WRITERS NOTE: THIS CHAPTER IS DUMB! Mya just wakes up...and finds out Matt has a cute ass. But don't we all know that? Before the stupidness of
the song is something kind of cute, about the stars...but...YOU'VE BEEN WARNED...
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of hand. -Mother Teresa
Episode 4: Finally some rest
Mya
"It's all my fault. Damnit, she's not coming back!"
"Matt, calm down. Have faith."
"Look at her, the lifelessness!"
"Do you think she'll quit on you now?!"
"It's all my damn fault! It's…all my…fault… I didn't act quick enough." I hear great heaving sobs of in the distance. Really, everything is off in the distance. Words of comfort fill the air clouded with cries. They sound like male cries to me. "I could have done more!"
"You did what you could."
"It wasn't enough! You see she's dying!"
"She's still breathing, and her heart is still beating." I recognize that last voice anywhere; it's old reliable Joe, the certified doctor man!
"Joe, you don't get it! She's not a patient, she's…she's more than that." Oh, this is getting good. It kinda sucks that I can only hear, guess I'm not ready to get up.
"No need to…"
"I mean, she's important to me…"
"No need to explain." Joe says. Damn, just when it was getting good. OK, I'll try to open my eyes. The haze has lifted. Hallelujah! My eyes are still cloudy still, but only because I've been asleep for god knows when. Too bad for me it's foggy and I can only make out to fuzzy images of figures.
"Moan." I groan. The larger figure, obviously Joe, turns his head toward me and whispers,
"Matt, she's up." The other figure, who was impatiently rocking back and forth turns and makes its way slowly over to me. Of course it's Matt.
"M-m-Mya? Are you OK?" I can only moan. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm so glad…" He smiles weakly then puts his head in his hands. I look at him and smile. No voice from my mouth yet. "I'm so glad your OK." He hugs me carefully. When he lets go, I sit up and stretch.
"You were asleep for 3 days, Mya. You had us all very worried." Joe says as he moves closer to where Matt and I were sitting. I can see that he is very tired and needs some rest. In fact, Matt looks like he needs some rest, too. "Matt was…very considerate with watching you, and wouldn't let anyone bother you. He didn't go to sleep till late at night from watching you." I smile at Matt for he deserves it. "He even offered to over Tai, Mimi, Izzy, and Sora's shift."
"Whatever." He says, though I can see he doesn't mean only that.
"Well, you two, I'm going to sleep." Joe walks away to go lie down somewhere.
"So." I manage to say, "I'm important to you?"
"You heard that? You heard everything, didn't you?" I just smile and lie down to go back to sleep, I'm still tired ya know.
***
I'm awakened with a startled jolt. I open my eyes and let the brilliant sunlight shine in. A strange blue digimon looms above my face.
"Rise and shine, MYA!" It yells exposing its small, little, blunt teeth. I sit up and the little digimon hops onto my lap. It looks like a little light blue ball with big eyes and tinny tiny feet. It has small mouse ears and a jagged blue tail with a blue triangle on the tip of it. It has a medium mouth and small, rounded fangs.
"Daggdramon?" I mummer.
"Not quite. I'm her in-training form, Dordimon."
"Oh, I see." I really do get it, honest.
"How was your sleep?"
"Fine."
"Great." She jumps of my lap and waddles/runs away. I run my hand over the top of my head and feel my hat not there. My short black hair felt soft under my fingers. I sit up and Dordimon waddles back impatiently. I pick my hat up from behind me and put it on my head, my hair hanging out the back.
"Come on!" Dordimon yells and waddles of again. I stand up slowly, ever so slowly, and try to follow her. My legs feel unstable, but still useable. She is walking a lot faster then me so I fall behind.
"DORDIMON! Where'd you go?" I yell. No answer. I look around me for the first time in a long time, and see I'm in a big forest by a babbling brook. The sunlight penetrates the trees and the green grass is a nice change of pace. The trees stand tall and the brook talks endless nonsensical dribble. I over hear some laughing and look quickly to my left. Out of the trees shoot T.K. and Kari who jumps into my arms.
"Nice to see you, Mya." Kari says.
"Yeah, glad to see you up." I put her down and smile.
"Where is everybody?" I ask casually.
"Everybody's further down on the creek, to the left actually. Joe, Mimi, Tai, Sora, Izzy…"
"And Matt." Kari adds. Smart girl, does she know something?
"Come on, take me to them." The kids grab on of each of my hands and start to walk we to where they are. I look down at the brook. Its sparkling blue made me feel warm and cozy, almost like being at home.
"There the are!" I look up and see Sora and Mimi dipping their feet in the water, Tai throwing rocks in the stream, Izzy and Joe conversing at Izzy's computer, and Matt playing his harmonica. The digimon all romp around chasing each other, playing tag no doubt. What a perfect scene. I inhale letting the brisk air fill my lungs and sigh feeling ever so content. I walk over to the brook and sit Indian style next to Sora. She looks up at me and smiles a nice huge smile.
