"Courting Miss Mimi" -- Part 2
Story Written by Freedom Fighter
Table of Contents for Part 2
1 Three Girls and an American
2 Fighting for Attention
3 A Private Serenade
4 Scoring Love
5 Dinner and a Movie
6 A Little Too Close for Comfort
7 Ask the Love Dummy!
8 Mimi's Final Decision
Part 2, Chapter 1 - Three Girls and an American
Hello everyone! Freedom Fighter here!
At long last, Part 2 of "Courting Miss Mimi" is about to begin! I'm doing a few things
different than Part 1, so listen up!
First of all, I will be cutting the length of each chapter roughly in half from how long they
were in Part 1. That means each chapter will be about 5 - 7 pages of story, or around
10 - 15 KB of text, give or take a few.
Second, there are currently 10 chapters scheduled for Part 2. What is certain is that a
new part will be released every few days. The uncertainty lies in whether or not it will
stay 10 chapters or will there be more or less. Keep an eye on the list as Part 2 continues
on. I will notify you all when the list above becomes final and official.
Finally, all of the chapters in Part 2 are now third person POV, as in a regular fic. There
may be some first person POV scenes from time to time, as I see fit in a chapter.
Now that that's all taken care of, let's get back into the story...
Mimi's finally back in Tokyo. So, what do our five candidates for Mimi's affections
have in store for her? All five candidates will present their plans, but this opening
chapter will focus mainly on two of them. It probably should be easy to guess which two
from the title. Oh, and if you don't know who the candidates are, I advise you to stop
right now! There's no way you should be reading this far ahead! Go back through all of
Part 1! It is all posted at Fanfiction.net, for those of you interested.
That is all! Let Part 2 begin!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, any of the Digidestined, or any places mentioned in
this fanfic, whether they are real or fictional.
***
July 14th, 7:23 p.m., Tokyo International Airport
Matt, Izzy, TK, Davis, Yolei, Cody, and Michael were sitting in the waiting area adjacent
to Gate 24, where Mimi and Michael had gotten off the plane. Unfortunately, Mimi was
nowhere to be seen. Kari was gone as well. It seems that Kari had dragged Mimi off to
the restroom for some unknown reason. The others were getting restless.
"What could be taking Mimi so long?" Matt asked himself. "These roses aren't looking
so rosy."
Izzy was busy typing away at his computer, wondering how his daydream from earlier in
the day went wrong. "I guess I can rule out any chance of me growing up to be a psychic.
I can't believe that my daydream theory was incorrect. To make matters worse, Mimi
walked off with Kari. Kari! Now what is up with that? Are they doing something
behind our backs?"
"Mimi didn't talk to me the whole trip," a disappointed Michael noted to himself.
"Okay, so I was asleep for most of it, but when I was awake, she didn't even say one
word to me! I thought we were closer than that! Sigh... I guess I'll have to show her how
much I love her."
"Aaarrrggghhhh!" yelled a very irate Yolei, who stood up, to the surprise of the others.
"They've been in there long enough! It doesn't take this long to use the restroom! They
must be planning something! Or maybe... maybe they're dating behind our backs!"
"What?!" TK and Davis yell in unison, never thinking of that particular theory.
"I was thinking the exact same thing," Izzy added, stating what he had been thinking just
a second ago.
"That's nonsense," Matt said. "Unless Kari's been hiding this secret from us, and she'd
have to be good at it, mind you, there's no way she could be in love with Mimi."
"Besides," Cody began, "that's Yolei's job."
The others gave Yolei a weird look, but she tries to blow it off.
"Me? Yeah, right. As if I would ever fall in love with another girl. I just look up to her
as a sister, remember?"
The others believe Yolei and forget about her, getting back into their discussion of Kari
and Mimi. Meanwhile, Yolei pulls Cody to the side.
"I can't believe you nearly blurted out my secret to them!" Yolei shouted.
"It's blatantly obvious," replied a fearless Cody.
"I swear, if someone finds out the truth about me, I'm going to put a virus on your
computer the size of Tokyo Tower!"
"So? Izzy can always fix it. Besides, I won't have my mom cook any more of those
cookies you love so much!"
"This is blackmail, Cody! I can't believe you! What will it take to shut you up?"
Cody smirked. "When you fulfill my wildest dream."
Yolei blinked her eyes in confusion. "Did Cody say what I thought he said?" she
thought.
"Well?"
Yolei gritted her teeth, but willingly gave in to Cody's demands. "Okay... what do you
want of me?"
