Disclaimer: Still not mine… Though I wish I had TK to myself… And the song
'Take me Home' belongs to Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
A/N: Dedicated to Mickey, who said that it doesn't seem that nice so far… Well, I'm making it nicer (… Oh, and thank you all for the reviews, please keep it this way!
Chapter 3
"Well?" A girl asked Kari as the latter sat on the bench, yawning. Kari hated rehearsals in the morning, but it seemed that it's all she'd get for the next two days.
"Well what?" She asked lazily, staring at that girl.
"How did prince charming get the news of you going to the delegation and him staying behind?" Asked another, smiling slyly.
"I didn't tell him yet." Kari answered, stretching her legs.
"Oh?" The girl asked. "Why?"
"We haven't talked since." Kari answered simply. She gazed at the door, praying for Jenna to come already.
"Hello girls." A jolly voice sounded from the door, and Kari grinned at the sight of her best friend running into the gymnasium. "How are you this morning?"
A few mutters sounded in response and Jenna grinned broadly. "I have a nice surprise for today's practice."
"Oh?" Asked Kari, looking in awe at her best friend.
"Since we need to perform before a huge audience on Sunday I thought that we need to check if we can do it… I mean, we mustn't get stage fright at the last second, so I asked the guys from the basketball team to watch today."
"What?" Geilla asked. "No way I'm…"
Jenna looked at her patiently. "You can drop out every minute you feel like it, there's a dozen girls who'd die to take your place in the delegation."
"Fine." Geilla scowled.
"Okay, now that that's settled, Kari, I need a word."
"What is it?" Kari asked, lazily.
"Privately." Jenna said harshly and Kari raised her eyebrows in question, but still followed her best friend to a far corner.
"What?" She asked.
"I need a bathing suit." Jenna grinned.
"And?" Kari stared at her.
"And you'll come with me to buy it, lazyhead." Jenna laughed. "We're going to have a fun day at the mall."
"Just the two of us?" Kari asked.
"Not exactly…" Jenna trailed off. "There's someone else who's coming with us…"
"Who?" Kari asked, intrigued. "Do I know her?"
"Em… It's a he." Jenna answered uneasily. "And I don't think you know him…"
"Oh." Kari looked at Jenna with surprise. "Should Brad feel intimidated?"
"That's why you're there." Jenna answered, waving her hands snobbishly in the air. "Why else I'd want you there, like dah!"
"Suit yourself, I mean, like, it's not that I want to go." Kari answered, looking seriously at Jenna.
Jenna smiled and soon both girls were laughing uncontrollably.
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"Well?" Yolie asked TK at lunch, smiling broadly. "How was it to hang out with the popular guys?"
TK shrugged. "It was okay, most of them are nice."
"And the rest?" Cody asked curiously.
"Blood sucking vampires." Ken answered sarcastically. "Of course they're nice, they're just a little pigheaded."
"What did you do?" Asked Cody.
"He probably starred at Jenna as if he's about to kill her." Yolie suggested.
TK scowled. "I did not, Jenna is actually quite nice."
"God forbid, she's nice!" Ken stated dramatically.
"Shut up." TK retorted friendly. "We went to a dinner." He answered Cody's answer.
"No, no." Yolie insisted. "Back to the Jenna subject, you didn't want to strangle her?"
"Why would I?" TK asked.
"Because you said you hate her." Cody answered.
"I don't hate her, she's not to blame Kari is a spoiled brat, who won't recognize a good thing even if it danced conga in front of her wearing nothing but Tai's goggles." TK answered, his gaze moving to one of the tables in the center of the cafeteria, where Kari and Jenna were sitting with a bunch of cheerleaders.
"That's quite a vivid sight." Ken stared at TK.
"Ahm… I'm going to say 'hi' to her…" TK said uneasily, and he started moving slowly towards the table where Jenna and Kari were sitting.
"What's wrong with you?" Yolie asked Ken angrily, hitting him on the shoulder as TK left.
"Ouch!" Ken rubbed his shoulder. "Something's wrong?" He asked innocently.
"You're sarcastic and…" Yolie answered, scowling.
"Funny?" Asked Ken.
"Mean." Yolie answered strictly. "Bye, Cody." And with that she left as well.
Ken sighed heavily.
"What's wrong?" Cody asked, his gaze studying Ken worriedly.
"Nothing…" Ken tried to smile. "It's just…" He sighed again. "She told me she started dating Izzy."
