**Okay, I know the pilot chapter was kinda obvious, but bear with me, and I will make you cry, at least I hope to!! Here's chapter two all ready for you to read and enjoy!**
Before Your Eyes
Chapter Two
Sora awoke in an unfamiliar place with a jolt. She had just had the worst nightmare she'd ever had. Sweat lay on her pale brow in small clear beads. Her eyes were enormous as she realized where she was, and the choice she had made the day before. Feeling sickness well up in the pit of her stomach, Sora rushed into the motel bathroom, vomiting up the things she had eaten on the flight from Japan. Standing, Sora looked into the dingy mirror, wiping some excess bile from the corner of her mouth. She looked drained, physically and emotionally. Nothing had prepared her for what she was going through, and now she faced it all alone.
"I shouldn't have left. . . he would have helped me." Sora said aloud as she washed her face. The fluorescent lights in the bathroom made her eyes look dark and sunk in, her hair dirty. Sighing, Sora stepped into the shower and began to wash, her mind constantly on the baby inside her and the trials she would undergo during the next seven or eight months.
'I don't even know how it happened. . .' Sora thought as she shampooed her hair absently.
In Japan, Tai woke up to the bright morning sun in his face. He hadn't closed the curtains the night before. In fact, he hadn't even gone to bed the night before. He had fallen asleep at his desk, Sora's letter lying next to him. Tai rubbed his eyes sleepily and looked at the clock on his desk. He had never slept so long on a Sunday. He glanced around the room and found Matt sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag. He had insisted the night before to stay with his friend. Tai could tell the fair haired teenager was worried about him, and he had a right to worry. Tai was devastated about Sora's sudden departure.
'Why did you go?' Tai asked himself inwardly, trying to find a reason for Sora to pick up and leave in the middle of a school year, and without leaving a forwarding address or any signs of her whereabouts.
"You're thinking about her, aren't you?" Matt asked, startling Tai. Tai nodded, his brown eyes showing his immense sadness.
"Yea." Tai replied, almost inaudibly. Matt sighed and got out of his sleeping bag, stretching and yawning loudly.
"Did you sleep at all?" Matt asked.
"I feel asleep sometime, I just don't know when. Why is this happening, man? Why on earth is she gone?" Tai answered, tears forming in his eyes. Matt's azure eyes softened as he patted Tai on the shoulder.
"Maybe your relationship was too much for her, and she had to leave to sort things out. She said something about that in her note." Matt suggested.
"Maybe. . .but why leave Japan?" Tai countered. Matt shrugged.
"Perhaps she had to get away from everything involving her and you. I don't know, man. She'll come back though, I know it. Odaiba is her home. Everything about her is here, and so are you. She's not going to drop everything and leave." Matt said, trying to reassure his friend to the best of his ability.
"I know. . . I hope she comes back someday. I'll wait for her though. I couldn't love anyone else as much as I love her." Tai replied.
Sora circled some want ads with a black felt tipped marker in the small motel room. If she was on her own with this baby, she was going to have to make some money to pay for hospital bills and basic care, along with an apartment. She would have to save a lot of money for that. Sora ran a slender hand through her shoulder length red hair and sighed.
"Alright baby, time to find a job." Sora said to herself as she stood and grabbed a light jacket and walked out into the mild Las Vegas air.
After a day of interviewing, Sora finally found someone who would take her and let her leave while she was at the end of her pregnancy. It was a small diner, but the manager needed people to work, and was kind enough to take Sora's condition into consideration. Sora thanked the man and walked out of the diner with a uniform, a smile on her face. She boarded a bus and rode into town a ways, getting off at a slightly dirty part of town.
"This is about the best I can afford, little baby, so let's find a place where I can raise you for the time being." Sora said to herself as she strolled into a dirty apartment complex.
"I'm looking for an apartment." Sora asked the super. An older man with thinning gray hair and blue eyes as cold as ice looked down at Sora.
"You got a job?" he asked, his voice gruff and bitter. Sora nodded, swallowing nervously.
"You a stripper? Prostitute? We don't let those people in this place. No drugs, limit the alcohol and parties. 112A is open, here's a key, second door on the second floor. Watch out for the eighth step, it's broken." The man added, tossing a grungy key to Sora, who accepted it and smiled sweetly.
"Thank you. I appreciate it. My name's Sora, what should I call you?" Sora asked. The man seemed to soften as he looked down at Sora once again.
"Call me Albert. But you're the only one who can. Got it?" Albert replied sternly. Sora nodded and walked into the hallway, searching for 112A. she finally found herself in a small one bedroom apartment with a little kitchen and a tiny living room.
