"Talking"
'Thoughts'
Disclaimer: I don't own DIGIMON or any of the characters except Elizabeth and Gabriella. I own the plot though. I also don't own the song Amazed by Lonestar
Chapter 14
The sun shined through the windows onto Mimi's face. She slowly woke up with a smile on her face, remembering the way Matt had kissed her the night before. She got out of bed and walked in the living room. Ella and Lizzy were sitting on the couch with Lynda playing go fish.
"Good morning," Mimi said with a yawn.
"Good morning," Ella, Lizzy, and Lynda replied looking up from their game.
"Are you guys' hungry?" Mimi asked.
"Yea, why don't we go out to eat breakfast?" Lynda responded. The girls looked at Mimi waiting for her answer.
"Yea that sounds like a good idea. Come on girls lets go get ready," Mimi said as she motioned for Ella and Lizzy to follow her to the bedroom to get dressed. All three came out a couple minutes later to wait in the living room for Lynda. After she came out they all went out for breakfast.
Meanwhile with T.K. and Matt
Matt had just called and told T.K. to meet him at his house, because he needed his advice. T.K. was a little suspicious but went to meet his brother.
"So Matt, what is it that you need my advice for?" T.K. asked Matt as they went inside his car.
"T.K. I've decided that I'm going to propose to Mimi, and I need your help on finding the right ring," Matt responded as they drove off.
"That's great Matt, I'm really happy for you guys. So when are you going to ask her?" T.K. asked happily.
"I'm going to ask her tonight. Which reminds me I also need your help on planning how to ask her in a perfect way," Matt replied.
"No problem, I'd be happy to help. So what jewelry store are we going to go to first?" T.K. asked Matt.
"We're going to the Kay's jewelry store in the mall, I heard they have a really good selection there," Matt replied as he exited the freeway. 15 minutes later Matt pulled in to the mall's parking lot. He and T.K. got off the car and went into the mall to go to Kay's jewelry store.
Inside Kay's jewelry store
Matt and T.K. were looking through the selection of rings to try and find the perfect one for Mimi. The store's employee was showing them all sorts of different, beautiful rings but each one Matt saw he said no to. He wanted the ring he would give to Mimi to be perfect, and none of the ones he'd seen so far were good enough.
He and T.K. had just thanked the lady for all of her time and were about to walk out of the store when Matt saw something sparkle in the corner of this eye. Out of curiosity Matt went up to the display that he saw the sparkle coming from. When he looked at the display of jewelry, he gasped because sitting in front of him was the most beautiful ring he had ever seen.
The ring sat in the middle of all the others on the highest pedestal. It had two white gold bands and at the top of each was a line of diamonds. On the first band in the middle of the line of diamonds was a teardrop shaped diamond that was a peridot (light greenish) color. It was cut so exquisitely that the light reflected off of it from every angle. It looked as if the ring was made especially for Mimi; it reminded Matt so much of Mimi's crest of sincerity.
"T.K. come here and look at this ring, this is the one," Matt said animatedly.
T.K. came over to where his brother was standing and looked down at the display. T.K. instantly knew what ring Matt was talking about because it looked so much like Mimi's crest and it sparkled brighter than the rest. "It's perfect Matt," T.K. replied.
"I hope she'll like it," Matt spoke softly as an image of Mimi appeared in his mind.
"She'll love it," T.K. answered as he called the sales lady over so they could purchase the ring.
Back with Mimi, Ella, Lizzy, and Lynda
After breakfast everyone decided to go to the mall and go shopping. After they went shopping the girls decided to go to Sora's apartment. When they got there Sora led them into the living room.
"So tomorrow's the big day, are you nervous?" Lynda asked Sora as she took a seat.
"A little, but I'm more excited. Ever since I was little I always dreamed about how my wedding day would be but the thing that never changed was that I always thought I'd marry Tai. Besides I have the most gorgeous dress ever thanks to Mimi," Sora said appraisingly.
"When Tai sees you tomorrow he won't be able to keep his hands off of you," Mimi said with a grin.
Sora blushed, "Shut up," she mumbled. Mimi's grin grew even bigger. Ella and Lizzy giggled at Sora's embarrassed face. Lynda tried to hide her smile by taking a sip of water.
