Disclaimer- as always i don't own anything to do with digimon, but i really
wish i did. The first part must of been okay if you decided to come back
and read this, so on with the story :)
History repeated
Chapter two
" Wow this brings back memories, dosn'et it Sora," Her dad said from the front of their blue jeep.
" yeah I guess," Even though it was her little brothers first ever soccer match, she wasn't looking forward to it as much as she should. How could she be looking forward to it when she knew she would have to see Tai again. see him and know that he was already some one elses.
" It's a shame Gemma can't come and watch. I still remember how proud she was of you at your first match," Her dad remided her. Gemma was Sora's older sister, at the moment she was away at college.
sora turned to her little brother sitting next to her in the backseat. He was nervously figetting with his hands and staring out of the window.
she could still remember that nervous feeling of antisipation and excitment she had before every patch.
" Ryan don't worry. Just let yourself losse and try your hardest, you'll be the star player,"
He smiled up at her nervously as they pulled into the parkingl ot.
" Well see you later Rino, go and get changed and good luck," Her mother kissed him on the cheek and pushed him in the direction of the boys locker room.
" Suppose we had better get a good spot to stand then," Her dad suggested. Sora followed her Mum and dad into the playing field and over to the side of the pitch.
" Hey sora !" That lively excited voice called to her.
She turned around to see tai running towards her with an armfull of soccer equipment. she could already feel the boisterous, spirited enegy flowwing from him. her heart seemed to flutter in her chest as she sensed his lively auroa. That was one thing she really liked about tai, the thirst for live he held. He was so energetic and intoxicating, passion for every thing just seemed to ozze from him.
" I was hoping you'd come and watch the game. i didn't get a chance to ask you on monday,"
" Yeah well i kind of felt in the way with your girl friend there," she said quietly.
" My Girl friend ? My Girlfriend! You mean Emma ! You thought she was my girlfriend no way !" An expression of understanding and releavment flashed across his face, " No she's just in my class thats all,"
" Oh," Sora whispered, well now she felt even more stupid than before.
" hello there," Soras' mother suddenly butted into the middle of them, she looked at Sora waiting to be introduced.
" Uh Mum this is tai, he's Ryans soccer coach,"
" Oh so your tai. Ryans hardly stopped talking about you. He really looks up to you," her Mother said happily.
" Uh thanks, he's a good kid," Tai grinned at the compliment. Her mother was right, Ryan had talked on and on about how cool soccer was and how cool his coach was.
" Do you need some help setting out the pitch ?" Sora asked quickly, anything to get away from her suspious mother.
" Yeah thanks," They walked around the field toghether, talking and laughing as they dropped a few cones. She followed him into the changing rooms when it was time for the teams to emerge.
" okay guys, this is our first of the season so we've got to make sure they don't even know what hit em'. Just play your best and remember what i told you. And when we win i'll take you all out for ice cream. And if we don't win i'll still take you all out for ice cream,"
A cheer went up from the kids and echoed of the locker room walls.
" now go and show them what were made off,"
The kids started screaming and yelling as the ran out of the locker room on to the grassy pitch. Sora grinned at him.
" You really know how to work them up,"
" Yeah well if they think they can win they will,"
He grinned back at her, she noticed how his eyes sparkled with life everytime he smiled.
And win they did. 6-2 Actually. Sora thought her sides were going to split with laughter every time the team scored a goal. Tai got so worked up he would start cheering and jumping in the air. He really motivated those kids, she had to admire his coaching abilities.
" Hey Sora do you want to come for ice cream with us, my treat," He asked her hopefully as the kids ran off the pitch. she didn't want to seem to eager even though her brain was crying out yes already.
" Umm-"
" hi Tai !" The same black haired girl from the diner suddenly flew out of no where again, " That was a great game !" Emma praised him.
" Oh... thanks Emma, i didn't realise you were here, again," he looked suprised and a little sad to see the girl again.
" I only just arrived. So what do you want to do now ?"
Sora bit her lip. Who did this girl think she was to come dashing in here and act like she owned tai, every time Sora got close to him. Well she wasn't going to get away with it this time.
" Actually Tai, I'd love to go and get some ice cream with you," sora said rather loudly.
She grabbed Tai's arm and dragged him in the direction of the car park.
" Bye Emma see you on Monday," Sora called sweetly over her shoulder.
Emma watched as that red headed girl pulled tai away from her. did that girl really think Tai liked her ? she'd have to put a stop to this sooner or later. She sighed and chewed her lip. Yes sooner or later she'd get what was coming to her.
Tai burst into laughter as they turned the corner.
" thanks ! Every where i go she just seems to turn up. I can't get away from her !"
" happy to be of service, " Sora smiled sweetly.
He placed an ice cream sunday infront in their booth. The kids from Tai's team were still buzzing with adredlin after their victory. it was no use trying to get them to calm down, only the ice cream they were now noisly stuffing in their mouths could accomplish that.
" What made you decide to coach a bunch of hyper animales then ?" She asked him as he dug into his ice cream.
