in touch with my emotions like you are. For something to make me cry, it has to be major."

Matt let himself calm down some before he attempted to talk again. "I know Tai. Let's just try to put this behind us and move on. I know we can't pretend like it never happened but we can't let it destroy what we have."

Tai nodded and looked at Matt. "I don't want to break up with you..."

Matt put his arms around Tai and smiled. "Good, because I don't want to break up."

Tai sighed and removed Matt's arms from around him. "You didn't let me finish. I don't want to break up, but I think a break might be good for us. If we keep heading forward, it is only going to create problems further down the road. We should deal with everything now before it ruins us forever."

Matt went from smiling to looking like he saw a ghost. "What? A…a break? A break from us…from dating?"

Tai nodded. "Yes. Not a permanent one, at least I don't think so. Just break to take a breather. The school year is ending soon. Let's just focus on our schoolwork and friendships and not get caught in all the drama. I think this will be better for us in the long run."

Matt still looked confused. "Tai…couples say they are going to take breaks all the time and that is just a sugar-coated version of breaking up for good. The break becomes longer and longer until one of the people move on and find someone else and forget about the other person. I don't want that to happen with us. We can't do this."

"If we end up breaking up for good then that just means that we were never meant to be in the first place."

Matt eye's widened as he heard Tai say that sentence. "Of course we are meant to be. We are the perfect couple."

"Perfect couples don't have secrets from each other. Trust and honesty is the building blocks of a relationship, Matt, and you tore it all down. I can't help something that you started." Matt started crying again and Tai stood up. "I think I will give you some time alone. I'll stay the night at Izzy's." Tai put some books and things in his bookbag and left the dorm room. Matt sat alone again staring at the door as he had done earlier that afternoon. This time he knew Tai wouldn't be returning a couple hours later. He would be spending the night alone for the first time in months.

TO BE CONTINUED…