"You are going to look beautiful tomorrow aunt Sora," Ella and Lizzy said.
"Thank you. You guys are going to be the most beautiful flower girls," Sora responded. Mimi, Lynda, Ella, and Lizzy ended up staying there for half an hour longer talking about tomorrow and making sure everything was ready. They ended up leaving after Mimi remembered that she had a date with Matt later on that day.
At the hotel
Ding, the elevator ringed as it stopped on the third floor. Mimi and Lynda got off holding Ella and Lizzy in their arms, the two fell asleep on the ride to the hotel. When they got to the door of their suite a look of surprise came over Mimi's face. On the door was an envelope that had Mimi's name on it. 'Hmm… that looks like Matt's handwriting, I wonder what it says,' Mimi thought as she pulled it off with her free hand.
Mimi put Lizzy down on the couch next to Ella and sat down on the arm chair. Mimi gently opened the envelope and pulled out two letters. One said READ FIRST in bold letters so Mimi took that one first and unfolded it. It read:
Hey Mimi, for our date tonight I decided that we should play a little game. The second letter is a clue and it will lead you to another location, there you will find another clue, and so on and so forth. Each location you will visit tonight holds significant memories of us. So good luck and have fun, the last clue of course will lead you to me.
P.S. Wear something nice
Matt
Mimi smirked as she read the last line; of course she'd wear something nice. Mimi folded the letter back up and picked up the other one. 'This is going to be fun,' Mimi thought as she started to read. It read:
This girls is funny, she is a good entertainer. We are old friends and we owe her a lot. Her food is really good, and stays with you forever. She holds some of our greatest and some of our most embarrassing memories.
'Why is this letter pink unlike the other one which was white, maybe it is part of the clue,' Mimi thought as she went to her bedroom to pick out something to wear for her date. She settled on the dress she had just bought that morning at the mall.
It was a little red dress. The straps were 1 inch of red ribbon. The top fit like a corset. Around the waist was a 2 inch ribbon and the dress puffed out princess style. It ended just above her knees. She put on red flats. As she was putting on her makeup she kept thinking about the clue. 'Ok she holds some of our best andworst memories…hmm maybe it's Sora. No can't be her he said good food,' Mimi thought with a grin. 'What am I missing?' Mimi thought as she let her wavy hair down. She grabbed her black coat and went back into the living room.
'What does he mean her food stays with you forever?' Mimi thought as she kissed her daughters foreheads. Mimi then went into the kitchen to grab her purse and keys. As she was walking she was so focused on figuring out the clue that she ran into Lynda.
"Meems you are so lucky that I have such a good grip because if I didn't my juice would have spilled all over your dress and stained it forever," Lynda said.
'Stain… oh my gosh that's it,' Mimi thought happily. "Lynda you are a genius! I've got to go, bye" Mims said as she raced out the door. 'He's talking about Cindy's Place, that little diner downtown,' Mimi thought as she entered the elevator. 'I can't believe I didn't think of it before it all fits. We used to go there all the time to just sit around and hang out after school. And Cindy, she would always listen to me whenever I needed to talk she was like a second mother to me,' Mimi thought as she remembered one night in particular that she would never forget.
FLASHBACK
Matt had just led Mimi to the corner booth in the back of Cindy's Place."So what did you want to talk to me about?" Mimi asked curiously, she was a little nervous because she had a huge crush on Matt. Cindy came and placed a milkshake in front of Mimi and one on the table for Matt. Before she left she looked at Matt and gave him a reassuring smile, then she walked away to her other customers.
'Just ask her out already,' Cindy's words echoed in Matt's head as he slid into the booth across from Mimi. He had confided in Cindy that he had a crush on Mimi for a while now, but he was too nervous to ask her out.
"Umm… the reason I asked you here was because I… Uhhh… I wanted to ask you something," Matt stated nervously.
'I wonder what he wants to ask me. Maybe he's going to ask me out on a date, and tell me that he has a crush on me,' Mimi though hopefully. 'No Matt will never feel that way about me,' Mimi thought sadly as she placed a fake smile on her face.
"Umm… I was wondering… doyouwanttogooutwithme?" Matt asked quickly.