"Morning Mya." She says.
"Good Morning Sora, Good Morning Mimi."
"Hi Mya." Mimi says cheerfully. I yawn a big, satisfying yawn.
"So what have you all been up to?" I ask.
"Talking about things, you know guys and stuff." Sora says. Oh yeah! What's with her and Tai!?
"So, Mya, What's with you and Matt?" Mimi asks before I can spit out my question.
"Hey, I get to ask questions first, what up with you and Tai?" I ask Sora, "And you, Mimi, What's up with you and Joe?" Mimi opens her mouth, but Sora starts to talk.
"Well, we've know each other for a while, and I think he's cute. He's nice to me and he's the leader, it's a win-win situation."
"O.K." I say slowly and look toward Mimi.
"Well, Joe and I both seem to be the odd peas in the pod." Ghezze analogy. " I'm the pampered princess and he's the one to take things bit by bit. Yet, I just think he's kinda cute, Tehe."
"Now you Mya."
"Yeah, What's up."
"Well, Matt is…my friend. I met him a while ago in Tokyo. He seemed so alone so I made it a mission to crack him open. We kinda grew…close and I kinda solved my mission, a little more than I planed to. I mean, he grew on me and now, he's sort of a part of me. You saw how he acted while I was knocked out, I probably would have acted the same way if it was him. I would feel, incomplete. He's kind of like a…a…"
"Hey girls! Come over here!" A male voice yells. We all turn our heads to see Tai beckoning us. Sora stands up first and Mimi next. I stand up last and follow the rest of the group to where Tai was standing.
"What's going on?" Sora asks Tai.
"Nothing. Just the Digimon want to play tag with us."
"Yeah!" They yell.
"Who's it?" I ask, jumping up and down. Who would be hyper after 3 days of sleep?
"Tai!" Agumon yells and speeds of into the trees.
"Yeah! Tai!" Gabumon yells and follows.
What? Huh…Hey!" Tai says confused.
"Don't run to far! Tai, go count to 20!" I yell and start to run. Oh, Matt. He's still playing the harmonica! I run over to the tree he's leaning on and grab his wrist. Dordimon is waddling behind me so I pick her up. I start to run and pull Matt along. He's sort of dragging, but that's OK. As soon as I get in to the forest, I'll stop. I stop slowly and let Matt regain his stature. He sticks his harmonica in his pocket and his eyes open wide looking at me for an explanation.
"Oh, we're playing tag." I say, still hyper.
"OK." He says eyes still wide and eyebrows raised.
"Come on, get with it Matt!" I yell joyfully and punch him lightly in the arm.
"Ow." He says sarcastically, lowers his eyebrows, and basically returns this face to normal.
"Let's play!" I yell and run in a circle. He takes my shoulders and stops from running.
"Are you OK?" He asks.
"Just hyper, yep, hyper." I smile a huge smile and hug him.
"You are a very strange girl, you know that?"
"Yeah. Always have, always will be." I say and start to run, "Catch me if you can you slow poke!!" I dart away for him, Dordimon in arms and keep a steady pace. I hear his footsteps nearing behind me and I start to slow down a little.
" I'm gonna catch you!" he yells.
"No you're not!"
"Yes I am cause' here I come!" I feel his hand bearing down on my shoulder and try to wriggle free. He gets a grip on my shoulder and pulls me back. I fall to the ground in front of some bushes and he starts to laugh. "Got you."
"It's not that funny." I sit up and grin. The laugh starts to bubble and giggle a little, "OK, Matt, it wasn't that funny."
"I'm not laughing." I look around and the giggle seems to be coming from ahead of us, behind the bushes.
"Let's me nosy, shall we?" I say and peer slightly through the bushes. I see Sora and Tai sitting on a rock there and Sora's the one laughing.
"That's funny Tai." She says.
"Really?"
"Yeah, it was."
"That's good, it was meant to be."
"Of course it was, it was a joke." Sora takes Tai's hand, which is next to her. He smiles and she smiles.
"Let's find the rest of the people."
"This is our time to exit." I whisper to Matt as we slink of into the forest.
***
"What took you two so long didn't you hear us yell it's time to come out?" Tai yells at us. Hum, we must have taken the scenic route.
"No." I say.
"Well, come on, it's getting late." Sora says. I look at my digi-vice, it's only 7:00!! I feel, non-tired.
"It's only 7:00." I exclaim in astonishment.