" Well I've always loved soccer and i really like coaching these hyperactive beast's. I know it sounds strange but it's alot of fun,"
Tai definatly was different from the other guys she knew. He didn't care about stupid things like, cars and girls. he didn't have a massive ego problem and constanly brag about how great he was. He must be really kind and gentle to put up with a load of screaming kids all the time and comitted.
" Umm sora i was. . .I was wondering if you were going to go to Matts concert tomomorow night ?" he asked quietly. he suddenly lost his boisterous presense and seemed to talk to his icecream instead of her.
" I was going to go along with mimi," She told him.
" oh . . .well. . .I was wondering if you'd like to. . .to go with me ?"
her heart caught in throat. he was asking her out ! Oh my god she had never even thought that he'd do that. What would she say. She better not sound to keen. She had to think of something to say fast.
" Yes," She bluttered out before she even knew what she was saying.," Yeah that would be really great,"
a huge smile spread across his tanned face, she felt him relax and sigh.
" I wanted to ask you the other day, but I never got the chance,"
She swalloed and tried to calm herself down.
" I'd really like to go with you," she said shyly. wow she had never been shy before.
" Cool, maybe we could go out to eat afterwards ?" he suggested.
" Yeah that would be great,"
" Ooooooo, Tai and Sora sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-"
" Shut up," Sora snapped at her little brother as his head popped over the booth.
She blushed madly as Ryan started to laugh and dissapered back into his seat.
" kids," Tai laughed, but she could see he was trying really hard not to blush as well.
" Oh my god, I'm so nervous !" Mimi cried, she started to fan herself with her concert flier, " And i havn't even see him play yet !"
" yeah me to," Sora whispered,
" I don't know what's wrong with you Sora, I'm the one dating the star of the show,"
" Mimi sometimes I can't belive you !" Sora cried. she had spent all day thinking about tonight. She had thought about it so much she was sure she was about to throw up and she really didn't need her best friends selfish attitude right now,"
" Oh I'm sorry Sora. I just still can't beleive he asked me out !"
" Have you seen Tai yet," Sora asked anxiously as she scanned the crowd of people entering the concert.
" i'm right here," That intense voice said behind her. She spun around and felt herself melt at the sight of him. He wore a dark blue shirt that brought out the colour in his eyes perfectly, with black trousers. He was smiling at her in awy that sora had never sen beofre.
" hi ! Are you ready to go in ?" She asked happily.
" uh. . .yeah. . .yeah i think so," he blinked several times to wake himself out of his trance and followed her into the dark hall.
It was a perfect spring night as they walked back through the park to her apartement. The full moon watched them grouisly as she laughed at his joke. He had kept her laughing all night.
" I've had a really good time tai," she told him, she hadn't just had a good time. She had had a brilliant one, she'd had never laughed so much and talked to anyone so easily in her whole life. she felt as though she had known him all her life, not just for a week.
" Me too Sora," He stopped walking and truned to look at her. The moons rays amaged to just squeeze through the branches of the oak tree the stood under. A small smile curled at the corners of his lips as he looked down at her, it was alot more genteler than his usal wide grin. he brought up his hand and softly stroaked her face.
' please, please let him do it now', she thought to herself. All night she had wanted nothing more than him to kiss her. she closed her eyes and tilted her head waiting for his soft lips to touch hers.
Suddenly her heart started to pound with fear, she started to sweat all over, she couldn't breath propaly. It felt like she was inhaling smoke with every breath. Her skin was burning, she could feel fire licking at her feet. she was burning, this wasn't a dream she was on fire. She felt as though she had just been chuked into a furnace. Distantly she could hear shouts and screams. The crackle of fire burning enveloped her. She tried to breath but she was suffocating.
She pulled away from him even before he had kissed her, she snapped open her eyes. The heat and shouts vanished. she was standing in the middle of the park under a large old tree. Her eyes darted around her searching for some sign of anything she had just felt and heard. Nothing the whole park was silent.
" Sora are you alright ?" Tai asked, concered and bewilderment flashed through his eyes.
" Um. . .yeah sorry tai," she whispered,
" You look really pale. Are you feeling okay ?"
" i just. . .I just feel a little hot thats all," she lied.
Nice going sora, she had totally ruined the moment now.
He reached out and glasped his hand in hers. She smiled and walked beside him through the rest of the park. She had no idea what had just happened to her. it was as though she was in a totally different place. a fire, it had definatly been a fire around her.
she closed her eyes and took in a deep breath of the fresh spring air. tai gave her hand a little squeeze, she felt those butterflies soar around her stomach again.
They arrived outside her apartment building.
" Thanks tai, I've had a really nice time," She told him,
" Me too," He said again.
Before she knew what had happened she had starting kissing him. He ran his fingers threw her hair and deeped the kiss even more. She felt his passion, tension, life, fire and energy soar through her. Suddenly she wasn't sora anymore. She was a part of him and he was a part of her. She finally felt complete, unlike she had ever felt before. all of her sense raced as he deepened the kiss anymore. Nothing had ever felt so right before, it was as though she had waitied all her life for this moment.
