Chapter 5

Notes: I know that I said there would only be 5 chapters, but there will be another one after this, but that really will be the end. As with the first two chapters not a lot happens to move the story, but please read it any way. Thanks for all of your comments, weather they be good or bad.

Chapter 5

Sora's POV:

"Go away," I yelled at Mimi.

"Come on we've got a full day a head of us, so much to do, see and talk about. Your mom will be back in four days and we've got a lot to do before that. So it's time to get up."

"I'm not leaving this bed, now go away."

"Come on when I came home last night you were already a sleep, I want to hear what happened between you and Matt, plus I saw you and Tai go outside."

"I don't want to talk."

"Fine then we'll talk about me and Joe, and if you won't get out of bed I'll just talk here. Okay first of all why is Joe in summer school, I mean he's smart does he really need to go. I'm only here for four and a half more weeks and all he can do is go to school and work. You think he would quit for me, but no. Then why does he think that I would want to here about what he's dissecting in advanced biology? Also he could dress so much better, and . . ."

"Stop. Please stop. I'm getting up. Just one question, if Joe is so annoying why are you seeing him?"

"Well because he's sweet and a good kisser and," Mimi started to list off then she turned her head to look at me, "Don't take this the wrong way but maybe you should go back to bed. You certainly didn't get your beauty rest last night."

I glanced in the mirror she was right. I hadn't washed off my make up from yesterday, and it was smeared. I had huge black circles under my puffy eyes. My hair resembled a bird's nest. I wasn't to surprised I had been up most of the night crying.

"I'll shower and we can go out to breakfast and you can tell me all about Joe, all right?"

"Fine, but let me do your makeup, a little powder won't cover those circles. Did you even sleep last night? After all you did leave the concert early so you could go to bed early, so why wouldn't you sleep, did something happen, or. . ."

"Stop, let me get dressed and we can go."

Stepping into the nice hot shower made me feel a little bit better. My life now officially sucked. My best friend lives half way across the world, and I'm in love with my other one who has to be intoxicated to kiss me. I just broke the heart of my first real boyfriend so I could be with my best friend who doesn't love me. Maybe, Matt would take me back. No, I don't love Matt, and I really just wanted to be friends. Of course how was I going to be friends with Tai now? I don't want to act like things haven't changed, and that we are still best friends and that's all I want. I don't want to have to lie to him or myself or any one else any more, but I don't want to lose him.

Mimi's POV:

Sora and I walked to a near by café for breakfast. We sat down in a booth and I looked across at her. Sora looked truly depressed, I had never seen her look that before. I had seen her sad, and upset, but she looked so sad. Even the great makeup job I did covering up the dark circles, couldn't cover up the sadness in her eyes.

"Sora what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Just then the waitress came, and took are order, I ordered a bagel and juice, Sora chose coffee, black.

"Something is wrong. First of all you look like someone just died. Second, you don't drink coffee, so why would you want it?"

"Weren't we going to talk about Joe?" Ah, I thought, she thought that if I could talk about myself I would forget all about her.

"Later, Joe is boring now, and he'll be boring in an hour, you on the other hand look like you will need a prescription for Prozac in an hour, so talk." Just then the food came. I watched Sora take a sip of coffee, force her self to swallow it then push the cup away.

"You're right, I can't drink coffee and something's wrong, but I really don't want to talk about it."

"You'll feel better and I won't tell anyone if you don't want me to."

"So, you think Joe's a good kisser but boring?"

"That won't work, start talking."

"Fine, I finally realized that I love Tai. Don't start gloating about how you knew we were perfect for each other. So I brake up with Matt after he sings his song, and then talk to Tai, who says he was he, was drunk when he kissed me and it meant nothing to him. Which totally sucks, because, well I know it sounds stupid, but I felt alive for the first time when we kissed."

Something didn't make sense. Ever since I met them I could tell that they liked each other it's just that they never realized how they felt. Tai realized when he saw Sora and Matt together. It was a "you don't know what you've got till it's gone," type of thing. For Sora it was the kiss, but I know they both want to be more then friends, why would Tai turn down something that he wants so bad?

"Sora I'm sorry, I mean how did he tell you that . . ."

"Lets not talk about this any more. Tai and Matt's friendship will never be the same, neither will mine and Matt's, at least we will know that its changed and deal with it. I have to spend the rest of my life pretending things are the same between me and Tai, and the truth is I don't think I can last the week, let alone seventy-five or so years. Now back to you and Joe."

So I found myself talking about what a great guy Joe was. He really was sweet, kind, considerate, and a perfect gentleman. How even physically the chemistry was there, but how we had nothing in common. I mean the only thing we had in common was being a digidestined, and neither of us had been to the digital world in years. I liked Joe, but I wasn't having any fun, in fact the more time I spent with him, the more time I spent board and irritated.

"Mimi were you board when Joe talked about school before you went out?

"Yeah, but it was like I didn't have to listen to it all the time, it was less annoying. It was just one of his quirks, you know?"

"So you liked being just friends?"

"Yeah, I mean then I could just leave if he talked all the time, or get someone else. I mean I enjoy kissing him, but he doesn't make me feel alive or anything, it's just nice."

"Well then maybe you should be friends."