"Well, it's not a bad time to head back to the camp." Tai and the others start to walk of leaving Dordimon and I behind. I sigh a long one and start to follow reluctantly. It's too early to head back to that stupid camp. I was having fun where I was. I look at the brook on more time and feel the same cozy feeling that I felt the first time that I saw it. Man, I wish I could go home. I've been here for a week and I get home sick. Ain't that a shame?
The group trudges alone making only the sound of their shuffling feet. I get annoyed with hearing the sound of feet so I decide to brake it. I start to stomp walk to a pattern that I just made up. Badum bop bop, Badum bop bop bop, Bops are one step, badums are 2. Matt turns his head to look at me and laughs. I laugh, too and we draw the attention of all the other walkers.
"Were almost there, can we keep walking." Tai commands. I suck my teeth and we start walking again. Man, I didn't know camp was so far away.
"Tai's a little high strung." I whisper to Matt and he nods in confirmation. Just then we reach the camp and I flop on the floor. I look at my digi-vice again, and it reads 7:17. Mimi sits a little ways from me and where most the kids have plopped. I yawn uncontrollably and lie down looking toward the sky. The sun was beginning to set and night crept in like a giant mouse. It gets dark early here. I hear footsteps coming my way and look up to see Matt coming to sit by me.
"What's everyone doin'?"
"Resting really."
"Oh, Tai's not complaining or ordering around anyone?" He laughs at the little joke.
"I like it when you make fun of Tai, now I'm not the only one." I smile at what he said and return to lying face up to the sky. The darkness now consumed a large portion of the sky.
"Does it always get dark like this?"
"Sometimes…"
"It seems so empty, except for the little stars in the sky. They seem to be the only things that light it up." Matt lies down to look up at the stars, also.
"Yeah, but their unfamiliar stars, alien if you will."
"They seem so lonely…" By this time the sky is dark and the others have made a small campfire.
"I see."
"They seem so alone, and kind of dim…"
"Mya, ever since you got here, the stars seem to shine brighter." Huh, I wasn't expecting that! OK, now I have to say something non-mushy, I hate mushy.
"And, Matt, you've made my life brighter." D'oh, why me. I said that, it came off my tongue? He wasn't expecting that. He looks over at me and I at him.
"Matt! Mya! Get over here!" We hear Sora yell. I sit up and Matt rises to his feet. He extends a hand to me and I take it and I'm lifted to my feet. We walk over to them and sit in the circle.
***
I look at my digi-vice to check the time, 11:23. I'm so glad Izzy let me use his computer for my shift. Oh, you don't know what's going on. I have to watch over the group while they sleep and look for bad guys. I'm the lookout if you will. I figured I would get bored, so I asked Izzy if I could use his computer will he slept. He said 'Sure, just don't go online.' I said OK. I guess he has some special businesses on line.
I open the computer and it boots up. I see the three pineapples and then the main screen. I could use word, play a digimon game, listen to mp3s…I'll use word. I see the fresh white screen, reminds me of my computer back at home. My head starts to play a song, like it usually does; I just don't talk about it. I start to type and here is what I type:
Sisqo's So SexualÓÔ, my version, dedicate to…that person knows who.
It gives me a chill every time I think; about the love we make, makes my heart sink. Deep into my soul, and everywhere I go, I'm always thinkin' of when we make love. Wanna go back to the day, when I touched you boy in every way. Gotta take the chance to hear you say I love you girl. Boy you rock my world. (cause I) I can't eat, can't sleep, you know that it's unnatural. Woah, woah. What you do to me, you know that it's so sexual, oh oh…
What's come over me, I never knew that love could be so addictive. Feeling sex so bad it makes my body weak. I can taste you even when you're not with me. Look what you've done to me! Wanna go back to the day, (oh baby, yeah) when I touched you boy in every way. Gotta take the chance to hear you say (hear you say), I love you girl. Boy you rock my world. (Cause I) I can't eat, can't sleep, you know that it's unnatural. Woah, woah. What you do to me, you know that it's so sexual, oh oh…elongated OH's,
Woo, baby. You are the only boy I wanna, share my world with, you are where I wanna be, everything I need!
I can't eat, can't sleep, you know that it's unnatural. (Unnatural, for a playa like me) Woah, woah. What you do to me, you know that it's so sexual, oh oh…X4.
"There," I start, "Now, I'm not that bored." I stretch my arms and yawn in tiredness. I check my digi-vice one more time, 11:25. I've got five more minutes before Matt takes over! I look at all the kids sleeping around a campfire, that I so nicely kept burning, quietly. The fire blazes and laps over the wood in an exotic dance that just captivates the eye. The tranquil hum of the computer hangs in the air as a brisk wind come and blows my shirt. My hair blows with the calm wind as I slump down, slightly pacified. Suddenly, I hear a crack in the forest and I swing my head out to that direction.
"Chill, Mya. It's just me." A voice says out the forest. Matt step out into the clearing that we are sleeping in.
