Divine Intervention-
By Moonchild and Mimikins.
Monday.
Mimi sighed as she sat down at her usual table in the corner of her favourite cafe. She placed a huge cappuccino on her left hand side and opened a portfolio of designs in front of her. She sighed again. So much planning to do - the big fashion show was less than a month away and she still hadn't decided on which designs she wanted to be created. She pushed a loose strand of her pink streaked chestnut hair behind her ear and crossed her right leg over her left. Being the manager of her own fashion company was hard - there was so much competition! She was always so busy with meetings and shows that she hardly had time to do the things she really loved - visit her friends, and sing. Her life-long dream of becoming a professional singer was still alive deep in her heart, but with her hectic schedule there was no chance of it coming true. She was looking over some sketches of a pink evening dress when a voice called out-
"Mimi? Mimi Tachikawa?" she looked up, and blinked her big hazel eyes. Stood near the counter were two girls, who were staring at her in amazement.
"Emily? Michelle?!" she exclaimed, recognising the girls as two old school friends. She jumped out of her seat.
"Mimi!" the girls rushed forward to hug her. "What are you doing here in Odaiba? I thought you lived in New York now?"
"I moved back not so long ago." she explained, inviting them to sit with her. "I got a job as a fashion designer and now I'm the manager of my own company!"
"Wow! Really?" Michelle said excitedly.
"What's the name of your firm?" Emily asked.
"Palimi Designs." Mimi smiled. She'd decided to name the company after her beloved Digi companion Palmon, and herself.
"Cool!" Michelle said enthusiastically. She then noticed the portfolio. "Wow are these your designs?" Mimi nodded. "Wow!" Mimi giggled, Michelle had always been lively and over excited at school - it was now obvious that she hadn't changed that much.
"What are you guys doing?" she asked.
"Well I'm a French teacher at the High school." Emily told her, taking a sip of her espresso.
"And I'm a kindergarten teacher! " Michelle announced.
"Great! I always saw you guys as teachers." Mimi grinned. Suddenly she gasped as she noticed the clock on a nearby wall. "Oh my gosh I'm sooo late! Hey maybe we can meet up again?"
"Hey sure! How about we come to your apartment this evening?" Michelle suggested.
"Sounds great! Here's my address" she scrawled her address on a napkin and handed it over. "See you about 8-ish?"
"Yeah, bye Mimi." Emily smiled.
"Byyye!" she called out as she ran out.
At eight o clock exactly, Mimi's doorbell rang.
"Hi, it's us!" Emily said over the speakerphone.
"Come on in!" Mimi replied as she buzzed them in.
"Ooooh nice place!" Michelle exclaimed as they walked in.
"Thanks. Take a seat." Mimi showed them into her lounge.
"Very nice." Emily commented as she sat down on the white suede couch. Mimi was playing with the radio when Michelle asked
"Are you still into singing?" Mimi finally decided on a radio station then sat down in a nearby armchair.
"Yes, but I'm far too busy!" she sighed.
"So you still haven't got over that silly childhood dream?" Emily remarked.
"Emily! It's not silly!" Michelle scolded. "I think it's nice to have dreams, even if they can't come true." Mimi smiled gratefully at her. Emily got up and wandered around the room, looking at pictures and ornaments which were around. Her eyes fell on a recent photograph, and widened in surprise. It was a photo of Mimi and Matt holding each other tightly. Mimi remembered the moment well, it was after her first big fashion show.
"Mimi... Is this who I think it is?" she asked, holding out the picture. Michelle jumped up and grabbed the photo. She suddenly screamed.
"That's Yamato Ishida!!! I love him! I didn't know you knew him!!!" Mimi nodded. "Oh wow oh wow OH WOW!!! I went to see his band play the other night - he was soooo dreamy! After the concert loads of girls tried to flirt with him but he just knocked them back! I think he has a girlfriend... Wait a minute, you're hugging in this picture..." Mimi suddenly choked. Emily and Michelle watched her as she turned red.
"Errrmm..." was all she could say. Michelle screamed again.
"Oh my... It is you, isn't it? You're Yamato's girlfriend!" Mimi was speechless. "It's true! Wow!!"
"Weeell..." Mimi tried to speak - but before she could finish Michelle threw herself at her feet.
"You have to introduce me to him. Please I'd do anything to meet him!" she looked so full of hope that Mimi couldn't help herself.
"Well he's pretty busy, but how about you come to dinner ooooon..." she looked up at her calendar, and realised she was free for the rest of the week. "Friday?" Michelle screamed yet again, leapt up, grabbed hold of Emily and danced around.
"I'm gonna meet Yamato!" she sang.
"Wait! I don't know yet, I'll have to see if Matt's available..." Mimi was interrupted again.
"Matt?! You call him Matt?" Michelle sighed. Meanwhile Emily was just staring at the photo. She then shook her head and put it down.
"Look I really ought to be going, I've got an early start tomorrow." she smiled weakly. "Are you coming Michelle?"
"Yeah... I can't wait 'til Friday Mimi it's going to be the BEST night of my life!!!" she squealed again.
"Yeeeah..." Mimi laughed nervously. "Is 8.30 OK?" her friends nodded. "Great. See ya then!"
"Byyye!" Michelle called as they left the apartment.
As soon as they were out of the door Michelle sighed.
"Mimi Tachikawa and Yamato Ishida - who'd have thought it?" Emily stared at her.
"Aw c'mon Michelle, you don't honestly believe her, do you?"
"Of course! I mean you saw the photo! And she was always so sincere at school..."
"That was when she was 11!" Emily exclaimed, getting into her car.
"Yeah... Oh well we'll see on Friday!" Michelle replied as she got in as well.
Meanwhile back at the apartment Mimi was staring at the picture. They looked so happy together - herself and Matt - what had gone wrong?
"Oh Mimi you're such a fool - how are you going to get yourself out of this one?" she wailed. She had two problems - number one being that she had promised a really fancy home cooked dinner - but she could hardly cook! However number two was the main problem - she and Matt had been going out, until they'd had a huge argument two months earlier - and they hadn't spoken since...
To Be Continued...
AN- Hope u enjoyed it!! Mimikins will post the next part when she's written it! So watch out for 'Divine Intervention (Part 2) - Tuesday'!!