Matt's POV:

I sighed as I brushed my hair. It looks like another great day in the worst week of your life, no girlfriend, and no chance of getting her back, you lost her to your best friend, who is no longer talking to you, life just can't get any better. Oh wait it does Mimi is dating Joe. Although I'm not sure why that is bothering me, it is almost more upsetting than losing Sora, but it's not. I glanced down on my dresser to see a picture of her. I knew nothing would ever be the same between her, and me but maybe we would be even better friends now, none of that sexual stuff in the way. Plus I know that I didn't love her, I only thought I did. I never felt any of those things she described about her kiss with Tai, and probable never would. Looking back their feelings should have been obvious. The breakup was unpreventable; I only wish that Tai hadn't caused it. I really do need to fix things with him. Then I heard a knock on the door and TK's head popped in the room.

"Hey Kari and I are going to the park, wanna come with?"

"Not really, it sounds like a date. You'll have more fun without me."

"Yeah, but you are the one who wrote a song for a girl, who broke you heart, after you poured it out to her."

"I'll be okay, have fun."

Joe's POV:

I sneezed, and wondered why on earth why Izzy had insisted that we had no meet in the park. Didn't he know how allergic I am to practically everything here? We were sitting on a bench waiting for Tai to get her. Izzy said that he had. "Very pressing business and we had to get here right away". Just then Tai ran up to us.

"So what's up," asked Tai.

"Oh, nothing just the demises of my friends love lives. I heard you guys really screwed things up last night."

"I did not, besides how would you know," I replied.

"I only know from Kari, TK, and Mimi, who all called several times talking about a million problems everyone was happening. I was selected to help the two of you. Let's start with you Joe since you did nothing wrong, did you have fun last night?"

"Yes, the best time of my life, or almost. Well, the evening wasn't a total bore."

"Sounds like a perfect dream night to me, it 'wasn't a total bore'. What was boring?"

"Well the two hours Mimi spent talking about her outfit, and her shoes, and her hair, and her . . ."

"We get the point," Tai interrupted.

"But, you enjoyed some of the evening right," asked Izzy.

"I enjoyed dancing with her, and the goodnight kiss. But, when she talks I find myself interrupting, and talking about anything, just so I don't have to hear about he red pants she almost bought, put didn't because 'even thought they made her look hot, red was so last season'. I know she doesn't want to hear about the shark we cut up in bio last week, but I couldn't take any more."

"It sounds like you don't have a lot in common," commented Tai.

"Well we never did, but it never bothered me before."

"Now, you spend more time together, you can't just leave when the other person gets annoying. Did you like being her friend." Asked Izzy

"Yeah I wish we could only be friends again, but I really do love kissing her, I mean it's just such a strong physical reaction. Maybe I should listen to my heart and not my head. I could to learn to listen her talk about red pants for an hour. I don't want to give up someone I love because we are different."

"When you kiss her does it feel like you're being kissed for the first time," Tai asked so faintly I could barely hear him.

"No . . ."

"Then it's not love," he said softly.

"Joe, take my advice and tell Mimi how you fell, you will be happier in the long run," said Izzy.

"But. . ."

"No buts, trust me on this."

"Fine Izzy. Um Tai, I have a question, did you feel like it was you're first kiss when you kissed Sora."

"Yeah," said Tai so quietly that I had to get up and sit on the other side of him, "Only it was better. It felt like magic, for lack of a better word. It left me weak in the knees, it was just pure magic."

"Then why didn't you tell her that," asked Izzy.

"She's with Matt. He loves her to, that's why he wrote that song. If he makes her happy, then she should be with him. I can't ruin her happiness, it means more to me then mine." With that Tai got up and left.

"I guess I don't love Mimi, because I don't think that I could give her up, just so she would be happy."

Tai's POV:

I meant what I said to them. I would give Sora every thing I had to make her happy. The thing is pretending to be happy about her and Matt, was eating away at me. I don't know how long I can pretend, but there is nothing I can do but keep on doing it.

Meanwhile:

"Matt wouldn't come with you?"

"No he didn't want to leave I think he thought it was a date. He seemed sad, but not distraught enough to not leave the house. How was Tai?"

"Distraught enough to not leave his room, that's why we needed Izzy's help."

"Speak of the Devil."

"Any luck?"

"Yeah, I figured out why Joe and Mimi looked so miserable last night. Mimi told me earlier she and Joe weren't having any fun, and he feels the same way. We just have to get them to brake it off, they will both be happier."

"That explains why they both looked so unhappy last night they were board."

"What about the whole Sora, Matt, Tia thing?"

"From what everyone has told me. Matt and Sora broke up for good, I don't know who dumped who. Tai for some reason assumes that they are back together. He tells Sora that he was drunk when he kissed her, which he wasn't, and that it meant nothing, so she won't feel bad about hurting him."

"Plus Tai and Matt still aren't speaking."

"What we need is something to get everyone together."

"A party, at Sora's her mom won't be home. I'll have Mimi plan it, Sora will be to distracted by all of the stuff that has been happening to really protest. We all make sure that everyone goes and we will just have to force everyone to work things out."

"I don't know didn't you think that the minuet Sora and Tai laid eyes on each other, they would admit that they loved each other?"

"Well mostly Mimi believed that. We'll make this work, or it means the end our group."

"So how long do we have?"

"Sora's mom gets back Sunday."

"Do you realize that exactly two weeks ago on Sunday, Sora and Mimi came back?"

"It's amazing what can change in two weeks."