Okay, I was a little upset when I last talked to you, so sue me! You were there, you saw what happened. How exactly did you expect me to act? Yeah, the end of our little experience had come to an abrupt halt, but neither Matt, nor I had was in the right mindset to continue. Needless to say, things have lightened up slightly. Our parents are still a little apprehensive when it all boils down to it, but Matt and I are more excited than ever! There are a few gaps that we have to fill in from there until now, but I'm sure that you're all anxious to hear about it anyway.
So, I stormed out of the restaurant, that is where the story was left off right? We'll start from there anyway. To be nice, I'll refresh your memory. Hey, that just the kind of person I am. Let's get started then. Oh, wait! Remember when I told you that I began to believe in Destiny? Do you understand yet? If you do, then you've got a keen eye and I commend you. If you don't, you will soon!
"Mimi, wait up!" I heard Matt's voice calling from behind as I stocked toward the parking lot of the restaurant that I had just abruptly left, after causing the scene that Matt and I chose this restaurant to avoid. The funny thing is that we chose the place so that our parents would be forced to act civilized when Matt and I told them the news about the baby. Ha! What a joke! Sure, our parents were shocked, but it was I who caused the seen. We had never anticipated that. "Mimi, wait!" I heard Matt call again. I stopped to wait for him.
"What Matt? I did what I had to do. Don't try to make me go back there, because I'm telling you now that I'd rather be dead!" I sobbed.
"Don't worry about it. I my dad the money to pay for dinner. I wasn't planning on going back." he told me, as he reached out his arms and gently embraced my quivering body.
"That didn't go well at all?" I whispered.
"It went better than I had expected." Matt told me.
"What? Were you hoping for World War Three? It was terrible!" I retorted.
"Yeah, it was terrible." Matt agreed. "But it could have been a lot worse."
"How so?" I challenged.
"We're both still alive and we're keeping the baby." he pointed out.
"But lost the support of our parents." I argued.
"Give them a few days. They have to get used to the idea." Matt reasoned.
"As if that'll ever happen." I was the pessimist that evening.
"It will." Matt assured me.
"What do we do until then?" I asked.
"We have a lot of other people to tell..." a sly smirk spread across his face as he thought about how shocked our friends would be after we gave them the news.
"It definitely has to go better then how it did in there." I pointed back to the restaurant.
"Definitely!" Matt agreed.
"So, who do we tell first?" I asked.
"Everybody!" Matt said simply.
"Do you have your cell phone on you? I asked. Matt dug in his pocket and handed it to me.
"Don't hurt those delicate fingers of yours dialling all of those numbers." Matt joked.
"Are you kidding. With all of the hours of phone time I have under my belt? These fingers were made for dialling!" I announced.
"Let's do it!" Matt put the keys into the ignition of his car while I dialled the first number.
We were almost off of the freeway when Mimi had made the final call. We had told everyone to meet at my apartment. (I had moved out from under my dad's wing a few months go, much to his disliking.) I was on my own now and I liked having this newfound freedom. Although, paying rent is a bit overrated.
"All done!" Mimi announced.
"That's great, but care to make one more?" I asked.
"Where to?" she asked, a bit confused.
"We didn't really get to eat all that much at dinner..." I pointed out. Mimi blushed.
"Sorry."
"It's okay!" I laughed.
"What do you want?" she picked up the phone again.
"What else?" I asked as if she was clueless.
"Oh Matt!" she rolled her eyes when she took notice of my devilish grin.
"So what, I have this small obsession with pizza, but you do too!" I defended.
"Whatever." she laughed as she dialled the number. "You almost have to put this number on speed dial.
"It is..."
Matt looked down and checked his watch. We were all sitting in his apartment. Davis had been the last to arrive, but now that he was here, it was time to do a repeat performance. Hopefully, the audience would like it a bit more than the critics.
"The pizza should be here any minute. I don't want to talk on an empty stomach." Matt told everyone.
"C'mon, what's this all about?" Izzy asked.
"Yeah, you've got us all here, so spill!" Sora prodded.
"Not until I eat!" Matt announced happily. There were groans of dissatisfaction among the peanut gallery, but we had to build suspense. It may have been rude of us, but Matt and I were having a blast, watching them all squirm in anticipation. It was like children waiting for Santa Clause.
"Pizza's here!" Tai called from where he say on the sofa.
"Thanks Tai. We didn't all here the knock at the door." Yolei said, sarcastically.
"So it's a good thing I told you then!" Tai replied childishly. I went with Matt to the door to pay for the food and to help set it out on the table. Our news had been temporarily forgotten about while the scavengers flocked to the table, but once everyone had a piece, the spotlight was back on us.
"So, you have food. Let's hear it!" Davis started.
"Yeah!" Joe agreed.
"Tell us now!" Kari demanded. Everyone else erupted into a chorus of "yeah" and "tell us," so Matt and I finally gave in to save ourselves from the noise.
"Okay, Matt and I have some news!" I started.
"Really?" Tk asked, sarcastically. Matt shot him a look and the giggles were stifled.
"We just hope you take it better then our previous audience." Matt muttered.
"Yeah." I replied in a whisper.
"Okay, so out with it!" Ken demanded.
"Mimi and I are..." Matt began.
"Going steady? That's great!" Yolei cheered.
"No Yolei. We are, but that's not it." I told her.
"That's news to me!" Sora called out.
"Me too! What kind of best friends are you?" Tai added.
"Congratulations!" Cody praised.
"Thank you." I said modestly.
"But that's not it." Matt added.
"What is it then?" Kari asked.
"Mimi and I are going to have a baby." Matt's voice lowered to a whisper toward the end of the sentence. I just sat in silence and waited for everybody's reaction.
"Did I just hear right?" Joe asked.
"I had to ask myself that same question." Matt laughed.
"You're..." Sora started.
"...Pregnant?" Tk finished for her.
"Congratulations!" Cody called out, really loud this time. Then everyone else chimed in with their blessings.
"What did your parents say? Have you told them?" Yolei asked. Miss. Curiosity always had to know.
"Yeah Matt, what did mom and dad say? Come to think of it, weren't you two out to dinner with them tonight?" Tk prodded.
"As a matter of fact, yes we were." Matt said defensively.
"And let's just say that we much prefer your reaction." Mimi added.
"Can we please leave it at that?" Matt asked.
"Sure thing Matt." Tai agreed.
I didn't expect the evening to get anymore exciting then that. As happy as our friends were for us, they were also very shocked. You have to remember that they didn't even have any idea that Mimi and I were even seeing each other. Anyway, the night slowly settled down and all of my guests started leaving until it was only Mimi and I, as well as Tai and Sora left.
"I can't believe that you and Matt are having a baby!" Sora told Mimi again.
"I can't either!" Mimi admitted.
"When did you find out?" Tai asked.
"This afternoon." Matt replied.
"Really? That soon?" Sora was surprised.
"We spent the whole afternoon at the clinic. It's been a very long day." Mimi sighed.
"I'll bet!" Tai laughed.
"So, what do you think about the whole thing?" Sora asked.
"It was sure a surprise." Mimi admitted.
"But we like to attribute it to destiny." Matt smiled.
END OF PART 1
~MPF