***Author's Note***
If you haven't, take the time to go back and read my fic, "Before" later to know sum stuff on Maura and how she met the others. Last, I don't own Digimon or any of the characters except Sam, who isn't in this, Maura, Kim, Jamie, and Mary Ann. Although, those three girls will probably only be in this one fic. And also, please, please REVIEW!!! (Am I begging?) Thanks. Now u can read.
Dedication: I forgot to put one on part 2 but this is dedicated to the same people as before. ~*Liz*~ and I Am Canadian a.k.a. ~Mandie~. Like I said before, you guys are the best! And so is everyone who reviewed the other parts! Thanks!
Parade Club Party
Part Three: At the party
By: ME jus1digigirl *Maura*
They gazed around the clubroom with awe. On the left side, a DJ had his equipment set up and from the speakers, popular music blasted out. On the right side, a refreshment table was full of candy, drinks, and other party foods. Chairs were lined along the wall opposite the six and hanging from the ceiling was a disco ball making the whole atmosphere of the party much livelier. Students were dancing in the middle of the room while some stood around in little groups talking. Teachers, parents, and people from the club management stood around watching for any misbehaving teens.
"Wow! This is so cool!" Maura squealed with delight.
"This is way better than the old club they had downtown," Sora agreed.
"Ooh! There's Jamie, Kim, and Mary Ann! Kim said she had to tell me something." Mimi said nodding in the direction of the three girls.
"Yeah, And over there," Matt said, "is Michael, Chris, and Paul."
"Where?" asked Izzy.
"They're the three guys talking with the DJ." Matt answered.
"Let's get some food first." Tai said pointing to the long snack table.
"Oh yea! Free food!" Matt grinned.
"I love this place!" Izzy exclaimed as the three guys high-fived each other.
They started walking towards the assortment of food and drinks but were stopped.
"Hey Maura! Let go of my arm!" Tai said almost tripping from the sudden stop.
"No way Jose! We're gonna dance first! This is a party afterall!" she dragged the protesting and blushing Tai onto the dance floor just when a fast song started.
"Maura's right!" Mimi said now starting towards Matt.
"Uh," he nervously started to back away but Mimi grabbed his hand.
"No you don't! Come on! Too bad it's not a slow song though!" and with the, Mimi pulled a stammering Matt onto the floor.
Sora and Izzy stood and watched their friends dance, laughing the whole time. Tai kept stepping on Maura's toes making her bump into Matt who was a fairly good dancer but now messed up from the bumps and stepped on Mimi's feet making her go all over the place to avoid his shoes.
Yes Matt! Mess up mess up! Hahaha! Izzy thought.
They sure are messing up. I hope Matt asks me to dance, Sora wondered.
But aloud, they both said different things.
"Well Sora, do you want to go and dance?" Izzy asked because he didn't want her to have a bad time.
"I doesn't matter. Do you want to?" Sora asked back.
"I'm only asking cause I don't want you to feel left out." Izzy replied.
Sora smiled, "Really? That's real sweet of you but I'm-" she stopped because someone was tapping her shoulder. She turned and now faced a boy slightly taller than her with dirty blond hair and green eyes. "Hi Paul." she smiled at the boy. They were both in the same gym class.
"Hey Sora. I saw you standing around here and thought you'd might like to dance," he returned her smile with a warm one.
"Well," she looked at Izzy. "Izzy was just asking me." Sora didn't want to hurt Izzy's feelings by going off with another boy.
But instead, Izzy smiled, "Go ahead Sora. You know I don't mind."
Sora shrugged and turned back to Paul, "Okay. Lead the way!"
Paul led Sora onto the dance floor and they began dancing to a Backstreet Boys song that was playing. Izzy smiled knowing that at least his friend was having a good time. But what about me? said the sad side of him.
"Hi Izzy!" said a female voice from behind him.
Izzy turned and looked at a girl his height with medium length blond hair and hazel eyes.