"Oh, it's not me. It's Davis."
"Davis?"
"You know, I think you'd look better as Davis's girlfriend."
"Cody! If this is an attempt to change my mind about Mimi, it's not going to work!"
"You love Davis! I've seen the way you've looked at him! I dare you to ask him out on
a date!"
"Are you nuts? Me and Davis?"
"Do it, or I spill your secret."
Yolei clenched her fist in anger. Cody had her right where he wanted her and there was
nothing she could do about it.
"Fine. But next weekend, okay? I want to spend all the time I can with Mimi!"
"Tomorrow night."
"Tomorrow? But Mimi..."
"Oh, guys..." Cody began to yell at the others.
"Okay, okay!" Yolei shouted, pulling Cody back. "Davis and I, tomorrow. But if he so
much as tries to put a hand on me, he won't be the only who gets a beating! Catch my
drift, Cody?"
As Yolei and Cody make their way back to the group, Mimi and Kari were also rejoining
them as well.
"Sorry about dragging Mimi away, but it was on personal business," Kari admitted.
"You two aren't in love, are you?" Davis asked stupidly before any of the others could
stop him.
"In love?" Mimi asked, puzzled.
"Davis, what are you talking about?" Kari added.
"Forget it," said Matt, covering Davis's big fat mouth with TK's help.
"So," Mimi asked, "who am I staying with tonight?"
Yolei quickly raised her hand. "That would be me!"
Mimi smiles in response. "Let's get going then. I want to get unpacked so that we have
some time to go out tonight!"
The others cheer happily as the group goes to get the rest of Mimi and Michael's luggage.
They then walk out of the airport and flag down three taxis. Mimi and Yolei quickly pile
into the first one. Matt, Izzy, and Michael all rush to take the last seat, but the girls
choose Kari to ride along with them. The three boys reluctantly force themselves into the
second cab, leaving TK, Davis, and Cody with the last one.
As the three cabs pull away from the terminal, another one pulls in. Out of it steps Joe.
He runs inside and over to Gate 24, where he questions one of the attendants.
"Excuse me, but has the flight from Los Angeles landed yet?"
"Yes, it has sir. About half an hour ago."
"Did you happen to see a girl with pink hair get off?"
"I think so... she was with a big group of kids, right?"
"Yes, that's them. Where are they?"
"They left a couple of minutes ago, son."
Joe gawked in dismay. "No way!"
Joe quickly ran out of the airport. He looked around for Mimi and the others, but to no
avail. He sighed. He couldn't believe that he had missed them. Darn his mom and that
delicious rump roast she cooked for dinner. So much for impressing her...
Over the course of the next hour, the gang makes their way to Yolei's apartment.
Unfortunately, her family only allows Yolei and Mimi in because of how many of them
there were. The others wait patiently outside.
"Thanks for allowing me to stay here the night," Mimi said to Yolei as she unpacked a
few things from her bags.
"No problem. It's too bad my parents won't allow you to stay tomorrow night too."
"That's okay. Sora said she'd hook me up at her place tomorrow. Say... where is she?"
"She had a tennis match, or so Matt says. Tai's with her."
"And Joe? Is he there too?"
"No. He was supposed to be there with us. But he didn't show."
"That's strange. Oh... where's Michael sleeping? He doesn't have a place, you know."
"I thought Michael had already made arrangements with TK!"
"He did? Okay, that's fine then. Michael had told me he had no place to stay."
"I see..."
"So, what have you guys got planned for tonight?"
"I don't know what the others have in mind, but I'm going to play some miniature golf.
My older sisters are having a carnival at their school and they invited me to come. They
have four half-price tickets for me. I take the first ticket and I'd like you to take the
second."
"Really? I'm not good at golf, mind you, but I wouldn't pass up any opportunity like
this!"
"Now... all we need is two other players."
"Oh, that's easy. Michael and Kari."
"Why them?"
"Well, I'm afraid of leaving Michael alone with the boys. Who knows what they'll do to
him. And Kari needed some tips about dating."
Yolei smiled at her. "So that's what you two were talking about! Is that what Kari
needed?"
"Yep. Obviously, she has her hands full with TK and Davis. But first," Mimi said,
holding up the roses that Matt had given her, "we'd better find a vase or something to put
this in."
"I think that's sweet of him to get you those flowers."
"I know!" Mimi giggled. "Matt is so sweet."