"Oh, you scared me." I say.
"It's OK, go to sleep." I nod and go to lie down next to Mimi and Joe, their digimon tucked neatly under their arms. I lie down and close my eyes.
I start to drift off to sleep and my mind starts to wander. I'm so sleepy! YAWN. I'm so glad I'm going to sleep now. Oh shit! I forgot to turn off the computer…
"Hey, what's this?"
***
I awaken the next morning wiping the sleep crud from my eyes. YAWN!! I've been yawning a lot more ever since I got here. I blink my eyes a couple of times before letting the sunlight in. My eyes adjust nicely as I sit up and let the muscles in my back relax. I place my hands on my head, yet again feeling no hat. I turn my head to the right and see Dordimon tucked so neatly under the bucket hat. My hair now feels matted and coarse. I turn my head to the left, no Mimi. Where'd she go? I stand up quietly not to wake up any unsuspecting sleepy heads. I creep away from the sleepers and in to the forest. I hear a light hum and turn my head to see who but Mimi sitting on a log brushing her hair.
"Oh, Mimi, what are you doing up?"
"I couldn't sleep, besides the ground was too hard."
"Oh."
"Come her, Mya." She instructs. I walk over to her and sit on the log next to her. She puts a hand to my head and shakes hers. "This will never do. How do you expect Matt to like you?" If I could blush I would, but my skins to dark to do that. She takes her brush and starts to brush my hair. She at first runs into a lot of naps, tangles, knots, beady bees, what ever you want to call them. It gets smoother after a few minutes. She takes her hand and runs it through. She catches some naps, not too many though. She does it again and catches almost none. Then, she stops and starts to dig through her bag. She pulls out a scrunchy and puts my hair in a high ponytail. Then she slimes a small smile. "There, much better." I smile also in return for the favor.
"Thanks, Mimi."
"Don't mention it." She hops of the log and returns to the campsite. I remain on the log and yawn loudly. There I go with the yawning. I hear yet another shuffle in the forest and hop of the log.
"Who's there?" To my surprise it is my blond boo.
"It's me again." I turn my head to the side and raise on eyebrow.
"Why is it that whenever I'm alone or sitting somewhere, you pop out of the forest?" He shrugs his shoulders.
"Good timing?" In his hands are bunches of fruit and some twigs for the fire. I return my butt to the log and my face back to normal.
"Why are you out here, she asks as if she doesn't know."
"Collecting fruits and twigs, you?"
"Oh, um…I was getting my hair done, but now I'm resting." He sits next to me and puts the fruits down. He takes a good look at the back of my head then at my face.
"I knew something was different! It doesn't look like a crow's nest."
"Glad you noticed." I mumble.
"So, what's with the song?"
"Oh, that…It was…"
"Funny, I liked it. I can't eat can't sleep…"
"Ha, you've never even heard of Sisqo!"
"Sure I have, you know, that thong, th thong, thong thong!"
"Ha Ha! You are a nut case."
"You hungry?" He offers me a fruit that looks like a cantaloupe.
"Now that you mentioned it…" I grab the fruit from his hands and start to peel at the skin. It comes of slowly reviling the squishy, orange inside. I bite the inside and chew it.
"Nummy." I manage to say. He laughs a little and bites into something that looks like a mixture of an apple and a pear. We eat for a little while and then he speaks.
"Ya know, there's probably something out there worst than Piedmon."
"I don't doubt it." I say.
"I hope we're ready for it."
"I bet you we're more than ready." Oh, sounds like we're talking about something else.
"We almost got beat last bad guy."
"I'm not doing anything stupid like that again."
"I don't know…that was kinda heroic." Uh oh…he's stroking my vanity…(gheeze, more analogy.) What to do…ah, act dumbfounded…
"Really?"
"Yeah. I know neither Sora nor Mimi would do a thing like that."
"Really?"
"Of course. Sora would be too busy being around Tai somewhere and Mimi would think it was really stupid."
"Really?" This is starting to get repetitive.
"Yeah…are you OK?"
"Oh, yep, I'm fine…" Now I must say something smart, non-repetitive and to get me out of this situation…Then I do another stupid, outrageous, thing. "Thanks Matt." I say and kiss him, sweetly, on the cheek. Now he looks dumbfounded. He smiles as small smile and says
"I'm glad Sora's not here." I smile, too and start to get up. Before I can, though, I see Tai and Joe come in from the right.
"What's going on out here?" Tai asks. OK, now we are going to be inconspicuous…No one said anything. D'oh! "Somebody say something."
"We we're saying how there must be something worse then Piedmon out there."
"That's not for us to worry about now." Joe says.
"Come on let's go back to camp." Tai suggests. Matt picks up the fruit as Tai, Joe and I start back to camp. I turn my head back to him really quickly and watch him for one second. I never noticed this until now, he has a really cute ass.