"Good for her, Izzy's a good guy."
"Yeah." Ken said weakly. "Good for her." He looked at Cody. "I need to go." And he too left.
Cody sighed and stared at his coke. "I wish things would return to be like they once were." He whispered sadly.
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"Let's make a move, lets leave this world behind…" Jenna hummed something unrecognized over her lunch.
Kari stared at her. "What's that? Sounds awful."
"Kari!" Jenna sounded outraged. "It's 'Take me Home'."
"Oh, than it must your singing…" Kari teased.
Jenna sniffed.
"Look who's coming here!" Geilla whispered urgently.
Kari turned around and saw TK walking towards their table slowly, looking unsure. She wanted to smile comfortably, or at least look as if she didn't care, but all she could do is stare at him.
"He's so handsome!" She heard Geilla talking. "Look at those wide shoulders, the way he walks, how that amazing blond hair falls on his forehead, how his blue eyes shine… He's gorgeous!"
"I need to go." Kari said urgently and left the table in a hurry t the opposite direction from which TK came.
Jenna stared with worry at her best friend but then turned her head and smiled broadly at TK. "How did you like our dance?" She asked him as he came closer.
"Oh… It was nice." He smiled kindly.
"Only nice?" Jenna sounded disappointed.
"Actually, it was wonderful." TK tried to smile, but found himself intimidated by all those girls, who seemed to stare at him for some reason. "I'm not so good with compliments."
"Do you want to go somewhere today?" Jenna asked.
"Ahm… I don't know…" TK answered uneasily. "I've got practice… And I doubt wild parties would help me much in the court."
"Nothing wild." Jenna promised. "You'll feel better afterwards."
"Yeah, sure. Why not?" He smiled, sighing, and looked at his clock. "I need to be going, I've got a practice."
"Bye. I'll come by your place about five o'clock?" Jenna smiled.
"Sure, see you later." TK turned to go.
"See you later, hun." Gailla sighed and smiled cheerfully at Jenna. "How do you do that?"
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Later that day the doorbell rang in the Kamiya family apartment.
"Tai, please open the door, it's Jenna!" Kari shouted from her room.
"Once, I get a vacation from studying, and could I rest? Noooo… I have to be my sister's butler…" And still he rose from the sofa and opened the door, finding there and grinning Jenna and… could it be?
"TK?" Tai asked, positively surprised.
"She made me do it." TK said threw gritted teeth.
"Jenna," Tai looked seriously at her. "I'd marry you this very second if you plan what I think you do."
Jenna grinned even wider. "I'll go talk to Kari." And she disappeared in the direction of Kari's room.
"So… TK, how are you?" Tai asked, smiling.
"Fine." TK answered coldly.
"And Matt?"
"Fine."
"Your mom?"
"Fine."
"Your Dad?"
"Fine."
"Patamon?"
"Fine!" Sounded a voice from TK's backpack.
At that moment a huge scream came from Kari's room. "Whaaaaat?!?"
"I see I'm not the only one surprised." TK said dryly as his gaze was fixed at the direction where the scream came from. "Maybe I should go while I can."
"No!" Tai said urgently. "TK… Stay, please, try to work it out…"
"Why?" TK asked silently. "What has changed in the last four years?"
"You both are less angry…" Tai answered. "Is that fight really worth losing the best friend you ever had for good?"
"We can't be friends anymore…" TK tried to protest.
"Try, if not for your sake then for the digital world." Tai tried to smile. "There's more in stake here than you might think."
"And I want to see Gatomon!" Patamon said from TK's backpack.
TK opened his beg to let Patamon out the same moment when Gatomon stepped into the living room, where TK and Tai were standing.
"Patamon!" The white cat smiled in delight.
"Gatomon!" Patamon smiled genuinely.
And two digimons hugged fiercely. TK smiled at the sight, happy for Patamon, and yet sad it couldn't be as simple as that for him and Kari. He looked up to meet Kari's gaze, who followed Gatomon to the living room.
"Hi." She said, almost whispering.
"Hey." TK tried to smile. "I…" He sighed deeply. He wanted to tell her so many things; that he missed her, that he loved her, that he wanted to have her friendship back, that he was sorry… Anything would go that moment, but he could say a word.
"I know." Kari smiled genuinely, and TK returned her smile. Things wouldn't return to the point they were four years ago, but it was a start, and that was enough for the keeper of Hope. For now.