Fianlly he broke away. he straoked her hair behind her ears and kissed her lips quickly and gently one last time.
" Good night tai," she whispered sadly, she would of stood there all night with him if she'd been allowed,
" Good night sora," He smiled at her, that sweet gentle smile she had only seen tonight. He gradually let go of her hand as she walked away from him. this had to be the best night of his life so far, to bad it had to end.
Sora rolled over and groaned, she looked at her bedside clock. it was only 2am, why on earth had she just woken up. She rolled back on to her stomach and pulled her blanket closer around her.
Her eyes snapped open. What was that ? She was sure she had heard something move over in the centre of the room. Don't get so worked up, she told herself.
A brezze flew around the room, an icy chilling brezze. had someone left her window open ?
" Go go go go go go go go go," a soft icy voice whispered into her ear.
She sat up and switch the bedside lamp on.
Nothing, no window open, no brezze and no voice. She searched the room again with her eyes. She must be hearing things.
Sora opened her locker door and stuffed some books inside. She hadn't slept very well last night. She was sure she could hear someone in her room, but everytime she looked to where they were standing, nothing was there. She rubbed her eyes and puilled out her history book.
She must be really tired, her mind was playing tricks on her. She could sware that group of girls along the hall were watching her. What was wrong with her ? She was getting really worked up over stupid things.
" Sora," Mimi whispered beside her.
" Oh hey Mimi !" Sora greeted her best friend happily.
" Sora why didn't you tell me," Mimi whispered giving her a strange pitying look.
" Tell you what ?" Sora asked confused.
" About Saturday night ," Mimi lowered her voice even more and frowned at her.
" What about Saturday night ?"
" You know what Sora. Everyone knows, why didn't you tell me ?"
" Mimi I don't know what your talking about," Sora told her sternley, " I went to matt's concert with you and Tai and then Tai took me out for dinner. Thats it,"
" And what about what happened after dinner ?"
" Nothing happened," Sora gave Mimi a bemused honest stare.
" Oh Sora I'm so sorry," Mimi lowered her head and shook it regretfully,
" Mimi whats going on ?"
" Come on lets get away from here," She whispered and pulled Sora into the girls bathroom.
" Mimi whats wrong ?" She asked egarly.
" Sora please don't hate me for telling you this, but you were going to find out sooner or later,"
" Mimi tell me whats going on !" Sora demanded.
" it's tai he's. . .he's. .."
" He's what !"
" He's told everyone that after the concert you. . ." She sighed and gave Sora a symathtetic look.
" I what !" Sora was strating to get really agitated now.
" he told everyone you slept with him," Mimi blurtted out.
" What !"
" I'm really sorry Sora," Mimi whispered.
" But I didn't !"
" it's okay i knew you would of told me if you did,"
" But I didn't Mimi. How could he say that. . .i. . .I can't belive him. I don't believe it. Why would he do that ?"
" because he's a guy Sora that what they do,"
" No he wouldn't do that Mimi, he's not like that,"
" I'm really sorry Sora, I know how much you liked him,"
" Who did he tell ?"
" Well. . .alot of people,"
" No ! I don't belive it. The barstard. he. . .every one thinks that. . .oh my god," she was shaking with rage. how could anyone she trusted do that to her ? She had been so sure tai was a nice guy.
" don't listen to what anyone says Sora. As long as you know you didn't do it. You don't have anything to worry about,"
" Oh Mimi. I thought that-"
One of the cubicles opened and a tall girl with long jet black hair waltzered over to the sinks to wash her hands.
" Thats the trouble with boys Sora. You can never trust them. I'd stay away from tai if I was you. He's nothing but trouble," Emma told her regretfully.
" yeah . . .thanks," Sora muttered.
" I think she's right," Mimi told Sora once Emma had left the bathroom.
" did you really think I'd go running back to him after that," Sora scolded Her.
" sorry Sora," Mimi said a little offenede,
" Oh i'm sorry Mimi. I don't mean to take it out on you. I. .I just can't beleive he would do that. he seem so. . .so," Hot salty tears started to flood down her cheeks.
Mimi ran over to her and hugged her for comfart.
" I'm-never-goin-going-to-talk-to-him-again," She sobbed.
Sora unlocked her front door. All day she had been holding back the tears. She wasn't going to let anyone see her cry, no one apart from Mimi. All day she had felt people staring at her. Groups of girls whispering. They all thought she was just some stupid slut. Oh god she had been so stupid to even think she could trust him.
Finally she was home. Finally she could let the tears come freelly untill her eyes were dry.
She opened the door, her vision was already blurred from the tears before she entered the apartment.
" sora look who-"
Her Mother started to say. She could just make out the silloutes of three people sitting in the lounge. She snniffed and ran into her room. She slammed the door as hard as she could behind her, then crash on to the bed.
How could he do this to her ? She asked herself that all day. Why would he want to? she had thought that he liked her too. Why would he do this to her if he liked her. Poor gulable little Sora.
" Sora ?" A familiar voice called through the closed door, " Can I come in ?" She hadn't heard that voice for a long time now, but she just to hear it everyday whether she liked it or not.