End of Chapter 4
the song is something kind of cute, about the stars...but...YOU'VE BEEN WARNED...
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of hand. -Mother Teresa
Episode 4: Finally some rest
Mya
"It's all my fault. Damnit, she's not coming back!"
"Matt, calm down. Have faith."
"Look at her, the lifelessness!"
"Do you think she'll quit on you now?!"
"It's all my damn fault! It's…all my…fault… I didn't act quick enough." I hear great heaving sobs of in the distance. Really, everything is off in the distance. Words of comfort fill the air clouded with cries. They sound like male cries to me. "I could have done more!"
"You did what you could."
"It wasn't enough! You see she's dying!"
"She's still breathing, and her heart is still beating." I recognize that last voice anywhere; it's old reliable Joe, the certified doctor man!
"Joe, you don't get it! She's not a patient, she's…she's more than that." Oh, this is getting good. It kinda sucks that I can only hear, guess I'm not ready to get up.
"No need to…"
"I mean, she's important to me…"
"No need to explain." Joe says. Damn, just when it was getting good. OK, I'll try to open my eyes. The haze has lifted. Hallelujah! My eyes are still cloudy still, but only because I've been asleep for god knows when. Too bad for me it's foggy and I can only make out to fuzzy images of figures.
"Moan." I groan. The larger figure, obviously Joe, turns his head toward me and whispers,
"Matt, she's up." The other figure, who was impatiently rocking back and forth turns and makes its way slowly over to me. Of course it's Matt.
"M-m-Mya? Are you OK?" I can only moan. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm so glad…" He smiles weakly then puts his head in his hands. I look at him and smile. No voice from my mouth yet. "I'm so glad your OK." He hugs me carefully. When he lets go, I sit up and stretch.
"You were asleep for 3 days, Mya. You had us all very worried." Joe says as he moves closer to where Matt and I were sitting. I can see that he is very tired and needs some rest. In fact, Matt looks like he needs some rest, too. "Matt was…very considerate with watching you, and wouldn't let anyone bother you. He didn't go to sleep till late at night from watching you." I smile at Matt for he deserves it. "He even offered to over Tai, Mimi, Izzy, and Sora's shift."
"Whatever." He says, though I can see he doesn't mean only that.
"Well, you two, I'm going to sleep." Joe walks away to go lie down somewhere.
"So." I manage to say, "I'm important to you?"
"You heard that? You heard everything, didn't you?" I just smile and lie down to go back to sleep, I'm still tired ya know.
***
I'm awakened with a startled jolt. I open my eyes and let the brilliant sunlight shine in. A strange blue digimon looms above my face.
"Rise and shine, MYA!" It yells exposing its small, little, blunt teeth. I sit up and the little digimon hops onto my lap. It looks like a little light blue ball with big eyes and tinny tiny feet. It has small mouse ears and a jagged blue tail with a blue triangle on the tip of it. It has a medium mouth and small, rounded fangs.
"Daggdramon?" I mummer.
"Not quite. I'm her in-training form, Dordimon."
"Oh, I see." I really do get it, honest.
"How was your sleep?"
"Fine."
"Great." She jumps of my lap and waddles/runs away. I run my hand over the top of my head and feel my hat not there. My short black hair felt soft under my fingers. I sit up and Dordimon waddles back impatiently. I pick my hat up from behind me and put it on my head, my hair hanging out the back.
"Come on!" Dordimon yells and waddles of again. I stand up slowly, ever so slowly, and try to follow her. My legs feel unstable, but still useable. She is walking a lot faster then me so I fall behind.
"DORDIMON! Where'd you go?" I yell. No answer. I look around me for the first time in a long time, and see I'm in a big forest by a babbling brook. The sunlight penetrates the trees and the green grass is a nice change of pace. The trees stand tall and the brook talks endless nonsensical dribble. I over hear some laughing and look quickly to my left. Out of the trees shoot T.K. and Kari who jumps into my arms.
"Nice to see you, Mya." Kari says.
"Yeah, glad to see you up." I put her down and smile.
"Where is everybody?" I ask casually.
"Everybody's further down on the creek, to the left actually. Joe, Mimi, Tai, Sora, Izzy…"
"And Matt." Kari adds. Smart girl, does she know something?
"Come on, take me to them." The kids grab on of each of my hands and start to walk we to where they are. I look down at the brook. Its sparkling blue made me feel warm and cozy, almost like being at home.
"There the are!" I look up and see Sora and Mimi dipping their feet in the water, Tai throwing rocks in the stream, Izzy and Joe conversing at Izzy's computer, and Matt playing his harmonica. The digimon all romp around chasing each other, playing tag no doubt. What a perfect scene. I inhale letting the brisk air fill my lungs and sigh feeling ever so content. I walk over to the brook and sit Indian style next to Sora. She looks up at me and smiles a nice huge smile.