"Perfect for one person." Sora said to herself as she set down a small bag containing her clothing. The walls were covered in dark green wallpaper, the floor tiled with brownish tiles. It wasn't the prettiest place she'd ever seen, but it was definitely cleaner than the motel she was living in at the time.
'Looks like I have my work cut out for me. . .' Sora thought as she began to move her things into the bedroom.
Matt and Mimi walked down a moonlit path, hand in hand. They had a date that night, but it wasn't the same as the dates they had usually been on. Tai and Sora were supposed to be going out with them, but since Sora left, Tai wouldn't leave his room, not even to eat. His mother was worried sick and his father was trying to talk him out of his melancholy. Mimi stopped suddenly, stopping Matt as well.
"I don't understand." Mimi whispered. Matt took Mimi's other hand in his and looked at her distraught face.
"I know, no one does. Let he do what she thinks is right." Matt whispered back. He moved a lock of brown hair from Mimi's face, tucking it behind her ear. Mimi smiled and kissed Matt lightly.
"I hope she finds the things she wants to find." Mimi said as the couple began to walk again. Matt nodded and looked up at the stars above him.
'She's only seventeen. . . I don't know what I would do if Mimi left Japan so suddenly. I would die, surely. . . just like Tai is." Matt thought.
Tai sat at his desk again, scrawling on some paper he pulled out of a drawer. On the radio, "Standing At The Edge of the Earth" by Blessid Union of Souls was playing. The song had inspired Tai to write a letter to Sora. Under the dim light of a lamp, Tai expressed his intense sadness in a note he couldn't send.
'. . . .and I know you're gone. . . but where are you? Why did you pick up and leave me alone all of a sudden? Someday's a strange term to me. It could mean so much. . . days, months. . . .years. You not being here is killing me, and it hasn't even been two days. I can't imagine what more than a month or two would do to me. I wish I could tell you I love you. Because I do, with all my heart, and I thought you knew. Maybe I was wrong, maybe I didn't let you know. . .if I didn't, I'm sorry. If I did anything to make you want to go away, I'll fix it. I want you to come back. . . .love Tai'
Tai turned off his light and got into bed. Before closing his eyes, he took a long look out the window of his room at a bright star shining in the distance.
'Goodnight Sora. . . .' Tai thought as he let his heavy eyelids cover his chocolate eyes slowly.
**And that's all for now, so review for me! I appreciate all the reviews I have received so far!!**
Before Your Eyes
Chapter Two
Sora awoke in an unfamiliar place with a jolt. She had just had the worst nightmare she'd ever had. Sweat lay on her pale brow in small clear beads. Her eyes were enormous as she realized where she was, and the choice she had made the day before. Feeling sickness well up in the pit of her stomach, Sora rushed into the motel bathroom, vomiting up the things she had eaten on the flight from Japan. Standing, Sora looked into the dingy mirror, wiping some excess bile from the corner of her mouth. She looked drained, physically and emotionally. Nothing had prepared her for what she was going through, and now she faced it all alone.
"I shouldn't have left. . . he would have helped me." Sora said aloud as she washed her face. The fluorescent lights in the bathroom made her eyes look dark and sunk in, her hair dirty. Sighing, Sora stepped into the shower and began to wash, her mind constantly on the baby inside her and the trials she would undergo during the next seven or eight months.
'I don't even know how it happened. . .' Sora thought as she shampooed her hair absently.
In Japan, Tai woke up to the bright morning sun in his face. He hadn't closed the curtains the night before. In fact, he hadn't even gone to bed the night before. He had fallen asleep at his desk, Sora's letter lying next to him. Tai rubbed his eyes sleepily and looked at the clock on his desk. He had never slept so long on a Sunday. He glanced around the room and found Matt sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag. He had insisted the night before to stay with his friend. Tai could tell the fair haired teenager was worried about him, and he had a right to worry. Tai was devastated about Sora's sudden departure.
'Why did you go?' Tai asked himself inwardly, trying to find a reason for Sora to pick up and leave in the middle of a school year, and without leaving a forwarding address or any signs of her whereabouts.
"You're thinking about her, aren't you?" Matt asked, startling Tai. Tai nodded, his brown eyes showing his immense sadness.
"Yea." Tai replied, almost inaudibly. Matt sighed and got out of his sleeping bag, stretching and yawning loudly.
"Did you sleep at all?" Matt asked.
"I feel asleep sometime, I just don't know when. Why is this happening, man? Why on earth is she gone?" Tai answered, tears forming in his eyes. Matt's azure eyes softened as he patted Tai on the shoulder.
"Maybe your relationship was too much for her, and she had to leave to sort things out. She said something about that in her note." Matt suggested.