" No, go away gemma !" She yelled.
" Sora I just want to talk to you, please let me in,"
There had been times when Sora would cry her heart out to her bigsister. Sometimes they would stay up all night and talk, but that was a long time ago. Now Gemma was twenty and too old for sora and her little problems.
" This is my room too Sor, you can't keep me out," Gemma reminded her.
" I don't want to talk to anyone !"
The bedroom door slowly opened.
" Yes you do, I know you sora," A taller more mature version of sora stood in the doorway. She ran over to sora's bed and wrapped her little sister up in bear hug.
" I hate him !" Sora sobbed as her tears soaked into Gemmas t-shirt.
" I had a feeling you were going to say that," Her big sister whispered regretfully, " Tell me what happened,"
" Nothing happened thats the whole point,"
" Oh Sora, whats going on ?"
" He told everyone-that-that-i-hate-him-so-much-Gem,"
" Let me guess. He tried to look big in front of all his friends, so he spread a rumour about you ?"
By the sudden gush of more powerful tears gemma was sure she had hit the nail on the head.
" Sora I know it hurts, you have to cry about it and then get on with your life. How many times do I have to tell you all men are scum ?" She smiled as she stroaked her little sisters hair soothingly.
" I thought he was different !" She wailed,
" We always do. Thats what silly little boys do, desivous us. You just have to learn to ignore them,"
" But i really liked him !"
" it's okay Sor, I know how you feel. do you remember Luke Burns and Mike Flynn? Do you remember how much I cried when they dumped me ?"
" But i didn't think he would do this. I thought he was nice !"
" I'm so sorry you had to go through this Sor,"
There was a gentle knock at the bedroom and Ryan poked his head around the doorway. He was carrying the cordless white phone in his hand.
" Sora it's for you," He looked a little shock to see his two big sisters crying together. Sora sat up on the bed and wiped her eyes.
" who is it ?"
" Tai,"
She felt her anger boil up inside of her, as though she was about to explode at any second. How dare he call her after what he had done !
" Tell that two faced bastard i don't want to speak to him and I'm never going to talk to him again !" She yelled.
her little brothers jaw dropped, he carefully lifted the rediver to his ear.
" She says your a two faced bastard and she's never gona talk to you again," he said clearly and carefully. He paused as he listen to tai, " tai says he really needs to talk to you,"
" Well i don't need to talk to him !"
" she dosn't need to talk to you," he paused again, " He says he didn't tell anyone anything and he really needs to talk to you,"
" tell him I don't care and I'll never speak to him again !"
" She dosn't care and she's never speaking to you again," he took the phone away from his ear and looked at it awkardly, " he hung up," Ryan announced,
" Good," Sora snapped,
" Come on Ryan," Gemma whispered, she pushed her brother into the hall way and shut Sora's bedroom door. Poor kid, she needed some time to think.
"Go to go to him go go go to him go go," Soras eyes snapped open. It was that voice again, whispering over and over. It was right beside her ear, she could feel the cold breath on her cheek.
She sat up. Nothing. She really must be going mad or something.
She glanced over at her clock. 6:30pm she must of fallen asleep after crying so hard this afternoon.
6:30pm Tai would be packing up the half an hour. Oh god what was she saying ! She hated him she couldn't stand him ! How could she still be thinking about him ?
Thinking about those deep caring, lively eyes and that soft thick hair. Thinking about the way he laughed and how easy he was to talk too.
Something caught her eye over in the corner of the room, a shadow. It was just a shadow thats all.
" Go go go go to him go go," A brezze ruffled the hair around her face as a distant voice mumbled to her.
She must be going crazy. something touched her hand gently, suddenly for a few seconds it felt as though her whole arm had been frozen. Something was sitting next to her on the bed. Not something someone.
She ran out of the room befroe she could even find out what it was. She needed to get out of this stupid apartment, she needed to just be alone for awhile.
There was no sign of any of her family in the aparment. she picked up her jacket and locked the aparment door behind her.
" Why did everything always go wrong for her ? Was there some huge sign hanging over her head saying ' Hi i'm Sora please make my life a misery '. Maybe she was exagerating a little bit. Things wern't that bad for her. Come on she had only thought she was falling in love to find out that the boy was a total jerk. And now the whole school thought that she was toatly easy and a slut. Things could be a lot worse.
" Go go go go," What the hell was going on ! That voice again !
she looked around her, she was standing in the middle of the pavement while bust people rushed past her. No one she knew, no one who would speak to her. It didn't sound like a normal voice. it was more like a rustle of leaves, or the flapping of a birds wing.
she looked up. She was standing oposite the diner. how had she come here ? A moment ago she was just aimlessly wondering through the park, somehow she had ended up here.
He said he needed to talk to her. he had been pretty persistant to speak to her.
Maybe it wouldn't hurt to go and talk to him. Just so she could tell him in person what an idiot he was.