As the duo left the guest room to find something to put the roses in, Yolei began to plan
out her night in her mind.
"Michael will be only competition tonight," she thought, "so if I can get distract him long
enough so that he hangs out with Kari, then Mimi's all mine! And the others won't get a
chance to impress her! Matt may have won the first battle, but I'm gonna win the war!"
After a few minutes, Mimi and Yolei come out of the apartment.
"So," Cody asked, "what's the plan for tonight?"
"Well," Yolei began, "my sisters managed to get four half-price tickets for the local high
school carnival, since they were on the set-up crew."
"Only four?" Izzy asked.
"Yeah, unfortunately," Yolei responded.
"So," Davis prompted, "who's going?"
"Well," Yolei began, holding up the tickets, "I thought about it for a minute. Then I
decided that Mimi, Kari, and Michael are coming with me."
"Huh?" Matt stated, questioning Yolei's decision, as Kari and Michael smile over it.
"Why can't we come along?" Izzy yelled.
"It's not up for debate," Mimi jumped in. "If you must know, it was my decision to have
Kari and Michael come along with us."
"You guys can still buy regular tickets," Yolei quickly responded. "They're six dollars
each."
"Six dollars?" Davis whined as he checked his pockets for money. He came up empty.
Cody, Matt, and Izzy do the same, but they had no money either.
"Hey," TK began, pulling out a few bills from his pocket, "I think I have enough to go."
"Um, TK," Kari spoke up, stopping him, "I don't want you to come with us."
TK gasped in shock. Davis saw this as an opportunity to get Kari on his good side, so he
quickly snatched the six dollars from TK.
"Well, if you're not going, then I'm going!"
"Davis," Kari sighed, "I don't want you to come either."
Davis was in even more shock. "How could she reject me?" he asked himself, as TK
snatched his six dollars back.
"Oh, little brother," Matt said, begin to beg, "do you mind if I borrow six dollars?"
"Hey, wait a minute!" Izzy shouted, shoving Matt out of the way. "I was going to ask
your brother to borrow the six bucks!"
"Who cares who wants to borrow my six bucks?" TK shouted at them. "I'm not giving it
to either of you." He then turns to Kari. "Why can't I come?"
"It's for personal reasons," she replied, turning to Mimi and Yolei, who nodded in
succession. "I need some time alone from you and Davis."
Before either TK or Davis could reply, Yolei stepped in. "I'm sorry to break this up, but
the carnival starts in fifteen minutes! We've got to leave now if we're going to make it
there on time."
"Agreed," Mimi said, smiling.
Mimi, Yolei, Kari, and Michael walk off, heading down the stairs and on their way to the
carnival. All the while, Davis tries to figure out why Kari won't let him come with her,
while Matt and Izzy continue their attempts to get TK to loan them the money to go to
the carnival and Cody stands there, dumbfounded. After standing there for a few
minutes, he leaves the group and heads back to his apartment, leaving the foursome to
figure out what to do next right in front of Yolei's apartment.
Meanwhile, Joe is back at his house, calling all of the Digidestined's houses in order to
find where Mimi is. So far, though, he's had no luck.
"Come on! Someone should be home by now! Let's see, who's left... TK, Kari, Yolei,
and Davis. Who should I try next?"
He decides to call Yolei's apartment. Yolei's mother answers the phone almost
immediately.
"Hello? Inoue residence."
"Mrs. Inoue? It's me, Joe Kido. I'm a friend of your daughter, Yolei." "Uh huh." "I was wondering... is she there?"
"No, she just left for the high school carnival. The girl that's staying with us tonight
went with her. I think her name's Mimi..." "Mimi! Oh, um, thanks Mrs. Inoue!"
Joe quickly hangs up the phone. As he heads out the door, he runs past his older brother,
Jim.
"Hey, where's the fire?" he asked.
"I'm trying to find Mimi! She's at the high school!"
"Why didn't you say so? They're having a carnival tonight, you know." "I know. Yolei's mom told me." "Need a ride? I'm heading down there right now." "Really? You'd do that for me?" "Sure! What are brothers for?"
A few minutes later, Jim and Joe are in Jim's yellow Volkswagen Beetle. Jim starts the
engine as the car roars to life. He pulls out of the driveway and starts heading for the
high school.
"Don't worry Mimi," Joe thought to himself. "I'm on the way! I'll show you that I
haven't forgotten about you."
The car continues down the road, as Joe seems determined to show how much he loves
Mimi.
To be continued...