A/N: Dedicated to Mickey, who said that it doesn't seem that nice so far… Well, I'm making it nicer (… Oh, and thank you all for the reviews, please keep it this way!
Chapter 3
"Well?" A girl asked Kari as the latter sat on the bench, yawning. Kari hated rehearsals in the morning, but it seemed that it's all she'd get for the next two days.
"Well what?" She asked lazily, staring at that girl.
"How did prince charming get the news of you going to the delegation and him staying behind?" Asked another, smiling slyly.
"I didn't tell him yet." Kari answered, stretching her legs.
"Oh?" The girl asked. "Why?"
"We haven't talked since." Kari answered simply. She gazed at the door, praying for Jenna to come already.
"Hello girls." A jolly voice sounded from the door, and Kari grinned at the sight of her best friend running into the gymnasium. "How are you this morning?"
A few mutters sounded in response and Jenna grinned broadly. "I have a nice surprise for today's practice."
"Oh?" Asked Kari, looking in awe at her best friend.
"Since we need to perform before a huge audience on Sunday I thought that we need to check if we can do it… I mean, we mustn't get stage fright at the last second, so I asked the guys from the basketball team to watch today."
"What?" Geilla asked. "No way I'm…"
Jenna looked at her patiently. "You can drop out every minute you feel like it, there's a dozen girls who'd die to take your place in the delegation."
"Fine." Geilla scowled.
"Okay, now that that's settled, Kari, I need a word."
"What is it?" Kari asked, lazily.
"Privately." Jenna said harshly and Kari raised her eyebrows in question, but still followed her best friend to a far corner.
"What?" She asked.
"I need a bathing suit." Jenna grinned.
"And?" Kari stared at her.
"And you'll come with me to buy it, lazyhead." Jenna laughed. "We're going to have a fun day at the mall."
"Just the two of us?" Kari asked.
"Not exactly…" Jenna trailed off. "There's someone else who's coming with us…"
"Who?" Kari asked, intrigued. "Do I know her?"
"Em… It's a he." Jenna answered uneasily. "And I don't think you know him…"
"Oh." Kari looked at Jenna with surprise. "Should Brad feel intimidated?"
"That's why you're there." Jenna answered, waving her hands snobbishly in the air. "Why else I'd want you there, like dah!"
"Suit yourself, I mean, like, it's not that I want to go." Kari answered, looking seriously at Jenna.
Jenna smiled and soon both girls were laughing uncontrollably.
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"Well?" Yolie asked TK at lunch, smiling broadly. "How was it to hang out with the popular guys?"
TK shrugged. "It was okay, most of them are nice."
"And the rest?" Cody asked curiously.
"Blood sucking vampires." Ken answered sarcastically. "Of course they're nice, they're just a little pigheaded."
"What did you do?" Asked Cody.
"He probably starred at Jenna as if he's about to kill her." Yolie suggested.
TK scowled. "I did not, Jenna is actually quite nice."
"God forbid, she's nice!" Ken stated dramatically.
"Shut up." TK retorted friendly. "We went to a dinner." He answered Cody's answer.
"No, no." Yolie insisted. "Back to the Jenna subject, you didn't want to strangle her?"
"Why would I?" TK asked.
"Because you said you hate her." Cody answered.
"I don't hate her, she's not to blame Kari is a spoiled brat, who won't recognize a good thing even if it danced conga in front of her wearing nothing but Tai's goggles." TK answered, his gaze moving to one of the tables in the center of the cafeteria, where Kari and Jenna were sitting with a bunch of cheerleaders.
"That's quite a vivid sight." Ken stared at TK.
"Ahm… I'm going to say 'hi' to her…" TK said uneasily, and he started moving slowly towards the table where Jenna and Kari were sitting.
"What's wrong with you?" Yolie asked Ken angrily, hitting him on the shoulder as TK left.
"Ouch!" Ken rubbed his shoulder. "Something's wrong?" He asked innocently.
"You're sarcastic and…" Yolie answered, scowling.
"Funny?" Asked Ken.
"Mean." Yolie answered strictly. "Bye, Cody." And with that she left as well.
Ken sighed heavily.
"What's wrong?" Cody asked, his gaze studying Ken worriedly.
"Nothing…" Ken tried to smile. "It's just…" He sighed again. "She told me she started dating Izzy."