"What did you say Matt, I'm sorry but I didn't catch that," Mimi responded.
"I said do you want to go out with me? You know like a date," Matt asked hopefully. Mimi was stunned, 'He likes me! He wants to go out on a date with me!' Mimi thought happily.
Matt took her silence the wrong way and thought that she didn't want to go out with him. "Umm just forget I said anything," Matt said as he rushed out of the both, while doing so he bumped the table and it spilled Mimi's milkshake all over her pink blouse.
"Oh Mimi I'm so sorry," Matt said with a look of embarrassment on his face. He grabbed a bunch of napkins and handed them to her as he wiped down the table
"Matt," Mimi started but Matt wasn't listening, he was continuing to wipe down the table, trying to avoid her gaze. "Matt please look at me," Mimi said as she placed her hands on the side of his face and turned his heard toward hers.
"Matt I would love to go out with you," Mimi said as she kissed him on the cheek.
END OF FLASHBACK
'Matt is right her food stays with you forever, I never could get the milkshake stain out of that pink blouse no matter how many times I washed it,' Mimi thought with a smile. 'So that's why the letter was pink it was supposed to represent my shirt.'
By the time Mimi finished reminiscing about the past she had ended up in front of Cindy's Place. A flood of old memories came back to her.
'I can't believe it's still open,' Mimi thought, 'I wonder if Cindy still works here? She'd be around 55 years old now' she thought as she opened the door to the diner and walked inside.
Back with Lynda
Ring, Ring, Ring Lynda got up from the couch to answer the phone. "Hello," Lynda said over the phone.
"Hey Lynda, it's me Matt. Has Mimi left yet?" he asked anxiously.
"Yea she left about 15 minutes ago," she told him trying to calm him down, Matt had told her earlier today that he was planning on proposing to Mimi tonight.
"Good hopefully she went to the right place," Matt replied, he was really nervous.
"I'm sure she did, when she left it looked like she knew exactly where she was headed," Lynda responded.
"Good, well I better get going, but if you get any information about where she is at then call me," Matt replied.
"Ok talk to you later, bye" Lynda said quietly as she glanced at the two sleeping girls on the couch.
"Bye," Matt said and they both hung up. Lynda went back to the couch and sat down next to the sleeping girls. 'I wonder how Mimi's doing with the clues,' Lynda thought as she tried to make herself comfortable on the couch.
Back with Mimi
Mimi walked toward the back booth and sitting there was none other than Cindy. In her hands was an envelope and on the table was a milkshake. Mimi smiled as she slid into the booth across from Cindy.
Cindy looked the same as she did all those years ago. Her long brunette hair was tied up in a ponytail and had a few gray hairs. She had some wrinkles around her eyes and mouth. Her face looked wiser like she had experienced a long hard, but well lived life. She smiled back at Mimi.
"This is for you," she said as she handed the letter to Mimi. Mimi took it and smiled back at her.
"Thank you, it's been a long time," Mimi replied.
"Yes it has but we can talk later, right now you need to solve that clue," Cindy said as she patted Mimi's hand in a motherly gesture, and handed her the milkshake.
"I'll see you later Cindy," Mimi said as she and Cindy both got out of the booth.
"I'll see you later Mimi," Cindy said extending her hand out for a handshake. Mimi ignored her hand and hugged her. She didn't care if she got her dress dirty from Cindy's waitress outfit.
Mimi started to cry softly, "I missed you," she said quietly, she always thought of Cindy as a mother figure.
"I missed you to," Cindy replied, "But you have to get going," she said a she broke from the hug. Cindy pulled a napkin from her apron and started wipe her tears away.
"Now go," Cindy said as she finished. She gently nudged Mimi toward the door.
"Bye," Mimi said.
"Bye," Cindy responded as she waved to Mimi as she walked out the door and towards her car.
As Mimi sat in the car she opened the envelope. She pulled it out and looked at it; it was an orange red color. It read:
This is the perfect place to relax. You feel like you're on top of the world when you are here. At first you were blind to this spot, but after that one special day it became a frequented place. Things were revealed that I was never able to admit before. This is where you made me feel whole.
Mimi looked at the note trying to find hidden meanings, one thing that struck her as odd was that Matt used the word blind when he could have used a much simpler word.