"Oh hello Kim. How's your night going?" Izzy smiled at her. She was in his English class.
"It's okay. I just haven't danced once yet." she looked at the floor of dancers.
Izzy too looked and realized that he didn't have to be with Mimi to have fun. "Well, neither have I. Would you like to dance? Celion Dion's song is on."
"Sure! I love Celion Dion!" she said excitedly and pulled him towards the middle. They began dancing, Izzy a little clumsily at first but then he got the beat.
Meanwhile, Tai and noticed that Paul was dancing with Sora. His anger began to grow along with jealously. How dare he dance with my girl! The thought of going over there and punching his nose seemed satisfying but that would cause a scene. Plus the fact that he couldn't prove that Sora was his girl especially since he had come with Maura.
Speaking of Maura, she was having a blast and kept smiling and Tai the whole time. It was a weird kind of smile too and it somewhat scared him. Just a little though.
Mimi and Matt now were dancing in perfect harmony. Mimi was thoroughly enjoying it but Matt kept glancing over to where Maura and Tai were and wondering when he'd get the chance to ask her to just one dance.
After about two or three songs later, Tai stopped dancing.
"What's wrong Tai?" Maura asked worriedly.
"I'm okay. I just need to take a break. You keep dancing and I'll be back in about five minutes," he said and walked off towards the refreshment table.
"Alright," Maura replied.
Mimi really loved dancing but she had to go. "Matt, would you excuse me for one moment? I'll be back in about five minutes."
"Sure," he nodded.
Mimi walked off towards the girls' room leaving Matt staring at Maura who too was by herself.
Sora and Paul walked over to the chairs to have a seat just as Izzy and Kim were about to do the same.
"How's it going Izzy?" Sora asked.
"Great. How about you?" Izzy answered.
"It's been fun!" she turned to Paul, "Thanks."
Paul smiled, "No prob. You're my friend!"
"And Izzy, I had no idea you were such a dancer!" Kim laughed.
"Well, I taught myself a few moves," Izzy joked.
The four began to laugh.
Matt noticed that Tai was all the way at the refreshment stand. Knowing him, he wouldn't be back soon and knowing Mimi, she'd probably be in the bathroom fixing her hair and make-up forever. This was his chance now. Especially since a slow song was starting. He walked over to her and tapped her shoulder.
"Hi Matt! What a night huh?" she smiled.
"Great. Umm, I was wondering, would you like to dance?" he asked.
"You're asking me? This is a first, Matt Ishida!" she was referring to the fact that he never asked girls anything. Girls asked him.
"Haha. I just, you know, saw you standing all by your lonesome self and thought you might be bored."
Maura smiled, "Well, since you're being so nice, I'll give you the pleasure of having a dance with me," she joked and put her arms around his neck.
He placed his hands on her waist and they began to move slowly to the music.
Yes! Tai said to himself as he saw that one, a slow song was on, two, that Matt had Maura occupied and three, that Sora and Paul were no longer dancing. Now's my chance. He threw away his half-full cup soda and walked over to where Sora was sitting and now talking to Kim.
"So then, my mom said--hey Tai!" she stopped talking when she noticed Tai coming towards her.
"Hey Sora. Umm, I was thinking, since you're just sitting here and all, would you… uh...like to dance?"
There, I asked.
Sora smiled, "Sure. Let's go!" she pulled him over to the floor and placed her arms around him. He put his arms on her waist and they began to move as one.
Mimi checked her make-up and hair once more before exiting the bathroom. She wanted to look extra special for Matt. Walking back out to the club, she heard a slow song. Great! I finally get to slow dance with him! She walked over first to the refreshment table to get a drink. Picking up the cup, she turned while drinking it and gasped. There straight in her view were Maura and Matt dancing slowly so close to each other. Well, you're supposed to dance close but that's not the point. In a rage, she threw her cup away and stormed over to talk to her "friend." But just then, the slow song ended and everyone broke apart as a fast song began. Mimi saw Maura say something to Matt and then walk off towards Sora who was breaking apart from Tai. Mimi decided to walk over there too.
