Digimon- Behind the Scenes: Episode 2- Aftermath

A note from 2/3 of Matt's Angels…

(Steph) Well, I did it. I did another one.

(Laura) Excuse me!

(Steph) And Laura helped. Allie didn't cos she's not here, she's in Finland. Lazy cowbag.

(Laura) Good for her. She's no good anyway.

(Steph) Yep! I'm the real brain of the operation. Oh yeah, I don't own Digimon. Suing me will get you all of my money. You don't want it, trust me.

(Laura) She has almost nothing, cos we just went shopping.

(Steph) Well, have fun reading, please review, I like getting emails. And a note: This is a Sora-bashing episode. Like Sora, don't read! And reading the first part is not necessary.

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The day after the night before… (A/N: (Steph) WHAT? (Laura) It just sounds cool, okay?)

Steph stumbled through the doors to her make-up room. Mimi was already there. She gave Steph an ice-cold glare, who gave a confused look back.

"Hey, Mimi, what's the glare for? You're giving me a headache." Steph stopped, hand to her head. "Well, one on top of the other seven."

Mimi just tossed her head. Steph shook her head, puzzled, and got to work.

Matt walked through the set extra slowly, trying not to jolt his aching head. Spotting Izzy, he walked over to him.

"Hey, Iz, what happened last night?"

Izzy just gave him a cold stare.

"You mean you don't remember?"

Izzy stalked off. Matt watched him, surprised.

"Man, I must have done something really bad last night… oh, god, hope no-ones pregnant."

Laura saw Matt sitting alone, and decided to talk to him. She sat on the table beside him.

"You know, it's not nice to mess with people's girlfriends," she said wryly, watching his reaction. When Matt turned to her, confused, she was surprised.

***Maybe he really doesn't remember! ***

"That's just it! Who's girlfriend did I mess with?"

Laura shook her head sadly. "If you must know…"

Suddenly, Matt jumped to his feet.

"God, NO! Tell me it wasn't Sora!"

"No, not Sora."

"Can't you just tell me whose girlfriend I was messing with? I can guess the rest."

Right now, Matt's mind was racing, trying to work out whom he could have possibly… gotten off with. Not Allie. Never! Umm, it wasn't Lorelei, unfortunately, or she wouldn't be talking to him. Oh, god, Mimi? He hoped not.

"Matt, it was Izzy's girlfriend. I have to go, now, see ya."

Laura slid off the table, and walked off. Matt was gobsmacked.

"No way… it couldn't be…" he whispered to himself. He then went to go find Steph.

Izzy got there first. He stalked into the make-up room while Steph was doing Joe's make-up. Steph turned when she saw him, but before she could say anything, Izzy spoke.

"Explain."

"Explain what?"

"Explain what you were doing last night!"

Steph flung up her hands in despair.

"Izzy, I really do not know!"

"Do you remember the…"

"Little incident with the camera? Yes. But after that…"

"You would say you couldn't remember."

"But Izzy, I don't!"

Just then, Matt walked in, embarrassed as a Gabumon naked. Izzy turned to him.

"You've got some explaining to do, too."

Sensing trouble, Joe slipped off. Matt shrugged.

"Yeah, I do. Laura just told me everything."

"So what, you're just gonna stand there?" said Izzy, trying to keep calm.

"What the fuck is going on?" asked Steph. Everyone ignored her. (A/N: (Steph) everyone ignores me in real life, anyway. It's cos I talksodamnfast!)

"What am I meant to do?" asked Matt angrily.

"Do ya want her or not?"

Steph suddenly jumped from her seat. "What the hell do you mean, does he want me or not? What happened?"

The boys turned to Steph, who looked very, very angry.

"You mean, no-one told you what happened?" asked Matt.

"No, no-one told me!"

Matt hesitated, then bent over to whisper in her ear. Steph's expression changed from anger to bewilderment.

"Tell me this is a joke."

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Sora looked around for Allie. She thought it was time for a confrontation. She finally found the pink-haired girl deep in conversation with… herself? Sora shrugged and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Oh, hi Sora! I was wondering where you were, I wanted to talk to you about Tai!"