Athours note- And thats the end of chapter two, chapter three will be along pretty soon. I based that sisterly conversation on a talk i had with my little step sister, while all my friends were having a wild party at my house I was upstaries comfarting her. Well i guess thats what sisters are for :) R+R
History repeated
Chapter two
" Wow this brings back memories, dosn'et it Sora," Her dad said from the front of their blue jeep.
" yeah I guess," Even though it was her little brothers first ever soccer match, she wasn't looking forward to it as much as she should. How could she be looking forward to it when she knew she would have to see Tai again. see him and know that he was already some one elses.
" It's a shame Gemma can't come and watch. I still remember how proud she was of you at your first match," Her dad remided her. Gemma was Sora's older sister, at the moment she was away at college.
sora turned to her little brother sitting next to her in the backseat. He was nervously figetting with his hands and staring out of the window.
she could still remember that nervous feeling of antisipation and excitment she had before every patch.
" Ryan don't worry. Just let yourself losse and try your hardest, you'll be the star player,"
He smiled up at her nervously as they pulled into the parkingl ot.
" Well see you later Rino, go and get changed and good luck," Her mother kissed him on the cheek and pushed him in the direction of the boys locker room.
" Suppose we had better get a good spot to stand then," Her dad suggested. Sora followed her Mum and dad into the playing field and over to the side of the pitch.
" Hey sora !" That lively excited voice called to her.
She turned around to see tai running towards her with an armfull of soccer equipment. she could already feel the boisterous, spirited enegy flowwing from him. her heart seemed to flutter in her chest as she sensed his lively auroa. That was one thing she really liked about tai, the thirst for live he held. He was so energetic and intoxicating, passion for every thing just seemed to ozze from him.
" I was hoping you'd come and watch the game. i didn't get a chance to ask you on monday,"
" Yeah well i kind of felt in the way with your girl friend there," she said quietly.
" My Girl friend ? My Girlfriend! You mean Emma ! You thought she was my girlfriend no way !" An expression of understanding and releavment flashed across his face, " No she's just in my class thats all,"
" Oh," Sora whispered, well now she felt even more stupid than before.
" hello there," Soras' mother suddenly butted into the middle of them, she looked at Sora waiting to be introduced.
" Uh Mum this is tai, he's Ryans soccer coach,"
" Oh so your tai. Ryans hardly stopped talking about you. He really looks up to you," her Mother said happily.
" Uh thanks, he's a good kid," Tai grinned at the compliment. Her mother was right, Ryan had talked on and on about how cool soccer was and how cool his coach was.
" Do you need some help setting out the pitch ?" Sora asked quickly, anything to get away from her suspious mother.
" Yeah thanks," They walked around the field toghether, talking and laughing as they dropped a few cones. She followed him into the changing rooms when it was time for the teams to emerge.
" okay guys, this is our first of the season so we've got to make sure they don't even know what hit em'. Just play your best and remember what i told you. And when we win i'll take you all out for ice cream. And if we don't win i'll still take you all out for ice cream,"
A cheer went up from the kids and echoed of the locker room walls.
" now go and show them what were made off,"
The kids started screaming and yelling as the ran out of the locker room on to the grassy pitch. Sora grinned at him.
" You really know how to work them up,"
" Yeah well if they think they can win they will,"
He grinned back at her, she noticed how his eyes sparkled with life everytime he smiled.
And win they did. 6-2 Actually. Sora thought her sides were going to split with laughter every time the team scored a goal. Tai got so worked up he would start cheering and jumping in the air. He really motivated those kids, she had to admire his coaching abilities.
" Hey Sora do you want to come for ice cream with us, my treat," He asked her hopefully as the kids ran off the pitch. she didn't want to seem to eager even though her brain was crying out yes already.
" Umm-"
" hi Tai !" The same black haired girl from the diner suddenly flew out of no where again, " That was a great game !" Emma praised him.
" Oh... thanks Emma, i didn't realise you were here, again," he looked suprised and a little sad to see the girl again.
" I only just arrived. So what do you want to do now ?"
Sora bit her lip. Who did this girl think she was to come dashing in here and act like she owned tai, every time Sora got close to him. Well she wasn't going to get away with it this time.
" Actually Tai, I'd love to go and get some ice cream with you," sora said rather loudly.
She grabbed Tai's arm and dragged him in the direction of the car park.
" Bye Emma see you on Monday," Sora called sweetly over her shoulder.
Emma watched as that red headed girl pulled tai away from her. did that girl really think Tai liked her ? she'd have to put a stop to this sooner or later. She sighed and chewed her lip. Yes sooner or later she'd get what was coming to her.
Tai burst into laughter as they turned the corner.
" thanks ! Every where i go she just seems to turn up. I can't get away from her !"
" happy to be of service, " Sora smiled sweetly.
He placed an ice cream sunday infront in their booth. The kids from Tai's team were still buzzing with adredlin after their victory. it was no use trying to get them to calm down, only the ice cream they were now noisly stuffing in their mouths could accomplish that.
" What made you decide to coach a bunch of hyper animales then ?" She asked him as he dug into his ice cream.