'Ok the orange red color has to signify something like the first note's color did. And I didn't know this place before Matt showed it to me,' Mimi thought with frustration. 'Something was revealed there… what could he be talking about? This is where you made me whole? What does he mean by that?' Mimi thought as she sipped her milkshake.
'This place lets you feel like you are on top of the world…' Mimi thought as she searched through her memory. 'Why didn't I think of it before, Matt is talking about the top of his old apartment building,' Mimi thought as she buckled up her seatbelt and pulled out onto the street.
Inside Cindy's Place
"She just left," Cindy told Lynda over the phone.
"Ok thanks for calling, I'll tell Matt," Lynda replied.
"Ok bye" Cindy replied.
"Bye," Lynda said then she hung up the phone. Then she dialed Matt's number to tell him that Mimi left the first destination.
Back with Mimi
Mimi stood in front of the apartment complex remembering the first day she came there.
FLASHBACK
Matt and Mimi were celebrating their 3 month anniversary together. Matt was taking her to a surprise location and Mimi was anxious to get there. Matt picked Mimi up and drove around for a little while then he told her that the location they were going to was a surprise so Matt blindfolded her.
Matt helped Mimi out of the car, since she couldn't see, and led her into a building. He guided her through a hall way to an elevator, and pushed the button to the top floor.
'I wonder where he is taking me,' Mimi thought as she stood in the elevator. Mimi heard the ding of the elevator and she felt Matt come closer to her.
"Ok now we need to go up a couple of stairs to get where I want to take you," Matt whispered in her ear. Then he led her out of the elevator and they went through a door. Matt started to lead her up the stairs. While Mimi was climbing up her foot slipped but before she fell Matt caught her.
"Don't worry I'll never let anything hurt you," Matt said as he helped her get her balance. Mimi smiled; Matt could be really sweet sometimes. They continued up the stairs.
"Ok we're here," Matt stated.
"Can I take my blindfold off now?" Mimi asked sweetly.
"In a second," he said as he guided her a couple steps farther. He then sat Mimi down and he sat next to her. "Ok now you can take it off," Matt replied. Mimi started to take off the blindfold. When it was off she looked around and gasped. Matt put his arms around her in a secure ad gentle manner as he whispered, "Do you like it?"
"I love it," Mimi said as she intertwined her foot between Matt's feet. They were sitting on the edge of the roof their feet dangling. Matt had timed it just right the sun was just setting and the sky had an orange red hue to it. She could see the whole town up there it looked so beautiful. "I feel like I'm on top of the world," Mimi said as Matt held her even tighter.
"Mimi there's something that I've been wanting to tell you, but I've been to afraid to tell you," Matt said quietly while looking into her eyes.
"What is it Matt? You know you can tell me anything," Mimi said as she held his gaze.
"Mimi, I love you," Matt said quietly. Mimi was surprised in the 3 months they'd been dating Matt had never told her he loved her; she looked in his eyes and could see the love in them.
"I love you too Matt," Mimi replied just as softly. Matt couldn't remember a time when he felt as happy as he did today. Matt gently touched the side of her face and then he kissed her, right when their lips met the sun finally set and everything fell into place.
After they broke from the kiss Mimi and Matt slowly stood up and Matt laid a blanket down on the roof for them to sit on. "Mimi I never thought I could love because of what happened to my parents and because of that I always felt like I was missing something. When I met you I knew I wanted to take a chance to see if I could love someone, and I'm glad I did. You filled up the emptiness in my heart you made me whole Mimi," Matt said softly. Matt always had trouble opening up to people and Mimi felt so happy after what he just told her.
"You make me feel complete, like I'm needed. You make me feel good about myself," Mimi responded just as softly as Matt.
"Matt no one has ever made me feel like this, I love you so much," Mimi replied.
END FLASHBACK
Mimi stood on top the roof remembering the day they told each other they loved each other for the first time. A single tear rolled down her face as she remembered how happy she was that day. She loved him then, and she loved him now.
On the edge of the roof there was an envelope tapped to the brick. Mimi picked it up and started walking back to the door. When she got to the door she turned around and glanced back. She saw an image of her and Matt sitting together, she was wrapped up in his arms. As soon as it came the image was gone and Mimi turned around and continued her way out the door.