Sora gave her a sickly smile. "That's funny, I wanted to talk to you about Tai as well." Then her whole expression changed into one of disgust, rage, and insanity. Sora grabbed Allie's collar. "Keep your hands off of Tai, or else. I mean this, freak." Sora dropped Allie and walked off, leaving the young girl shocked and upset.

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Steph was now in such a rage, that if she had been a volcano, all of Japan would be Pompeii.

"What, you two think you can just come in here and argue over me because of one stupid thing that only happened because I was pissed outta my damn mind?"

Izzy and Matt watched her go white.

"Damn all of mankind, all of them, the bastards!" she continued. "Right, Matt, forget last night. It never shoulda happened. I don't even LIKE you."

Matt felt like someone had punched him in the heart, and walked out. Steph watched him leave, then turned to Izzy.

"Look, Izzy, I'm really sorry. Really, I actually mean it. I surprise myself every day. If you'll have me back, I'll appreciate it. Please?"

Izzy hesitated, then came out with an answer.

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Laura watched Kari and TK watching Gundam Wing, their small faces lit up by red light. She turned back to look out of the window. Lorelei sincerely hoped that Steph and Izzy would get it back together. She just couldn't imagine Steph with Matt. She'd drive him crazy!

The ringing of the doorbell interrupted her musings. Puzzled, she went to answer it. She opened the door to… wow. He had long blonde hair in a ponytail, and a bat earring in one ear. Also the brightest blue eyes Laura had ever seen. He grinned at her.

"Hey, you'd be Lorelei, right? I'm Matt's big brother, Scott. Did he tell you I was coming?"

Laura managed to keep her head. "No, he didn't. But you do look like him. Come on in."

Scott immediately walked through to the living room, where TK noticed him at once, jumped up and crotched him.

"Scott! Matt didn't say you were coming!"

Scott grinned at the hyperactive seven-year-old. "Well, here I am. Hey, is that Gundam Wing? That rocks! And how about you introduce me to your little lady friend here?"

Kari blushed. Laura didn't blame her.

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Allie was sorting through a pile of Gilligan hats, sorting them into piles marked "Sora 01" and "TK 02". She was so involved with this, she didn't notice Tai come up behind her. Until he grabbed her waist and started tickling her.

"Tai!"

"Hi, Allie!"

"Tai, get off!"

"Say the magic word!"

"Tai, get off me or I set Sora on you!"

"Okay, okay! Jesus, no need to scare me!"

Tai stopped tickling, but kept hold of Allie's waist. Allie turned her head to grin at him.

"So, where's your sister?"

"At Matt's house, of course. She's looking after Kari and TK." Tai rolled his chestnut eyes, barely visible in the dim light. "Matt's really got it for Laura."

Allie looked puzzled. "But I saw him kissing Steph last night."

Tai jumped up in surprise. "What? Steph the make-up artist? You are kidding me!"

Allie shook her head. "No shit, Tai."

"Jesus fucking Christ on a pogo stick! What the hell does Izzy think?"

A loud, high-pitched shriek, and the sound of something shattering against the wall interrupted them.

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"You bastard!" yelled Steph. "This is all your fucking fault!"

"Excuse me!" yelled Matt back. "You were pissed outta your mind!"

"Yeah! And that's a reason to take advantage of me?"

"I didn't know what the hell was happening! I wasn't too sober myself!"

"And that's a reason to ruin my relationship?"

Records say it was Steph who threw something first. (Trust me, I would!) However, eyewitnesses say that it was actually Matt who threw something with the intention to hurt. And upon this scene arrived Allie and Tai, both slightly scared by the barrage of flying objects.

"Hey, cool it, guys!" yelled Tai. "Someone's gonna get hurt!" He was ignored.

"I didn't mean to do anything! It just happened!" yelled Matt.