Copyright Date: 11/21/01
Story Written by Freedom Fighter
Table of Contents for Part 2
1 Three Girls and an American
2 Fighting for Attention
3 A Private Serenade
4 Scoring Love
5 Dinner and a Movie
6 A Little Too Close for Comfort
7 Ask the Love Dummy!
8 Mimi's Final Decision
Part 2, Chapter 1 - Three Girls and an American
Hello everyone! Freedom Fighter here!
At long last, Part 2 of "Courting Miss Mimi" is about to begin! I'm doing a few things
different than Part 1, so listen up!
First of all, I will be cutting the length of each chapter roughly in half from how long they
were in Part 1. That means each chapter will be about 5 - 7 pages of story, or around
10 - 15 KB of text, give or take a few.
Second, there are currently 10 chapters scheduled for Part 2. What is certain is that a
new part will be released every few days. The uncertainty lies in whether or not it will
stay 10 chapters or will there be more or less. Keep an eye on the list as Part 2 continues
on. I will notify you all when the list above becomes final and official.
Finally, all of the chapters in Part 2 are now third person POV, as in a regular fic. There
may be some first person POV scenes from time to time, as I see fit in a chapter.
Now that that's all taken care of, let's get back into the story...
Mimi's finally back in Tokyo. So, what do our five candidates for Mimi's affections
have in store for her? All five candidates will present their plans, but this opening
chapter will focus mainly on two of them. It probably should be easy to guess which two
from the title. Oh, and if you don't know who the candidates are, I advise you to stop
right now! There's no way you should be reading this far ahead! Go back through all of
Part 1! It is all posted at Fanfiction.net, for those of you interested.
That is all! Let Part 2 begin!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, any of the Digidestined, or any places mentioned in
this fanfic, whether they are real or fictional.
***
July 14th, 7:23 p.m., Tokyo International Airport
Matt, Izzy, TK, Davis, Yolei, Cody, and Michael were sitting in the waiting area adjacent
to Gate 24, where Mimi and Michael had gotten off the plane. Unfortunately, Mimi was
nowhere to be seen. Kari was gone as well. It seems that Kari had dragged Mimi off to
the restroom for some unknown reason. The others were getting restless.
"What could be taking Mimi so long?" Matt asked himself. "These roses aren't looking
so rosy."
Izzy was busy typing away at his computer, wondering how his daydream from earlier in
the day went wrong. "I guess I can rule out any chance of me growing up to be a psychic.
I can't believe that my daydream theory was incorrect. To make matters worse, Mimi
walked off with Kari. Kari! Now what is up with that? Are they doing something
behind our backs?"
"Mimi didn't talk to me the whole trip," a disappointed Michael noted to himself.
"Okay, so I was asleep for most of it, but when I was awake, she didn't even say one
word to me! I thought we were closer than that! Sigh... I guess I'll have to show her how
much I love her."
"Aaarrrggghhhh!" yelled a very irate Yolei, who stood up, to the surprise of the others.
"They've been in there long enough! It doesn't take this long to use the restroom! They
must be planning something! Or maybe... maybe they're dating behind our backs!"
"What?!" TK and Davis yell in unison, never thinking of that particular theory.
"I was thinking the exact same thing," Izzy added, stating what he had been thinking just
a second ago.
"That's nonsense," Matt said. "Unless Kari's been hiding this secret from us, and she'd
have to be good at it, mind you, there's no way she could be in love with Mimi."
"Besides," Cody began, "that's Yolei's job."
The others gave Yolei a weird look, but she tries to blow it off.
"Me? Yeah, right. As if I would ever fall in love with another girl. I just look up to her
as a sister, remember?"
The others believe Yolei and forget about her, getting back into their discussion of Kari
and Mimi. Meanwhile, Yolei pulls Cody to the side.
"I can't believe you nearly blurted out my secret to them!" Yolei shouted.
"It's blatantly obvious," replied a fearless Cody.
"I swear, if someone finds out the truth about me, I'm going to put a virus on your
computer the size of Tokyo Tower!"
"So? Izzy can always fix it. Besides, I won't have my mom cook any more of those
cookies you love so much!"
"This is blackmail, Cody! I can't believe you! What will it take to shut you up?"
Cody smirked. "When you fulfill my wildest dream."
Yolei blinked her eyes in confusion. "Did Cody say what I thought he said?" she
thought.
"Well?"
Yolei gritted her teeth, but willingly gave in to Cody's demands. "Okay... what do you
want of me?"
