Friday, December 20th

            TK looked up from his computer as Davis walked in the door of their apartment.  He sighed and fell onto the couch.  TK grinned as he took off his headphones.

            "Rough day?" he asked.

            "I am a GOD," Davis replied.  "For putting up with this crap for an entire semester, I have reached the level of divinity."

            "Advanced trig?" TK guessed.  Davis looked over at TK.

            "If I ever sign up for another math class, please, be humane and kill me."  TK laughed as he put his headphones back on.  Davis shed himself of his backpack and jacket and stood up.

            "Drink?" he asked.  TK shook his head in response, his fingers flying across the keyboard.  "What are you working on?" Davis wondered.  "I thought you finished with all of your classes yesterday."  TK paused the music he was listening to and pulled the headphones off one ear.

            "None of your business," he replied.

            "Not that secret project again," Davis sighed.  "Oh well.  Hey where's Kari?"

            "She wanted to go talk to one of her professors about a class next year and then she had an appointment."

            "Who with?"

            "Don't know.  She didn't want to tell me and I trust her to talk about it when she wants to.  Now stop trying to look over my shoulder."  Davis grinned sheepishly and sat back down on the couch.

            "Can't blame a guy for trying.  Mind if I watch TV?"  TK shook his head and Davis turned it on and began to flip through the channels.  "Hey, Matt's on," Davis called after a few minutes.  TK took off his headphones and looked over at the TV as Matt's face filled up the screen.  Davis turned up the volume.

            "And in entertainment news today, the lead singer of the Lone Wolves, Matt Ishida, is apparently getting married.  Sources close to the rock star have told us that he has been dating a young woman on and off for ten years and that the two have been engaged for the last year.  Apparently the band has taken a hiatus from touring and recording so that Matt can get married and get settled before he heads back out, though sources indicate that Matt's fiancée often joins the group on tour.  Sorry ladies, and good luck to the soon to be newlyweds.  And now for sports we go to…" TK began to curse under his breath as he reached for the phone.

            "Matt's going to be pissed," Davis commented as TK began to dial.

            "No shit," TK murmured.  After a moment he spoke.

            "Sora?  It's TK.  Is Matt there?  Oh, you saw?  Yeah.  How did it get leaked?  No idea?  Alright.  Tell him that if he needs to talk to someone, to give me a call.  Yeah.  Love you too."  TK sighed as he hung up.

            "Matt saw?"  TK nodded and set the phone back down.  "What was his reaction?"

            "Sora says he went through the roof.  Matt and Sora went to great pains to avoid their relationship being thrust into the public eye, so he was mildly ticked.  Right now, he's trying to calm down and then he's going to start calling people to try and track the source of the leak."  Davis sighed and leaned back in the sofa.

            "I hope it all works out for him.  It'd be a shame for anything to hold up the wedding.  Everyone's been looking forward to it."

            "It'll go ahead.  If he has to, Matt will just ask the digimon to make sure that no one else gets in," TK replied.  "Now I have to get back to work."  He sat back down at his computer and began to type once more.  Davis sighed and took another drink from his soda and pulled a book out of his backpack and flipped to the page he was on.  And that was how Kari found them an hour later.

            Davis looked up as he heard the key in the lock.  He grinned as a disheveled Kari walked in and pulled off her shoes.  She glanced up at him and gave him a somewhat wan smile.  Davis grinned back and put his finger to his lips and gestured to TK who was deeply engrossed in his typing.  Kari smiled and moved around to get behind TK.  As she came within sight of the screen, TK saved what he was working on and closed the program.  He removed his headphones and stood to embrace Kari.

            "Stop trying to sneak up on me," he murmured in her ear as the two hugged.  "How was your day?"

            "Rotten," Kari confessed as Davis moved to make room for her on the sofa.  "My professor was a complete asshole and he made me late for my appointment.  Other than that, I contacted my professors and checked on next years class load.  It's nothing I can't handle," she assured TK when he raised an eyebrow in query.  "I do have to begin student teaching next year, though.  That's going to put a damper on things."

            "It's what you wanted to do," Davis reminded her.  "You can't give up on it now."

            "I'm not going to Davis," Kari smiled.  "But thanks for the peep talk anyway."  Just then the phone rang.  TK was closer and answered.

            "Hello?  Oh hey.  Yeah?  Sure, I think so.  Want me to check with the others?  Just a second."  TK put his hand over the mouthpiece and turned to Kari and Davis.  "It's Yolei.  She wants to know if we want to go Christmas shopping with her and Ken Tuesday.  I'm in."  Kari and Davis both nodded.  TK turned back to the phone.  "Yolei?  They're in.  Yeah.  All right, see you two then.  Later."  TK hung up and moved back to sit down on the couch.  He pulled Kari up out of her spot, sat down where she had been sitting, and pulled her into his lap.

            "So who did you have an appointment with?" Davis asked.  Kari looked up from where she had let her head rest against TK's shoulder.

            "I had to go to the doctors.  I haven't been feeling well the last few days."

            "Anything serious?" TK frowned.

            "Nothing that they could find.  They did a few tests that won't be back for a few days, so I have to wait until then to find out for sure."  TK shrugged and forced her to lean back against him.

            "Then what do you want to do tonight?  It's your turn to cook."

            "I'm too tired to cook.  Can I just order a pizza or something?"

            "I'll go with that," Davis nodded.

            "Get three," TK put in as he got up to get the cordless phone.  "I'm going to give Matt and Sora a call and see if they want to join us.  Tai's still staying with them for the break, right?  Cool.  Then I'm going to call Ken and Yolei."

            "Sounds good to me," Kari grinned.