"Morning Mya." She says.
"Good Morning Sora, Good Morning Mimi."
"Hi Mya." Mimi says cheerfully. I yawn a big, satisfying yawn.
"So what have you all been up to?" I ask.
"Talking about things, you know guys and stuff." Sora says. Oh yeah! What's with her and Tai!?
"So, Mya, What's with you and Matt?" Mimi asks before I can spit out my question.
"Hey, I get to ask questions first, what up with you and Tai?" I ask Sora, "And you, Mimi, What's up with you and Joe?" Mimi opens her mouth, but Sora starts to talk.
"Well, we've know each other for a while, and I think he's cute. He's nice to me and he's the leader, it's a win-win situation."
"O.K." I say slowly and look toward Mimi.
"Well, Joe and I both seem to be the odd peas in the pod." Ghezze analogy. " I'm the pampered princess and he's the one to take things bit by bit. Yet, I just think he's kinda cute, Tehe."
"Now you Mya."
"Yeah, What's up."
"Well, Matt is…my friend. I met him a while ago in Tokyo. He seemed so alone so I made it a mission to crack him open. We kinda grew…close and I kinda solved my mission, a little more than I planed to. I mean, he grew on me and now, he's sort of a part of me. You saw how he acted while I was knocked out, I probably would have acted the same way if it was him. I would feel, incomplete. He's kind of like a…a…"
"Hey girls! Come over here!" A male voice yells. We all turn our heads to see Tai beckoning us. Sora stands up first and Mimi next. I stand up last and follow the rest of the group to where Tai was standing.
"What's going on?" Sora asks Tai.
"Nothing. Just the Digimon want to play tag with us."
"Yeah!" They yell.
"Who's it?" I ask, jumping up and down. Who would be hyper after 3 days of sleep?
"Tai!" Agumon yells and speeds of into the trees.
"Yeah! Tai!" Gabumon yells and follows.
What? Huh…Hey!" Tai says confused.
"Don't run to far! Tai, go count to 20!" I yell and start to run. Oh, Matt. He's still playing the harmonica! I run over to the tree he's leaning on and grab his wrist. Dordimon is waddling behind me so I pick her up. I start to run and pull Matt along. He's sort of dragging, but that's OK. As soon as I get in to the forest, I'll stop. I stop slowly and let Matt regain his stature. He sticks his harmonica in his pocket and his eyes open wide looking at me for an explanation.
"Oh, we're playing tag." I say, still hyper.
"OK." He says eyes still wide and eyebrows raised.
"Come on, get with it Matt!" I yell joyfully and punch him lightly in the arm.
"Ow." He says sarcastically, lowers his eyebrows, and basically returns this face to normal.
"Let's play!" I yell and run in a circle. He takes my shoulders and stops from running.
"Are you OK?" He asks.
"Just hyper, yep, hyper." I smile a huge smile and hug him.
"You are a very strange girl, you know that?"
"Yeah. Always have, always will be." I say and start to run, "Catch me if you can you slow poke!!" I dart away for him, Dordimon in arms and keep a steady pace. I hear his footsteps nearing behind me and I start to slow down a little.
" I'm gonna catch you!" he yells.
"No you're not!"
"Yes I am cause' here I come!" I feel his hand bearing down on my shoulder and try to wriggle free. He gets a grip on my shoulder and pulls me back. I fall to the ground in front of some bushes and he starts to laugh. "Got you."
"It's not that funny." I sit up and grin. The laugh starts to bubble and giggle a little, "OK, Matt, it wasn't that funny."
"I'm not laughing." I look around and the giggle seems to be coming from ahead of us, behind the bushes.
"Let's me nosy, shall we?" I say and peer slightly through the bushes. I see Sora and Tai sitting on a rock there and Sora's the one laughing.
"That's funny Tai." She says.
"Really?"
"Yeah, it was."
"That's good, it was meant to be."
"Of course it was, it was a joke." Sora takes Tai's hand, which is next to her. He smiles and she smiles.
"Let's find the rest of the people."
"This is our time to exit." I whisper to Matt as we slink of into the forest.
***
"What took you two so long didn't you hear us yell it's time to come out?" Tai yells at us. Hum, we must have taken the scenic route.
"No." I say.
"Well, come on, it's getting late." Sora says. I look at my digi-vice, it's only 7:00!! I feel, non-tired.
"It's only 7:00." I exclaim in astonishment.
"Well, it's not a bad time to head back to the camp." Tai and the others start to walk of leaving Dordimon and I behind. I sigh a long one and start to follow reluctantly. It's too early to head back to that stupid camp. I was having fun where I was. I look at the brook on more time and feel the same cozy feeling that I felt the first time that I saw it. Man, I wish I could go home. I've been here for a week and I get home sick. Ain't that a shame?