"Maybe. . .but why leave Japan?" Tai countered. Matt shrugged.
"Perhaps she had to get away from everything involving her and you. I don't know, man. She'll come back though, I know it. Odaiba is her home. Everything about her is here, and so are you. She's not going to drop everything and leave." Matt said, trying to reassure his friend to the best of his ability.
"I know. . . I hope she comes back someday. I'll wait for her though. I couldn't love anyone else as much as I love her." Tai replied.
Sora circled some want ads with a black felt tipped marker in the small motel room. If she was on her own with this baby, she was going to have to make some money to pay for hospital bills and basic care, along with an apartment. She would have to save a lot of money for that. Sora ran a slender hand through her shoulder length red hair and sighed.
"Alright baby, time to find a job." Sora said to herself as she stood and grabbed a light jacket and walked out into the mild Las Vegas air.
After a day of interviewing, Sora finally found someone who would take her and let her leave while she was at the end of her pregnancy. It was a small diner, but the manager needed people to work, and was kind enough to take Sora's condition into consideration. Sora thanked the man and walked out of the diner with a uniform, a smile on her face. She boarded a bus and rode into town a ways, getting off at a slightly dirty part of town.
"This is about the best I can afford, little baby, so let's find a place where I can raise you for the time being." Sora said to herself as she strolled into a dirty apartment complex.
"I'm looking for an apartment." Sora asked the super. An older man with thinning gray hair and blue eyes as cold as ice looked down at Sora.
"You got a job?" he asked, his voice gruff and bitter. Sora nodded, swallowing nervously.
"You a stripper? Prostitute? We don't let those people in this place. No drugs, limit the alcohol and parties. 112A is open, here's a key, second door on the second floor. Watch out for the eighth step, it's broken." The man added, tossing a grungy key to Sora, who accepted it and smiled sweetly.
"Thank you. I appreciate it. My name's Sora, what should I call you?" Sora asked. The man seemed to soften as he looked down at Sora once again.
"Call me Albert. But you're the only one who can. Got it?" Albert replied sternly. Sora nodded and walked into the hallway, searching for 112A. she finally found herself in a small one bedroom apartment with a little kitchen and a tiny living room.
"Perfect for one person." Sora said to herself as she set down a small bag containing her clothing. The walls were covered in dark green wallpaper, the floor tiled with brownish tiles. It wasn't the prettiest place she'd ever seen, but it was definitely cleaner than the motel she was living in at the time.
'Looks like I have my work cut out for me. . .' Sora thought as she began to move her things into the bedroom.
Matt and Mimi walked down a moonlit path, hand in hand. They had a date that night, but it wasn't the same as the dates they had usually been on. Tai and Sora were supposed to be going out with them, but since Sora left, Tai wouldn't leave his room, not even to eat. His mother was worried sick and his father was trying to talk him out of his melancholy. Mimi stopped suddenly, stopping Matt as well.
"I don't understand." Mimi whispered. Matt took Mimi's other hand in his and looked at her distraught face.
"I know, no one does. Let he do what she thinks is right." Matt whispered back. He moved a lock of brown hair from Mimi's face, tucking it behind her ear. Mimi smiled and kissed Matt lightly.
"I hope she finds the things she wants to find." Mimi said as the couple began to walk again. Matt nodded and looked up at the stars above him.
'She's only seventeen. . . I don't know what I would do if Mimi left Japan so suddenly. I would die, surely. . . just like Tai is." Matt thought.
Tai sat at his desk again, scrawling on some paper he pulled out of a drawer. On the radio, "Standing At The Edge of the Earth" by Blessid Union of Souls was playing. The song had inspired Tai to write a letter to Sora. Under the dim light of a lamp, Tai expressed his intense sadness in a note he couldn't send.
'. . . .and I know you're gone. . . but where are you? Why did you pick up and leave me alone all of a sudden? Someday's a strange term to me. It could mean so much. . . days, months. . . .years. You not being here is killing me, and it hasn't even been two days. I can't imagine what more than a month or two would do to me. I wish I could tell you I love you. Because I do, with all my heart, and I thought you knew. Maybe I was wrong, maybe I didn't let you know. . .if I didn't, I'm sorry. If I did anything to make you want to go away, I'll fix it. I want you to come back. . . .love Tai'
Tai turned off his light and got into bed. Before closing his eyes, he took a long look out the window of his room at a bright star shining in the distance.
'Goodnight Sora. . . .' Tai thought as he let his heavy eyelids cover his chocolate eyes slowly.
**And that's all for now, so review for me! I appreciate all the reviews I have received so far!!**