As Maura danced with Matt to a Britney's Spears slow song, she saw out of the corner of her eye someone's familiar brown hair. Slowly turning with Matt, she saw that the hair belonged to Tai who was dancing with Sora! Her face began to get heated as she saw this but then realized that she was dancing with Matt but then, Tai had told her to keep dancing and she was just doing what he asked. She was going to have to talk to Sora.
After the song was over, she immediately removed her arms from Matt's neck and said, "Well, thanks for the dance! I'll see you later!" and then turning on her heels, she walked off to find Sora.
Sora felt like a butterfly when she was dancing with Tai. A graceful, elegant, -"OW! Tai! Watch it!"
Tai grinned sheepishly, "Sorry."
Sora sighed. Now she just felt like Sora dancing with Tai, not a butterfly. But still, it was a great feeling. They slowly turned and as they did so, Sora noticed the back of a girl's head. It was Maura. And she's dancing with Matt! Oh my gosh! Now I've got to compete against one more girl for him! Her face turned red from anger, jealousy, and embarrassment at such a thought.
Just then, the song ended. She thanked Tai who was unusually red in the face. This she ignored because she saw Maura headed her way and Mimi as well. Sora assumed that they just wanted to talk about how the evening had been going and walked off the dance floor and stood near the corner waiting for them. She was right about the fact that they just wanted to talk about how the evening was going. She just didn't expect what they were all about to say to each other.
Tai walked off once more towards the refreshment table, this time with a dreamy faraway look. He had danced to a slow song with Sora Takenouchi. He could now die a happy man. He got another drink and turned around bumping into Matt.
"Hey! Watch it!" Matt yelled.
"Sorry!" Tai apologized.
Matt looked at his friend with the same expression Tai had on his face. If someone didn't know better, they'd think that these two were either in love or drunk. Knowing them, people would probably think they were drunk from so much Coke.
"What's with you? You actually apologized to me!" Matt said snapping out of his fantasy.
"Huh? Oh...promise you won't tell or make fun of me?" Tai said blushing slightly.
"What's the secret?" someone said.
"Wha!?" Tai jumped almost dropping his drink.
"Sorry to scare you. I just saw the two of you standing here so I thought I'd come over. Looks like the girls are having a little chat too. Plus, I'm thirsty," it was Izzy. He looked over to where the girls were standing near the corner and got himself a drink.
"That's okay man." Tai said.
"Now about what you were saying before," Matt reminded him.
"Oh yeah," Tai blushed more, "well, I actually got to dance with Sora! Now don't say a word!"
"Oh you know I won't!" Matt said with a glint in his eye.
"Hey!" Tai warned. "You better not!"
Matt laughed, "I won't!"
Now Tai had a question to ask, "So, did you have fun with Maura?"
And now, Matt blushed, "Shut up!"
"Come on! I told you." Tai pleaded.
"Yeah!" Izzy agreed.
"Alright. Only if Izzy says who he wants to dance with," Matt replied.
"I already danced." Izzy said.
"Well, you gotta tell us...something."
"Fine."
"Anyway, yeah, it was pretty cool dancing with Maura except right when the song ended, she walked off really fast." Matt sighed. "Now Izzy's turn."
"Okay, okay. I wanted to dance with...with Mimi," he admitted turning red.
At this, the other two started making fun of him, as he was younger. Even if it was only by one year.
"Hey! You promised! And so did I. If you break your promise, I will too." Izzy threatened.
"Alright, alright!" The three boys burst out laughing. They then noticed that the three girls were heading over to them with angry scowls.
Maura walked over to where Sora was standing. She was followed by Mimi but didn't see her. Sora smiled at the sight of Maura but only got an angry scowl in return. Confused, she asked, "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong is that you danced with Tai! How dare you?" Maura replied angrily.