"Oh, it's not me. It's Davis."
"Davis?"
"You know, I think you'd look better as Davis's girlfriend."
"Cody! If this is an attempt to change my mind about Mimi, it's not going to work!"
"You love Davis! I've seen the way you've looked at him! I dare you to ask him out on
a date!"
"Are you nuts? Me and Davis?"
"Do it, or I spill your secret."
Yolei clenched her fist in anger. Cody had her right where he wanted her and there was
nothing she could do about it.
"Fine. But next weekend, okay? I want to spend all the time I can with Mimi!"
"Tomorrow night."
"Tomorrow? But Mimi..."
"Oh, guys..." Cody began to yell at the others.
"Okay, okay!" Yolei shouted, pulling Cody back. "Davis and I, tomorrow. But if he so
much as tries to put a hand on me, he won't be the only who gets a beating! Catch my
drift, Cody?"
As Yolei and Cody make their way back to the group, Mimi and Kari were also rejoining
them as well.
"Sorry about dragging Mimi away, but it was on personal business," Kari admitted.
"You two aren't in love, are you?" Davis asked stupidly before any of the others could
stop him.
"In love?" Mimi asked, puzzled.
"Davis, what are you talking about?" Kari added.
"Forget it," said Matt, covering Davis's big fat mouth with TK's help.
"So," Mimi asked, "who am I staying with tonight?"
Yolei quickly raised her hand. "That would be me!"
Mimi smiles in response. "Let's get going then. I want to get unpacked so that we have
some time to go out tonight!"
The others cheer happily as the group goes to get the rest of Mimi and Michael's luggage.
They then walk out of the airport and flag down three taxis. Mimi and Yolei quickly pile
into the first one. Matt, Izzy, and Michael all rush to take the last seat, but the girls
choose Kari to ride along with them. The three boys reluctantly force themselves into the
second cab, leaving TK, Davis, and Cody with the last one.
As the three cabs pull away from the terminal, another one pulls in. Out of it steps Joe.
He runs inside and over to Gate 24, where he questions one of the attendants.
"Excuse me, but has the flight from Los Angeles landed yet?"
"Yes, it has sir. About half an hour ago."
"Did you happen to see a girl with pink hair get off?"
"I think so... she was with a big group of kids, right?"
"Yes, that's them. Where are they?"
"They left a couple of minutes ago, son."
Joe gawked in dismay. "No way!"
Joe quickly ran out of the airport. He looked around for Mimi and the others, but to no
avail. He sighed. He couldn't believe that he had missed them. Darn his mom and that
delicious rump roast she cooked for dinner. So much for impressing her...
Over the course of the next hour, the gang makes their way to Yolei's apartment.
Unfortunately, her family only allows Yolei and Mimi in because of how many of them
there were. The others wait patiently outside.
"Thanks for allowing me to stay here the night," Mimi said to Yolei as she unpacked a
few things from her bags.
"No problem. It's too bad my parents won't allow you to stay tomorrow night too."
"That's okay. Sora said she'd hook me up at her place tomorrow. Say... where is she?"
"She had a tennis match, or so Matt says. Tai's with her."
"And Joe? Is he there too?"
"No. He was supposed to be there with us. But he didn't show."
"That's strange. Oh... where's Michael sleeping? He doesn't have a place, you know."
"I thought Michael had already made arrangements with TK!"
"He did? Okay, that's fine then. Michael had told me he had no place to stay."
"I see..."
"So, what have you guys got planned for tonight?"
"I don't know what the others have in mind, but I'm going to play some miniature golf.
My older sisters are having a carnival at their school and they invited me to come. They
have four half-price tickets for me. I take the first ticket and I'd like you to take the
second."
"Really? I'm not good at golf, mind you, but I wouldn't pass up any opportunity like
this!"
"Now... all we need is two other players."
"Oh, that's easy. Michael and Kari."
"Why them?"
"Well, I'm afraid of leaving Michael alone with the boys. Who knows what they'll do to
him. And Kari needed some tips about dating."
Yolei smiled at her. "So that's what you two were talking about! Is that what Kari
needed?"
"Yep. Obviously, she has her hands full with TK and Davis. But first," Mimi said,
holding up the roses that Matt had given her, "we'd better find a vase or something to put
this in."
"I think that's sweet of him to get you those flowers."
"I know!" Mimi giggled. "Matt is so sweet."
As the duo left the guest room to find something to put the roses in, Yolei began to plan
out her night in her mind.