" Well I've always loved soccer and i really like coaching these hyperactive beast's. I know it sounds strange but it's alot of fun,"
Tai definatly was different from the other guys she knew. He didn't care about stupid things like, cars and girls. he didn't have a massive ego problem and constanly brag about how great he was. He must be really kind and gentle to put up with a load of screaming kids all the time and comitted.
" Umm sora i was. . .I was wondering if you were going to go to Matts concert tomomorow night ?" he asked quietly. he suddenly lost his boisterous presense and seemed to talk to his icecream instead of her.
" I was going to go along with mimi," She told him.
" oh . . .well. . .I was wondering if you'd like to. . .to go with me ?"
her heart caught in throat. he was asking her out ! Oh my god she had never even thought that he'd do that. What would she say. She better not sound to keen. She had to think of something to say fast.
" Yes," She bluttered out before she even knew what she was saying.," Yeah that would be really great,"
a huge smile spread across his tanned face, she felt him relax and sigh.
" I wanted to ask you the other day, but I never got the chance,"
She swalloed and tried to calm herself down.
" I'd really like to go with you," she said shyly. wow she had never been shy before.
" Cool, maybe we could go out to eat afterwards ?" he suggested.
" Yeah that would be great,"
" Ooooooo, Tai and Sora sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-"
" Shut up," Sora snapped at her little brother as his head popped over the booth.
She blushed madly as Ryan started to laugh and dissapered back into his seat.
" kids," Tai laughed, but she could see he was trying really hard not to blush as well.
" Oh my god, I'm so nervous !" Mimi cried, she started to fan herself with her concert flier, " And i havn't even see him play yet !"
" yeah me to," Sora whispered,
" I don't know what's wrong with you Sora, I'm the one dating the star of the show,"
" Mimi sometimes I can't belive you !" Sora cried. she had spent all day thinking about tonight. She had thought about it so much she was sure she was about to throw up and she really didn't need her best friends selfish attitude right now,"
" Oh I'm sorry Sora. I just still can't beleive he asked me out !"
" Have you seen Tai yet," Sora asked anxiously as she scanned the crowd of people entering the concert.
" i'm right here," That intense voice said behind her. She spun around and felt herself melt at the sight of him. He wore a dark blue shirt that brought out the colour in his eyes perfectly, with black trousers. He was smiling at her in awy that sora had never sen beofre.
" hi ! Are you ready to go in ?" She asked happily.
" uh. . .yeah. . .yeah i think so," he blinked several times to wake himself out of his trance and followed her into the dark hall.
It was a perfect spring night as they walked back through the park to her apartement. The full moon watched them grouisly as she laughed at his joke. He had kept her laughing all night.
" I've had a really good time tai," she told him, she hadn't just had a good time. She had had a brilliant one, she'd had never laughed so much and talked to anyone so easily in her whole life. she felt as though she had known him all her life, not just for a week.
" Me too Sora," He stopped walking and truned to look at her. The moons rays amaged to just squeeze through the branches of the oak tree the stood under. A small smile curled at the corners of his lips as he looked down at her, it was alot more genteler than his usal wide grin. he brought up his hand and softly stroaked her face.
' please, please let him do it now', she thought to herself. All night she had wanted nothing more than him to kiss her. she closed her eyes and tilted her head waiting for his soft lips to touch hers.
Suddenly her heart started to pound with fear, she started to sweat all over, she couldn't breath propaly. It felt like she was inhaling smoke with every breath. Her skin was burning, she could feel fire licking at her feet. she was burning, this wasn't a dream she was on fire. She felt as though she had just been chuked into a furnace. Distantly she could hear shouts and screams. The crackle of fire burning enveloped her. She tried to breath but she was suffocating.
She pulled away from him even before he had kissed her, she snapped open her eyes. The heat and shouts vanished. she was standing in the middle of the park under a large old tree. Her eyes darted around her searching for some sign of anything she had just felt and heard. Nothing the whole park was silent.
" Sora are you alright ?" Tai asked, concered and bewilderment flashed through his eyes.
" Um. . .yeah sorry tai," she whispered,
" You look really pale. Are you feeling okay ?"
" i just. . .I just feel a little hot thats all," she lied.
Nice going sora, she had totally ruined the moment now.
He reached out and glasped his hand in hers. She smiled and walked beside him through the rest of the park. She had no idea what had just happened to her. it was as though she was in a totally different place. a fire, it had definatly been a fire around her.
she closed her eyes and took in a deep breath of the fresh spring air. tai gave her hand a little squeeze, she felt those butterflies soar around her stomach again.
They arrived outside her apartment building.
" Thanks tai, I've had a really nice time," She told him,
" Me too," He said again.
Before she knew what had happened she had starting kissing him. He ran his fingers threw her hair and deeped the kiss even more. She felt his passion, tension, life, fire and energy soar through her. Suddenly she wasn't sora anymore. She was a part of him and he was a part of her. She finally felt complete, unlike she had ever felt before. all of her sense raced as he deepened the kiss anymore. Nothing had ever felt so right before, it was as though she had waitied all her life for this moment.
Fianlly he broke away. he straoked her hair behind her ears and kissed her lips quickly and gently one last time.