Now Sora was really confused, "So? He's my friend. I can dance with especially since he asked me. Besides, you were dancing with Matt!"
"And exactly why were you dancing with Matt?" asked another angry voice from behind Maura.
Maura turned and saw Mimi, "Because he asked me." she replied coolly.
"And Tai asked me!" Sora said. "So don't get mad at me Maura. You went and danced with someone else too!"
"Yes, but Tai told me to keep dancing so when Matt asked me, I said yes. I had permission to keep dancing."
"Well, you could have said no! He's my date! Not yours!" Mimi said, eyes flashing.
"Oh yeah? Well, we were just dancing as friends! Unlike Sora and Tai," Maura shouted.
"Well, what's is to you?" Sora shouted back. "You guys are just best friends afterall!"
"You were dancing awfully close to each other as friends!" Mimi also shouted at Maura.
"Well, that's how you're supposed to dance!" she said to Mimi. To Sora she said, "And so what if we're just best friends? He's still my date!"
"If you dance with just a friend, you don't stand so close!" Mimi yelled.
"Oh really? Tell that to Sora! And it's not my fault if Matt was holding me so close!"
"Tell me what? Tai and I can dance however far or close we please! You don't need to tell me anything!"
"Well, I'll tell Sora something else. How could you dance with two other people other than your date?" Mimi said.
"What are you talking about? Izzy let me."
"So? Shouldn't you care that his feeling might get hurt?"
"So you're in love with Izzy huh Mimi?" Maura said.
"No!"
"Then why are you worried about his feelings?" Sora asked angrily. "He said he wanted me to have a good time and dance!"
"If you're so worried about Izzy's feelings why do you care if i danced with Matt?"
"Because!" Mimi said turning slightly pink.
"Well, then, why do you care about me dancing with Tai if you care about Matt?" Sora scoffed.
"I don't care about Matt or Tai right now!" Maura retorted.
The three girls all stopped shouting all at once.
"You know what, it's their fault that we're fighting," Mimi said now glancing over in the boys' direction.
"You're right! Tai shouldn't have asked me and Matt shouldn't have asked Maura!" Sora agreed.
"Yea, why were they asking others to dance when their dates weren't looking?" Mimi wondered.
"Let's go over there and ask them right now!" Maura said and began walking over.
Sora and Mimi followed all three girls with defiant looks.
"Oh boy, I hope they're not mad cause we're not dancing with them!" Matt said.
"Just act calm. Maybe they just want some food." Tai replied.
"Or maybe they're mad at us," Izzy thought.
"Mad at us? What'd we do?" Matt asked.
Now, the girls were close enough to hear Matt's question to which Mimi replied, "I'll tell you what you did! You asked Maura to slow dance with you!"
"And you," Maura pointed an accusing finger at Tai, "you asked Sora to dance!"
"Well, you were dancing with Matt! What do you want me to do? Just stand around and wait?" Tai asked not about to beg for mercy.
"Well, you're the one who told me to keep dancing and I did, with Matt because he asked me!" Maura shot back.
"And why did you ask Maura when I was gone for just a few minutes? Does this mean I can't trust you anymore?" Mimi angrily asked Matt.
Matt held up his hands, "Hey! I was just being nice. She was standing around by herself! So I asked her to dance!"
"What's with you girls? What does it matter that we danced with someone else? This is just a party and we're all friends!" Tai asked.
"Oh jeez! Trust a guy not to understand!" Maura yelled throwing up her hands.
"I'll tell you Tai why they're so mad," Sora said finally speaking, "you asked me, making Maura mad at me and Matt asked Maura making Mimi mad at Maura causing me to be mad at Maura and Maura to be mad at Mimi. Then, Mimi gets mad at me because she thinks it's rude to go and dance with someone other than your date, which is what I did. So now do you boys get it?"