"And now I just lost one of my best friends…" screamed Steph, almost to the point of breaking down. "And now he'll never talk to me again…" Steph suddenly, spontaneously burst into tears. Everyone was surprised. Matt immediately moved to comfort her, slipping his arm around her waist. Of course, she pushed him away. Matt stepped back, hurt. Allie and Tai glared at him, and Allie took Steph's arm and went to find Izzy.

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"Jesus, what happened to her?" asked Joe, as he saw Allie and Tai escorting her away. Allie took one look at him, and concealed a gasp.

"One word: Matt." she said. But she was busy thinking of something else.

***Hey… Joe looks pretty damn good without all that gunk Steph slaps on… ***

But Izzy was nowhere to be found. By now, Steph had stopped crying, and was fingering a gash on her cheek with stunned amazement. Tai turned to her and gasped.

"How the hell did you get that?"

"I think… something Matt threw at me…" whispered Steph, looking at the blood on her fingers. Allie exploded.

"That bastard! I'm gonna kill him!"

"Come on, Allie, lets get Steph somewhere safe. Umm, tell y what, Matt's apartment is closest."

"Are you mad?"

"No! Laura's there."

"Okay."

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Joe caught up with Izzy as he came out of the men's room.

"Umm, Izzy?"

"What?"

"What's up between you and Steph?"

Izzy turned away, but Joe just walked round him.

"Look, I don't want to talk about it. I think I just did something very stupid, okay?" said Izzy, depressed.

Joe nodded. "Yeah, you did. Because she just got into a screaming fight with Matt, she accused him of ruining her relationship with her best friend, they started throwing stuff, then Steph had a nervous breakdown."

Izzy stopped. "What? That bastard, I'm gonna kill… where's Steph now?"

"Matt's house."

"WHAT?"

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Laura and Scott were sat on the sofa, next to TK and Kari, who had fallen asleep. Kari's head was on TK's shoulder. (Aaaaaahhh! Takari forever!) Scott was talking to Laura.

"So how old are you anyway?"

"Fifteen," Laura lied.

"I'm seventeen, so you're just old enough."

"Old enough for what?"

"For this."

Scott bent forward and…

And at that moment, the doorbell rang. Both of the older people jumped.

"I'll get it," whispered Laura, and got up.

Padding softly over to the door, she opened it to find her brother and her friend supporting her best friend.

"Jesus, what happened?" asked Laura, astonished. Allie pulled a grim face.

"Let's just say, Matt got into a fight with her. She's kinda upset."

Steph tried to smile. "Kind of? Understatement of the year, Allie."

"Matt did this?" asked a deep voice from behind Laura. Tai and Allie looked at him, baffled. "I'm Matt's brother, Scott. Come on, let's get the girl in."

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"It's okay, I'm fine!" said Steph weakly.

"No, you're not." said Laura. "And I'm going to fucking cremate Matt when I see him." Allie was impressed.

"Hey, you used the f-word! I never heard that from you before! And I'll help ya kill him."

"Me too," said Scott. "But I still can't believe he did this."

Steph shook her head. "Look, don't touch him, okay? It was my fault as well."

Suddenly Izzy burst in through the door, which was open. He ran straight up to Steph.

"Oh my god, are you okay?"

Everyone else, sensing a private moment, pulled away for a minute. Of course, they still stuck around to listen in, as is the nature of teenagers.

"Steph, I am so sorry…"

"Don't say it. I know."

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Meanwhile, Sora was in a fit of apocalyptic rage. How dare that pink haired whore walk off with her Tai! So concentrated was her rage, she didn't notice she was about to walk into Matt.

"Hey!"

"Oh, sorry Matt."

***Hey, this gives me an idea…*** thought Sora.

"What's up, Matt? You look pissed off."

"Just leave me alone, Sora."

Sora pouted as Matt stalked off.

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(Steph) Well, that concludes episode two of our soap opera. Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely nothing against Sora. If anything, she's a very nice person, if extremely annoying. I just don't like the way she is after our little love Gabumon Matt.

(Laura) Yeah, she is kinda annoying. What's really worrying about her is that she reminds me of me.

(Steph) This is goodbye from 2/3 of Matt's Angels. Till next time…