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Hopefully this will be the end. I hate
drawing stories out, but somehow I always manage to do just that. It's driving
me crazy!!!
I don't own that wonderful show Digimon!
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:: Friday Afternoon ::
Sora placed the teddy bear inside the little bag and tied
the top strings together with a cute little ribbon. Then she grabbed a stapler
and stapled the top of the bag together. After tying on some more curly ribbon
she sat back to look at her accomplishment.
"For me? You're so sweet."
Sora spun around and smiled at the blonde. "Don't think
so. This is for one of my dad. I know he probably doesn't want a teddy bear,
but it's the best I could do right now."
"I want a teddy bear." The guy said with a puppy dog look.
"Go buy one then." Sora taunted. She winked at the guy and
continued to spice up her gift. The guy walked to her side and leaned against
the table. He shook his head disappointed.
"Not fair. You're missing my concert for what again?" he
asked.
"I have to close up for my mom tonight because she is
visiting my dad's mother who is in the hospital." Sora explained for about the
hundredth time. She gave the blonde leaning against the table a dirty look.
"Get up. You're going to break my mom's work table leaning on it like that."
The guy laughed and stood up straight. "Okay." He handed
her a pen to write with and sighed. "So you can't come at all?"
Sora stopped working and stared him in the eye. "How many
times do I have to clarify this?"
"A lot. I really want you to come!" He whined. Sora
laughed and shook her head. "I'm sorry. I can't. Maybe next time okay?" The guy
didn't appear happy with her decision but nodded anyway.
He glanced at his watch and sighed again. "Alright. I
should be going. It's an hour till we start but Ituimi wanted to get a few
rehearsals in. I'll see you later."
Sora nodded and began working on another gift for someone
else. She half waved and soon was lost in her thoughts as he left. She sang
quietly to herself and eventually turned on the radio.
'I really wish I could go to that concert. Everyone has
bugged me enough about it already. Kourtney really wanted me to show up…' Sora
paused for a moment in her work to consider closing early. 'No. I can't. Mom
asked me to do this for her.'
:: Later That Night ::
Sora shuffled through the set of keys that her mom had
given her for the shop key. It was supposed to be gold with "Chatnel" written
on it. There were at least twenty keys on the ring and it took a while but she
finally found it.
"Sora!"
Surprised Sora dropped the keys. She twisted around wide
eyed to see who it was. Once she noticed that it was the blonde running towards
her she sighed with relief and bent over to get the keys.
"Don't you have a concert of something?" She snapped and
once more searched for the gold key. She found it easier this time and locked
up the shop right as he made it to her.
"Yeah but we finished early so I begged the guys to put my
stuff up for me so I could come walk you home." He said gasping obviously out
of breath. Sora laughed and placed the keys in her pocket.
"I can walk home by myself you know. I'm not a child."
Sora said defensively not that she really minded having him walk her home. "You
always show up unmentioned. You should warn me next time."
He chuckled and placed an arm around her shoulders
something she'd gotten used to by now. As Sora walked home with him poking fun
at everything and making jokes she realized how much of a great friend she had
made out of the guy
Sure her friends were nice (well actually they were
anything but) and sure her friends and her had some great times. But the guy
was just the one person she could feel relaxed with. He had become her best
friend.
They made it to Sora's house within a few minutes and
lingered in front of her door for quite a few minutes. The blonde was trying to
tell her something serious but she kept laughing about what she'd seen on the
way home and fumbled to unlock her door.
"Sora? Please this is important." He begged. Sora's
laughter died into a fit of giggles and at last she managed to contain herself.
But when he opened his mouth to speak again she once more erupted into
laughter.
The guy rolled his eyes and sighed. "I'm sorry! It was
just so funny! And it didn't help having you make jokes!" Sora managed to say
through her laughter. She smiled at the guy but only got a serious frown in
return and that only made her laugh even harder.
"Sora? Sora? Are you even listening to me?" The guy asked
with despair. 'Fine. If I can't tell her then I'll just have to show her.' The
blonde quickly seized her by the shoulders and drew her into a swift kiss.
Sora froze. When he pulled away she could do nothing but
stare back at him stunned. She blinked a couple times and still didn't move
even when he let go of her. He lowered his head and shrugged.
"Matt… I…" Sora gasped. "Matt!"
She took a step back. Everything came flooding back to
her. Matt, TK, Kari, Joe, Mimi, Izzy! She had always remembered Biyomon but had
blocked all the others out. All the memories of the Digiworld that she had
managed to suppress suddenly resurfaced.
Matt. Her friend. Her best friend. The guy that had pulled
her out of her pit of hopelessness. The guy who she had felt so close to so
long ago was now standing in front of her and had been around her for several
weeks. And had kissed her.
"You remember me!" He smiled happily and tried to hug Sora
but she dodged him. She opened her door and hastily moved inside. Before Matt
knew what had happened Sora had slammed the door shut and locked it.
How could this happen to her? Why of all people did it
have to be Matt?
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Okay, so that wasn't the end and it was
really short. But I promise to get it done next time.
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