Tai, Matt, and Izzy had been just standing there trying to comprehend all of what Sora was saying which was very hard since she was talking pretty fast. But they just nodded their heads and then decided not to give in so easily to the girls.
"So why are you mad at us!?" Tai shouted.
"Yeah! We didn't do anything except ask our friends to dance! It's not like we're all serious here or anything!" Matt said.
"Yeah, and I didn't do a thing!" Izzy stated.
"Arrgg!" Maura suddenly yelled loud enough for the whole room to hear. "You just don't get it! That's it! I came here to have fun and I will! I don't care if you're my date or not Tai! I'm dancing with someone else!"
"Me too!" Mimi said and followed Maura who was going up to Chris. Mimi walked up to Michael and the four began dancing.
"I might as well join them," Sora said and she walked to Paul and they too began to dance.
The three boys now stood dumbfoundly, staring at the girls.
"Well, if they can dance with others, so can we. Come on!" Tai said and marched up to Mary Ann who giggled as she accepted his invitation to dance.
Matt went to Jamie and the two started moving to the music. Izzy decided to dance with Kim again and they did.
For the rest of the party, the girls stayed with their new partners, as did the boys. No one looked at one another, too angry for words. But by the end of the night, they had all forgotten what they had argued and gotten mad about. Of course, no one would admit that so when the party was over, they all stood outside waiting for Matt's dad. Standing in silence just glaring at each other.
Screech!
"Hey kids! Hop in!" Matt's dad pulled up the van to the curb.
"Hi Dad. Thanks," Matt said and opened the front door getting in.
Tai and Izzy opened the back door and got in without helping the girls.
"How rude!" Mimi commented stepping up into the van and making sure to step on Tai's foot while getting in.
"Ow! You did that on purpose!" Tai glared at her.
"Who me? How could you accuse me of purposely stepping on your foot?" Mimi wailed.
"Now, now Tai. I'm sure Mimi's sorry. She wouldn't do anything mean like that!" Mr.Ishida said giving Tai a stern look making him shut his mouth.
Now, Maura and Sora stepped into the van. Tai and Izzy had now moved to the back seats not wanting to sit with the girls. Mimi sat in the middle seat, Sora beside her. But there was no room for Maura to sit beside the girls so she had to sit in the back by Tai. This did not make either of them happy.
"Matt, would you close the back door?" his dad asked.
"Yeah," Matt grumbled. He got out and slid the door closed with a bang.
"Hey buddy! Don't break my car now!" his dad said.
Matt replied in a disgruntled voice, "Sure."
As Mr.Ishida started off towards his home, he wondered why everyone was being so silent. Something must have gone wrong in lover's lane, he decided. He drove in the silence for a few minutes trying to think of something to say to cool the kids' nerves. But then, the silence broke because in the back seat, Maura and Tai were having a poking and jabbing war.
"Take that!" Maura hissed as she jabbed Tai with her elbow.
"Oh yea? You take this!" he seethed and poked her in the leg.
"Ow! Why you-" she smacked his arm.
"You're hitting me? I'll show you!" he punched her arm right back.
"Don't touch me!" she growled and hit his arm back causing him to jump over more to Izzy's side.
"Hey!" Izzy pushed Tai over making him smack into Maura.
"Watch it Tai!" she shrieked and pushed him back over towards Izzy. But Izzy was ready and he pushed Tai back.
Now Tai was getting very tired of being pushed back and forth so he now pushed both Izzy and Maura towards the windows away from either side of him.
"Ow!" they both yelled as their faces smacked against the windows.
"What are you trying to do Tai? Break my nose?" Maura said giving her "best friend" a murderous look.
"Yeah!" Izzy chimed in.
Now, the other had been silent all this time including Mr.Ishida but now he decided to stop this fight. He was, afterall, responsible for these six and he didn't want anything to happen to anyone. He opened his mouth to speak but Tai's laugh beat him. Confused, he looked into the rearview mirror and saw that Tai was now giggling slightly.