"Good for her, Izzy's a good guy."
"Yeah." Ken said weakly. "Good for her." He looked at Cody. "I need to go." And he too left.
Cody sighed and stared at his coke. "I wish things would return to be like they once were." He whispered sadly.
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"Let's make a move, lets leave this world behind…" Jenna hummed something unrecognized over her lunch.
Kari stared at her. "What's that? Sounds awful."
"Kari!" Jenna sounded outraged. "It's 'Take me Home'."
"Oh, than it must your singing…" Kari teased.
Jenna sniffed.
"Look who's coming here!" Geilla whispered urgently.
Kari turned around and saw TK walking towards their table slowly, looking unsure. She wanted to smile comfortably, or at least look as if she didn't care, but all she could do is stare at him.
"He's so handsome!" She heard Geilla talking. "Look at those wide shoulders, the way he walks, how that amazing blond hair falls on his forehead, how his blue eyes shine… He's gorgeous!"
"I need to go." Kari said urgently and left the table in a hurry t the opposite direction from which TK came.
Jenna stared with worry at her best friend but then turned her head and smiled broadly at TK. "How did you like our dance?" She asked him as he came closer.
"Oh… It was nice." He smiled kindly.
"Only nice?" Jenna sounded disappointed.
"Actually, it was wonderful." TK tried to smile, but found himself intimidated by all those girls, who seemed to stare at him for some reason. "I'm not so good with compliments."
"Do you want to go somewhere today?" Jenna asked.
"Ahm… I don't know…" TK answered uneasily. "I've got practice… And I doubt wild parties would help me much in the court."
"Nothing wild." Jenna promised. "You'll feel better afterwards."
"Yeah, sure. Why not?" He smiled, sighing, and looked at his clock. "I need to be going, I've got a practice."
"Bye. I'll come by your place about five o'clock?" Jenna smiled.
"Sure, see you later." TK turned to go.
"See you later, hun." Gailla sighed and smiled cheerfully at Jenna. "How do you do that?"
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Later that day the doorbell rang in the Kamiya family apartment.
"Tai, please open the door, it's Jenna!" Kari shouted from her room.
"Once, I get a vacation from studying, and could I rest? Noooo… I have to be my sister's butler…" And still he rose from the sofa and opened the door, finding there and grinning Jenna and… could it be?
"TK?" Tai asked, positively surprised.
"She made me do it." TK said threw gritted teeth.
"Jenna," Tai looked seriously at her. "I'd marry you this very second if you plan what I think you do."
Jenna grinned even wider. "I'll go talk to Kari." And she disappeared in the direction of Kari's room.
"So… TK, how are you?" Tai asked, smiling.
"Fine." TK answered coldly.
"And Matt?"
"Fine."
"Your mom?"
"Fine."
"Your Dad?"
"Fine."
"Patamon?"
"Fine!" Sounded a voice from TK's backpack.
At that moment a huge scream came from Kari's room. "Whaaaaat?!?"
"I see I'm not the only one surprised." TK said dryly as his gaze was fixed at the direction where the scream came from. "Maybe I should go while I can."
"No!" Tai said urgently. "TK… Stay, please, try to work it out…"
"Why?" TK asked silently. "What has changed in the last four years?"
"You both are less angry…" Tai answered. "Is that fight really worth losing the best friend you ever had for good?"
"We can't be friends anymore…" TK tried to protest.
"Try, if not for your sake then for the digital world." Tai tried to smile. "There's more in stake here than you might think."
"And I want to see Gatomon!" Patamon said from TK's backpack.
TK opened his beg to let Patamon out the same moment when Gatomon stepped into the living room, where TK and Tai were standing.
"Patamon!" The white cat smiled in delight.
"Gatomon!" Patamon smiled genuinely.
And two digimons hugged fiercely. TK smiled at the sight, happy for Patamon, and yet sad it couldn't be as simple as that for him and Kari. He looked up to meet Kari's gaze, who followed Gatomon to the living room.
"Hi." She said, almost whispering.
"Hey." TK tried to smile. "I…" He sighed deeply. He wanted to tell her so many things; that he missed her, that he loved her, that he wanted to have her friendship back, that he was sorry… Anything would go that moment, but he could say a word.
"I know." Kari smiled genuinely, and TK returned her smile. Things wouldn't return to the point they were four years ago, but it was a start, and that was enough for the keeper of Hope. For now.