The group trudges alone making only the sound of their shuffling feet. I get annoyed with hearing the sound of feet so I decide to brake it. I start to stomp walk to a pattern that I just made up. Badum bop bop, Badum bop bop bop, Bops are one step, badums are 2. Matt turns his head to look at me and laughs. I laugh, too and we draw the attention of all the other walkers.
"Were almost there, can we keep walking." Tai commands. I suck my teeth and we start walking again. Man, I didn't know camp was so far away.
"Tai's a little high strung." I whisper to Matt and he nods in confirmation. Just then we reach the camp and I flop on the floor. I look at my digi-vice again, and it reads 7:17. Mimi sits a little ways from me and where most the kids have plopped. I yawn uncontrollably and lie down looking toward the sky. The sun was beginning to set and night crept in like a giant mouse. It gets dark early here. I hear footsteps coming my way and look up to see Matt coming to sit by me.
"What's everyone doin'?"
"Resting really."
"Oh, Tai's not complaining or ordering around anyone?" He laughs at the little joke.
"I like it when you make fun of Tai, now I'm not the only one." I smile at what he said and return to lying face up to the sky. The darkness now consumed a large portion of the sky.
"Does it always get dark like this?"
"Sometimes…"
"It seems so empty, except for the little stars in the sky. They seem to be the only things that light it up." Matt lies down to look up at the stars, also.
"Yeah, but their unfamiliar stars, alien if you will."
"They seem so lonely…" By this time the sky is dark and the others have made a small campfire.
"I see."
"They seem so alone, and kind of dim…"
"Mya, ever since you got here, the stars seem to shine brighter." Huh, I wasn't expecting that! OK, now I have to say something non-mushy, I hate mushy.
"And, Matt, you've made my life brighter." D'oh, why me. I said that, it came off my tongue? He wasn't expecting that. He looks over at me and I at him.
"Matt! Mya! Get over here!" We hear Sora yell. I sit up and Matt rises to his feet. He extends a hand to me and I take it and I'm lifted to my feet. We walk over to them and sit in the circle.
***
I look at my digi-vice to check the time, 11:23. I'm so glad Izzy let me use his computer for my shift. Oh, you don't know what's going on. I have to watch over the group while they sleep and look for bad guys. I'm the lookout if you will. I figured I would get bored, so I asked Izzy if I could use his computer will he slept. He said 'Sure, just don't go online.' I said OK. I guess he has some special businesses on line.
I open the computer and it boots up. I see the three pineapples and then the main screen. I could use word, play a digimon game, listen to mp3s…I'll use word. I see the fresh white screen, reminds me of my computer back at home. My head starts to play a song, like it usually does; I just don't talk about it. I start to type and here is what I type:
Sisqo's So SexualÓÔ, my version, dedicate to…that person knows who.
It gives me a chill every time I think; about the love we make, makes my heart sink. Deep into my soul, and everywhere I go, I'm always thinkin' of when we make love. Wanna go back to the day, when I touched you boy in every way. Gotta take the chance to hear you say I love you girl. Boy you rock my world. (cause I) I can't eat, can't sleep, you know that it's unnatural. Woah, woah. What you do to me, you know that it's so sexual, oh oh…
What's come over me, I never knew that love could be so addictive. Feeling sex so bad it makes my body weak. I can taste you even when you're not with me. Look what you've done to me! Wanna go back to the day, (oh baby, yeah) when I touched you boy in every way. Gotta take the chance to hear you say (hear you say), I love you girl. Boy you rock my world. (Cause I) I can't eat, can't sleep, you know that it's unnatural. Woah, woah. What you do to me, you know that it's so sexual, oh oh…elongated OH's,
Woo, baby. You are the only boy I wanna, share my world with, you are where I wanna be, everything I need!
I can't eat, can't sleep, you know that it's unnatural. (Unnatural, for a playa like me) Woah, woah. What you do to me, you know that it's so sexual, oh oh…X4.
"There," I start, "Now, I'm not that bored." I stretch my arms and yawn in tiredness. I check my digi-vice one more time, 11:25. I've got five more minutes before Matt takes over! I look at all the kids sleeping around a campfire, that I so nicely kept burning, quietly. The fire blazes and laps over the wood in an exotic dance that just captivates the eye. The tranquil hum of the computer hangs in the air as a brisk wind come and blows my shirt. My hair blows with the calm wind as I slump down, slightly pacified. Suddenly, I hear a crack in the forest and I swing my head out to that direction.
"Chill, Mya. It's just me." A voice says out the forest. Matt step out into the clearing that we are sleeping in.
"Oh, you scared me." I say.