Back to the back seat, it turned out that Maura had had enough and decided to poke Tai in his side. Which turned out to be his ticklish spot.
"You think you can tickle me? Take that!" Tai yelled raising his hands to attack. But Maura seeing it coming quickly jumped into the seat in front, landing straight in Sora's lap.
"Ow Maura! Get off!" Sora yelled and pushed Maura to the car floor.
"Hey! Get off my foot!" Matt suddenly shouted. Matt had turned around to see why Tai was laughing and his foot was sticking out since he was sitting sideways. Now Maura had just been pushed onto it. He tried to move his foot but couldn't. "Move it!" he yelled angrily.
"It's not my fault Sora pushed me!" Maura scooted over off his foot and bumped into Mimi's legs.
"Hey!" Mimi pushed Maura over making her fall back onto Matt's foot.
"Now I'm mad!" Matt said and pushed Maura back over.
He wasn't the only one who was mad. "Take that!" Maura smacked Mimi's legs.
"Yow!" Mimi gasped and swung her legs up hitting Sora in the shin.
"Stop, stop!" Mr.Ishida yelled and swerved to the side and stopped the car. He tried yelling above all the voices but it was useless. He got out of the car and decided the best thing was to let them fight it out in a non-moving car rather than a moving one and that he stay out of the way of the aggressive teens. He peered in through the window from the outside, fascinated by the scene.
Sora hit Mimi's legs now making Mimi hit her back. Matt was trying to push Maura away but she kept smacking his hand away causing him to poke her. Tai and Izzy were punching each other because Izzy was still mad at having his face smacked against the window. Mimi tried to get away from Sora by jumping into the back seat landing straight on top of Tai and Izzy. Their fight was ended short and the two boys pushed her off. Tai noticed that Izzy didn't look like he was done fighting so he now jumped into the seat beside Sora but ended up sitting on her legs.
"Get off me Tai! What do you think you're doing?" Sora shouted.
"Getting away from Izzy that's what! What're you doing sitting with your legs stretched out like that?" Tai shouted right back.
"Izzy! Why did you push me off? I broke a nail!" Mimi shrieked.
"Well, if you hadn't landed on top of me, I wouldn't have pushed you!" Izzy retorted. "And who cares about a broken nail?"
"Matt! You poked me in the eye! Are you trying to blind me?" Maura had a hand over her left eye.
"Well soo-ry! You shouldn't have started fighting with me in the first place! What did I do to you?" Matt glared at her.
Everyone was now yelling all at once. Tai, being a leader, knew they had to stop fighting and knew just how to do it.
"SHUT UP!"
Everyone did and looked at him all with angry scowls.
"Why exactly are we fighting?" he asked.
This got everyone thinking.
"Because-because," Maura started but couldn't find a reason. "Hmm, I don't know."
"Because we just started uh, poking each other I guess," Sora said.
"More like Maura and Tai started poking each other." Matt corrected.
"Actually, didn't start at the party?" Mimi questioned.
"It did. For a stupid reason too," Tai said looking at everyone.
"You're right. What the heck were we mad for? We're all friends," Maura said and then started to blush all of a sudden.
Matt noticed her reddening face since he was closest and asked, "Why are you blushing so much Maura?"
Maura just shook her head, "N-nothing."
"Come on! You can tell us!" Tai said.
Maura sighed, "Only if we all say why we behaved like we did."
The others looked at each other and agreed.
"Alright. But you first," Matt said.
"Okay, okay! But first, let me get off the floor!" she pulled herself up into the driver's seat. No one seemed to notice that there was no driver.
"OK, here I go," Maura blushed even more than ever, "I'm sorry you guys for getting all mad. It's cause, well-,"
"Keep going," Izzy said. "We've promised to have our say to."
"Well, I kinda have a small, teensy-weensy crush on you Tai," she whispered so low that it seemed no one could hear. But of course, they did.