"Michael will be only competition tonight," she thought, "so if I can get distract him long
enough so that he hangs out with Kari, then Mimi's all mine! And the others won't get a
chance to impress her! Matt may have won the first battle, but I'm gonna win the war!"
After a few minutes, Mimi and Yolei come out of the apartment.
"So," Cody asked, "what's the plan for tonight?"
"Well," Yolei began, "my sisters managed to get four half-price tickets for the local high
school carnival, since they were on the set-up crew."
"Only four?" Izzy asked.
"Yeah, unfortunately," Yolei responded.
"So," Davis prompted, "who's going?"
"Well," Yolei began, holding up the tickets, "I thought about it for a minute. Then I
decided that Mimi, Kari, and Michael are coming with me."
"Huh?" Matt stated, questioning Yolei's decision, as Kari and Michael smile over it.
"Why can't we come along?" Izzy yelled.
"It's not up for debate," Mimi jumped in. "If you must know, it was my decision to have
Kari and Michael come along with us."
"You guys can still buy regular tickets," Yolei quickly responded. "They're six dollars
each."
"Six dollars?" Davis whined as he checked his pockets for money. He came up empty.
Cody, Matt, and Izzy do the same, but they had no money either.
"Hey," TK began, pulling out a few bills from his pocket, "I think I have enough to go."
"Um, TK," Kari spoke up, stopping him, "I don't want you to come with us."
TK gasped in shock. Davis saw this as an opportunity to get Kari on his good side, so he
quickly snatched the six dollars from TK.
"Well, if you're not going, then I'm going!"
"Davis," Kari sighed, "I don't want you to come either."
Davis was in even more shock. "How could she reject me?" he asked himself, as TK
snatched his six dollars back.
"Oh, little brother," Matt said, begin to beg, "do you mind if I borrow six dollars?"
"Hey, wait a minute!" Izzy shouted, shoving Matt out of the way. "I was going to ask
your brother to borrow the six bucks!"
"Who cares who wants to borrow my six bucks?" TK shouted at them. "I'm not giving it
to either of you." He then turns to Kari. "Why can't I come?"
"It's for personal reasons," she replied, turning to Mimi and Yolei, who nodded in
succession. "I need some time alone from you and Davis."
Before either TK or Davis could reply, Yolei stepped in. "I'm sorry to break this up, but
the carnival starts in fifteen minutes! We've got to leave now if we're going to make it
there on time."
"Agreed," Mimi said, smiling.
Mimi, Yolei, Kari, and Michael walk off, heading down the stairs and on their way to the
carnival. All the while, Davis tries to figure out why Kari won't let him come with her,
while Matt and Izzy continue their attempts to get TK to loan them the money to go to
the carnival and Cody stands there, dumbfounded. After standing there for a few
minutes, he leaves the group and heads back to his apartment, leaving the foursome to
figure out what to do next right in front of Yolei's apartment.
Meanwhile, Joe is back at his house, calling all of the Digidestined's houses in order to
find where Mimi is. So far, though, he's had no luck.
"Come on! Someone should be home by now! Let's see, who's left... TK, Kari, Yolei,
and Davis. Who should I try next?"
He decides to call Yolei's apartment. Yolei's mother answers the phone almost
immediately.
"Hello? Inoue residence."
"Mrs. Inoue? It's me, Joe Kido. I'm a friend of your daughter, Yolei." "Uh huh." "I was wondering... is she there?"
"No, she just left for the high school carnival. The girl that's staying with us tonight
went with her. I think her name's Mimi..." "Mimi! Oh, um, thanks Mrs. Inoue!"
Joe quickly hangs up the phone. As he heads out the door, he runs past his older brother,
Jim.
"Hey, where's the fire?" he asked.
"I'm trying to find Mimi! She's at the high school!"
"Why didn't you say so? They're having a carnival tonight, you know." "I know. Yolei's mom told me." "Need a ride? I'm heading down there right now." "Really? You'd do that for me?" "Sure! What are brothers for?"
A few minutes later, Jim and Joe are in Jim's yellow Volkswagen Beetle. Jim starts the
engine as the car roars to life. He pulls out of the driveway and starts heading for the
high school.
"Don't worry Mimi," Joe thought to himself. "I'm on the way! I'll show you that I
haven't forgotten about you."
The car continues down the road, as Joe seems determined to show how much he loves
Mimi.
To be continued...
Copyright Date: 11/21/01