In Mimi's car
Mimi sat in the car staring at the envelope. 'I wonder where he'll take me next,' Mimi thought as she opened the letter. It was a green brown color. It read:
This place holds good and bad memories for us. This is where we promised to stay together forever, but this is also where I lost the one thing I loved the most. This is where you took my heart and ripped it into a thousand pieces. But even after that this is where I went every day after you left and reminisced about us and how much I missed you.
Mimi didn't even have to think about where he was talking about. She knew exactly where she was supposed to go. He was talking about the park where he gave her the necklace and ring, and the same park that she broke up with him at. That's why the letter was green and brown it was supposed to represent the trees at the park. Mimi buckled up and drove to the park.
At the park
Mimi quickly got off the car and went to the bench where he gave her the ring and necklace. Sitting on top of the bench was an envelope.
'I thought for sure Matt would meet me here,' Mimi thought as she walked to the bench and picked up the envelope. She opened it and pulled out the letter. It read:
Follow the path of rose petals and it will lead you to the location of our date.
Mimi looked down at the floor and saw a path of white rose petals, her favorite flower. She started down the path. It led to a little clearing surrounded by trees. The trees were covered in lights, and in the center of the clearing was a table. The table had an ocean blue colored table cloth, and an array of white candles all around it. A picnic basket was sitting in the middle.
'Where is Matt?' Mimi thought curiously. Just then Matt stepped out from behind a tree, 'Speak of the devil,' Mimi thought as she walked toward him.
"So what was with scavenger hunt theme of out date?" Mimi asked as Matt slipped his arms around her waist.
"I wanted tonight to be special," Matt replied as he ran his hand through Mimi's hair.
"Oh and why is that?" Mimi asked as she smiled up at him.
"It's a surprise," he whispered in her ear as he led her to the table. Matt pulled out Mimi's favorite food from the picnic basket, chicken stir fry. "I made it myself," Matt said.
"It looks delicious," Mimi said as they both sat down and started to eat their dinner. After they finished eating Matt brought out a slice of chocolate cake for them to share. "Hmm… that was really good," Mimi said while she was licking her lips.
Matt stood up from the table, "Matt where are you going?" Mimi asked.
"I'll be right back," Matt replied. He went behind a tree and came back with his guitar.
He was walking towards her as he started playing and then he started to sing:
Everytime our eyes meet
This feeling inside
Is almost more than I can take
Baby when you touch me
I can feel how much you love me
And it just blows me away
I've never been this close to anyone
or anything
I can hear your thoughts
I can see your dreams
I don't know how you do what you
do
I'm so in love with you, it just keeps
getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life with
you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you
The smell of your skin
The taste of your kiss
The way you whisper in the dark
Your hair all around me, baby you
surround me
You touch every place in my heart
Oh it feels like the first time
everytime
I wanna spend the whole night in
your eyes
I don't know how you do what you
do
I'm so in love with you, it just keeps
getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life with
you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you
Every little thing that you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life with
you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you
When Matt finished singing he knelt down in front of Mimi. "Mimi I've loved you ever since I met you. I know I haven't always been there for you, but that changes today. I promise to always be there for you. I want to be there for Ella and Lizzy. I want me, you, and our daughters to become a family. Mimi would you do me the honor of marrying me?" Matt asked hopefully as he pulled out the engagement ring he had bought at the jewelry store.
'I hope she says yes,' Matt thought nervously.
'I love Matt so much, and I can't think of anyone else I'd rather spend the rest of my life withOh, that ring is so beautiful. It reminds me so much of my crest,' Mimi thought happily. "Yes I will," Mimi replied happily. Matt put the ring on her finger and kissed her.
"I love you so much," Matt said softly in her ear.
"I love you too," Mimi said as she marveled at her ring. Matt grabbed a blanket from beside the table and laid it on the ground; they both sat down Matt holding Mimi in his arms, both of them gazing at the stars.
"Look it's a shooting star," Mimi said blissfully, "Make a wish."
"I already have everything I've ever wanted," Matt replied tenderly, as he tucked a strand of Mimi's hair behind her ear.