Sora and Mimi opened their mouths to start making fun of her but Tai cut in seeing how his best friend was embarrassed like that, "Okay, my turn. I'm sorry too for whatever I did. I just wanted to have one dance with you Sora," he looked at the floor while saying this and blushing too.
Sora began blushing but decided to just go, "I'm sorry too and I just wanted to have a good time. I danced with Tai because he asked me too. And Mimi, Izzy let me dance with Tai and Paul. He didn't feel bad so you don't need to feel sorry for him."
"You felt sorry for me?" Izzy asked Mimi incredulously.
Mimi nodded her cheeks turning pink, "I guess. It didn't seem fair because I felt kinda hurt when I saw Maura dancing with Matt, so I thought you might have been feeling the same way. Anyway, I'm sorry for yelling at you all. Friends should be able to dance with friends." Mimi looked at the floor too.
No one was looking at each other all this time and there were still two more people to talk.
"I guess I'll go," Izzy said sighing. "I just didn't want Sora to feel left out of dancing. The only person I really wanted to have a dance with was you Mimi." He blushed and then added, "as friends of course."
Everyone laughed and now it was Matt's turn, "I'm sorry for any trouble I've caused and I, like Tai and Izzy, just wanted to dance with Maura, as friends." He blushed too and everyone was silent.
Now, if a policeman had stopped to see why a van was parked on the side of the road, here's what he would see. A grown man peering in through the side window of his own van, six beet-red kids sitting inside the van, heads bent down in silence. He'd probably have them arrested thinking it was some kind of teen prank.
"Well," Tai finally spoke breaking the ice, "You've always caused trouble Matt! So were you apologizing for all the trouble you've caused us in the pass?"
Matt looked up and grinned. Tai smiled back.
"Apologize to you Tai? When pigs fly!"
Everyone burst out laughing. Mr.Ishida decided that now, since the kids were all smiles again, it would be safe to get back in the car.
As he opened the door, he heard Maura saying, "Let's all make a promise to never let anything get in the way of our friendship. Not love, dances, other people, rumors, or our parents. Nothing!"
"You think us parents would try to break you kids up?"
Maura jumped. "Ahh! Mr. Ishida! Where have you been?"
"Didn't even notice that I was gone did you?"
"Uh, actually sir, we were uh, to busy to notice anything but saving ourselves from each other." Tai replied.
Matt's dad laughed and said, "Now Maura, if you'd please get out of the driver's seat, so I can take you all home."
"Say, why don't you let me drive? I'm almost old enough to anyway. Besides, you must be tired from standing outside so long," Maura smiled.
"Nice try. Now move!" Mr. Ishida laughed and carefully pushed Maura out of the seat. Unfortunately, he pushed a little to hard causing her to fall right into Matt's lap.
"Get off Maura!" Matt exclaimed pushing her once more to the floor,
"Hey! Don't you push me!" Maura raised her hand to smack him.
"Ah, ah, ah," Tai wagged a finger. "What were you saying about not letting anything get in the way of our friendship?"
Maura smiled, "You're right. Now, Matt, would you please help me up from here? It's kinda cramped."
"Sure," as Matt pulled Maura up, she pushed him down taking his seat in the front.
"Hey! Get out of my seat!"
"No way! You go in the back! The front's safer from all of you!"
"I thought you said you wouldn't let anything get in the way of friendship," Matt said.
"Sure," Maura smiled, "but I never said anything about the front seat!"
***Author's Note***
Okay, one thing I have to say is that this part was worse than the other two. I know it was. I couldn't think! Arrrgg! I'm sorry if it wasn't what you were expecting. I got writer's block but I wanted to finish it for those of you who were waiting. Anyway, just cause I already said what I think about this part doesn't mean you shouldn't. Please tell me what you think and ways I could have made it better. Thanks! And thank goodness I'm done with this! I've got other fics to work on!
*Maura*