" Good night tai," she whispered sadly, she would of stood there all night with him if she'd been allowed,
" Good night sora," He smiled at her, that sweet gentle smile she had only seen tonight. He gradually let go of her hand as she walked away from him. this had to be the best night of his life so far, to bad it had to end.
Sora rolled over and groaned, she looked at her bedside clock. it was only 2am, why on earth had she just woken up. She rolled back on to her stomach and pulled her blanket closer around her.
Her eyes snapped open. What was that ? She was sure she had heard something move over in the centre of the room. Don't get so worked up, she told herself.
A brezze flew around the room, an icy chilling brezze. had someone left her window open ?
" Go go go go go go go go go," a soft icy voice whispered into her ear.
She sat up and switch the bedside lamp on.
Nothing, no window open, no brezze and no voice. She searched the room again with her eyes. She must be hearing things.
Sora opened her locker door and stuffed some books inside. She hadn't slept very well last night. She was sure she could hear someone in her room, but everytime she looked to where they were standing, nothing was there. She rubbed her eyes and puilled out her history book.
She must be really tired, her mind was playing tricks on her. She could sware that group of girls along the hall were watching her. What was wrong with her ? She was getting really worked up over stupid things.
" Sora," Mimi whispered beside her.
" Oh hey Mimi !" Sora greeted her best friend happily.
" Sora why didn't you tell me," Mimi whispered giving her a strange pitying look.
" Tell you what ?" Sora asked confused.
" About Saturday night ," Mimi lowered her voice even more and frowned at her.
" What about Saturday night ?"
" You know what Sora. Everyone knows, why didn't you tell me ?"
" Mimi I don't know what your talking about," Sora told her sternley, " I went to matt's concert with you and Tai and then Tai took me out for dinner. Thats it,"
" And what about what happened after dinner ?"
" Nothing happened," Sora gave Mimi a bemused honest stare.
" Oh Sora I'm so sorry," Mimi lowered her head and shook it regretfully,
" Mimi whats going on ?"
" Come on lets get away from here," She whispered and pulled Sora into the girls bathroom.
" Mimi whats wrong ?" She asked egarly.
" Sora please don't hate me for telling you this, but you were going to find out sooner or later,"
" Mimi tell me whats going on !" Sora demanded.
" it's tai he's. . .he's. .."
" He's what !"
" He's told everyone that after the concert you. . ." She sighed and gave Sora a symathtetic look.
" I what !" Sora was strating to get really agitated now.
" he told everyone you slept with him," Mimi blurtted out.
" What !"
" I'm really sorry Sora," Mimi whispered.
" But I didn't !"
" it's okay i knew you would of told me if you did,"
" But I didn't Mimi. How could he say that. . .i. . .I can't belive him. I don't believe it. Why would he do that ?"
" because he's a guy Sora that what they do,"
" No he wouldn't do that Mimi, he's not like that,"
" I'm really sorry Sora, I know how much you liked him,"
" Who did he tell ?"
" Well. . .alot of people,"
" No ! I don't belive it. The barstard. he. . .every one thinks that. . .oh my god," she was shaking with rage. how could anyone she trusted do that to her ? She had been so sure tai was a nice guy.
" don't listen to what anyone says Sora. As long as you know you didn't do it. You don't have anything to worry about,"
" Oh Mimi. I thought that-"
One of the cubicles opened and a tall girl with long jet black hair waltzered over to the sinks to wash her hands.
" Thats the trouble with boys Sora. You can never trust them. I'd stay away from tai if I was you. He's nothing but trouble," Emma told her regretfully.
" yeah . . .thanks," Sora muttered.
" I think she's right," Mimi told Sora once Emma had left the bathroom.
" did you really think I'd go running back to him after that," Sora scolded Her.
" sorry Sora," Mimi said a little offenede,
" Oh i'm sorry Mimi. I don't mean to take it out on you. I. .I just can't beleive he would do that. he seem so. . .so," Hot salty tears started to flood down her cheeks.
Mimi ran over to her and hugged her for comfart.
" I'm-never-goin-going-to-talk-to-him-again," She sobbed.
Sora unlocked her front door. All day she had been holding back the tears. She wasn't going to let anyone see her cry, no one apart from Mimi. All day she had felt people staring at her. Groups of girls whispering. They all thought she was just some stupid slut. Oh god she had been so stupid to even think she could trust him.
Finally she was home. Finally she could let the tears come freelly untill her eyes were dry.
She opened the door, her vision was already blurred from the tears before she entered the apartment.
" sora look who-"
Her Mother started to say. She could just make out the silloutes of three people sitting in the lounge. She snniffed and ran into her room. She slammed the door as hard as she could behind her, then crash on to the bed.
How could he do this to her ? She asked herself that all day. Why would he want to? she had thought that he liked her too. Why would he do this to her if he liked her. Poor gulable little Sora.
" Sora ?" A familiar voice called through the closed door, " Can I come in ?" She hadn't heard that voice for a long time now, but she just to hear it everyday whether she liked it or not.
" No, go away gemma !" She yelled.