"It's OK, go to sleep." I nod and go to lie down next to Mimi and Joe, their digimon tucked neatly under their arms. I lie down and close my eyes.
I start to drift off to sleep and my mind starts to wander. I'm so sleepy! YAWN. I'm so glad I'm going to sleep now. Oh shit! I forgot to turn off the computer…
"Hey, what's this?"
***
I awaken the next morning wiping the sleep crud from my eyes. YAWN!! I've been yawning a lot more ever since I got here. I blink my eyes a couple of times before letting the sunlight in. My eyes adjust nicely as I sit up and let the muscles in my back relax. I place my hands on my head, yet again feeling no hat. I turn my head to the right and see Dordimon tucked so neatly under the bucket hat. My hair now feels matted and coarse. I turn my head to the left, no Mimi. Where'd she go? I stand up quietly not to wake up any unsuspecting sleepy heads. I creep away from the sleepers and in to the forest. I hear a light hum and turn my head to see who but Mimi sitting on a log brushing her hair.
"Oh, Mimi, what are you doing up?"
"I couldn't sleep, besides the ground was too hard."
"Oh."
"Come her, Mya." She instructs. I walk over to her and sit on the log next to her. She puts a hand to my head and shakes hers. "This will never do. How do you expect Matt to like you?" If I could blush I would, but my skins to dark to do that. She takes her brush and starts to brush my hair. She at first runs into a lot of naps, tangles, knots, beady bees, what ever you want to call them. It gets smoother after a few minutes. She takes her hand and runs it through. She catches some naps, not too many though. She does it again and catches almost none. Then, she stops and starts to dig through her bag. She pulls out a scrunchy and puts my hair in a high ponytail. Then she slimes a small smile. "There, much better." I smile also in return for the favor.
"Thanks, Mimi."
"Don't mention it." She hops of the log and returns to the campsite. I remain on the log and yawn loudly. There I go with the yawning. I hear yet another shuffle in the forest and hop of the log.
"Who's there?" To my surprise it is my blond boo.
"It's me again." I turn my head to the side and raise on eyebrow.
"Why is it that whenever I'm alone or sitting somewhere, you pop out of the forest?" He shrugs his shoulders.
"Good timing?" In his hands are bunches of fruit and some twigs for the fire. I return my butt to the log and my face back to normal.
"Why are you out here, she asks as if she doesn't know."
"Collecting fruits and twigs, you?"
"Oh, um…I was getting my hair done, but now I'm resting." He sits next to me and puts the fruits down. He takes a good look at the back of my head then at my face.
"I knew something was different! It doesn't look like a crow's nest."
"Glad you noticed." I mumble.
"So, what's with the song?"
"Oh, that…It was…"
"Funny, I liked it. I can't eat can't sleep…"
"Ha, you've never even heard of Sisqo!"
"Sure I have, you know, that thong, th thong, thong thong!"
"Ha Ha! You are a nut case."
"You hungry?" He offers me a fruit that looks like a cantaloupe.
"Now that you mentioned it…" I grab the fruit from his hands and start to peel at the skin. It comes of slowly reviling the squishy, orange inside. I bite the inside and chew it.
"Nummy." I manage to say. He laughs a little and bites into something that looks like a mixture of an apple and a pear. We eat for a little while and then he speaks.
"Ya know, there's probably something out there worst than Piedmon."
"I don't doubt it." I say.
"I hope we're ready for it."
"I bet you we're more than ready." Oh, sounds like we're talking about something else.
"We almost got beat last bad guy."
"I'm not doing anything stupid like that again."
"I don't know…that was kinda heroic." Uh oh…he's stroking my vanity…(gheeze, more analogy.) What to do…ah, act dumbfounded…
"Really?"
"Yeah. I know neither Sora nor Mimi would do a thing like that."
"Really?"
"Of course. Sora would be too busy being around Tai somewhere and Mimi would think it was really stupid."
"Really?" This is starting to get repetitive.
"Yeah…are you OK?"
"Oh, yep, I'm fine…" Now I must say something smart, non-repetitive and to get me out of this situation…Then I do another stupid, outrageous, thing. "Thanks Matt." I say and kiss him, sweetly, on the cheek. Now he looks dumbfounded. He smiles as small smile and says
"I'm glad Sora's not here." I smile, too and start to get up. Before I can, though, I see Tai and Joe come in from the right.
"What's going on out here?" Tai asks. OK, now we are going to be inconspicuous…No one said anything. D'oh! "Somebody say something."
"We we're saying how there must be something worse then Piedmon out there."
"That's not for us to worry about now." Joe says.
"Come on let's go back to camp." Tai suggests. Matt picks up the fruit as Tai, Joe and I start back to camp. I turn my head back to him really quickly and watch him for one second. I never noticed this until now, he has a really cute ass.
End of Chapter 4