" Sora I just want to talk to you, please let me in,"
There had been times when Sora would cry her heart out to her bigsister. Sometimes they would stay up all night and talk, but that was a long time ago. Now Gemma was twenty and too old for sora and her little problems.
" This is my room too Sor, you can't keep me out," Gemma reminded her.
" I don't want to talk to anyone !"
The bedroom door slowly opened.
" Yes you do, I know you sora," A taller more mature version of sora stood in the doorway. She ran over to sora's bed and wrapped her little sister up in bear hug.
" I hate him !" Sora sobbed as her tears soaked into Gemmas t-shirt.
" I had a feeling you were going to say that," Her big sister whispered regretfully, " Tell me what happened,"
" Nothing happened thats the whole point,"
" Oh Sora, whats going on ?"
" He told everyone-that-that-i-hate-him-so-much-Gem,"
" Let me guess. He tried to look big in front of all his friends, so he spread a rumour about you ?"
By the sudden gush of more powerful tears gemma was sure she had hit the nail on the head.
" Sora I know it hurts, you have to cry about it and then get on with your life. How many times do I have to tell you all men are scum ?" She smiled as she stroaked her little sisters hair soothingly.
" I thought he was different !" She wailed,
" We always do. Thats what silly little boys do, desivous us. You just have to learn to ignore them,"
" But i really liked him !"
" it's okay Sor, I know how you feel. do you remember Luke Burns and Mike Flynn? Do you remember how much I cried when they dumped me ?"
" But i didn't think he would do this. I thought he was nice !"
" I'm so sorry you had to go through this Sor,"
There was a gentle knock at the bedroom and Ryan poked his head around the doorway. He was carrying the cordless white phone in his hand.
" Sora it's for you," He looked a little shock to see his two big sisters crying together. Sora sat up on the bed and wiped her eyes.
" who is it ?"
" Tai,"
She felt her anger boil up inside of her, as though she was about to explode at any second. How dare he call her after what he had done !
" Tell that two faced bastard i don't want to speak to him and I'm never going to talk to him again !" She yelled.
her little brothers jaw dropped, he carefully lifted the rediver to his ear.
" She says your a two faced bastard and she's never gona talk to you again," he said clearly and carefully. He paused as he listen to tai, " tai says he really needs to talk to you,"
" Well i don't need to talk to him !"
" she dosn't need to talk to you," he paused again, " He says he didn't tell anyone anything and he really needs to talk to you,"
" tell him I don't care and I'll never speak to him again !"
" She dosn't care and she's never speaking to you again," he took the phone away from his ear and looked at it awkardly, " he hung up," Ryan announced,
" Good," Sora snapped,
" Come on Ryan," Gemma whispered, she pushed her brother into the hall way and shut Sora's bedroom door. Poor kid, she needed some time to think.
"Go to go to him go go go to him go go," Soras eyes snapped open. It was that voice again, whispering over and over. It was right beside her ear, she could feel the cold breath on her cheek.
She sat up. Nothing. She really must be going mad or something.
She glanced over at her clock. 6:30pm she must of fallen asleep after crying so hard this afternoon.
6:30pm Tai would be packing up the half an hour. Oh god what was she saying ! She hated him she couldn't stand him ! How could she still be thinking about him ?
Thinking about those deep caring, lively eyes and that soft thick hair. Thinking about the way he laughed and how easy he was to talk too.
Something caught her eye over in the corner of the room, a shadow. It was just a shadow thats all.
" Go go go go to him go go," A brezze ruffled the hair around her face as a distant voice mumbled to her.
She must be going crazy. something touched her hand gently, suddenly for a few seconds it felt as though her whole arm had been frozen. Something was sitting next to her on the bed. Not something someone.
She ran out of the room befroe she could even find out what it was. She needed to get out of this stupid apartment, she needed to just be alone for awhile.
There was no sign of any of her family in the aparment. she picked up her jacket and locked the aparment door behind her.
" Why did everything always go wrong for her ? Was there some huge sign hanging over her head saying ' Hi i'm Sora please make my life a misery '. Maybe she was exagerating a little bit. Things wern't that bad for her. Come on she had only thought she was falling in love to find out that the boy was a total jerk. And now the whole school thought that she was toatly easy and a slut. Things could be a lot worse.
" Go go go go," What the hell was going on ! That voice again !
she looked around her, she was standing in the middle of the pavement while bust people rushed past her. No one she knew, no one who would speak to her. It didn't sound like a normal voice. it was more like a rustle of leaves, or the flapping of a birds wing.
she looked up. She was standing oposite the diner. how had she come here ? A moment ago she was just aimlessly wondering through the park, somehow she had ended up here.
He said he needed to talk to her. he had been pretty persistant to speak to her.
Maybe it wouldn't hurt to go and talk to him. Just so she could tell him in person what an idiot he was.
Athours note- And thats the end of chapter two, chapter three will be along pretty soon. I based that sisterly conversation on a talk i had with my little step sister, while all my friends were having a wild party at my house I was upstaries comfarting her. Well i guess thats what sisters are for :) R+R
