Disclaimer – I may not own Digimon, but I do own this story. So that's something. I guess…

This Chapter of "Of Love and Scrunchies" is dedicated to Dreamer4 and Hopeful Writer, without whose constant encouragement and threats of grievous bodily harm to my person (well, from one of them anyway), this chapter would not have come into being. I hope you two and anyone else who reads enjoy it!

Chapter 2

Matt rushed to answer the doorbell, which had just rung. He was going to give Sora the best night of her life, and he loked through the peephole expecting to see Sora Takenouchi's smiling face and cheery brown eyes staring back at him. Instead, he saw the LAST person he wanted to see – Jun Motomiya.

"NO!" cried Matt, causing his little brother TK to bonk his head on the bottom of the table he was dusting under. "Not her! Not now! Not tonight!"

"Having second thoughts about the date, are we?" TK inquired in a rather annoyed tone while nursing the bruise on his head.

"No, no, it's Jun! Here, now! TK, you have to help me!" Matt said in a hushed yet hurried voice.

The younger brother frowned thoughtfully. "Jun? Sorry, Matt, but you're on your own. This is the sort of thing that a growing young man has to take care of for himself." TK said, doing his best impression of their mother's "Responsiblity Speech".

"Since when did you get all philosophical?" cried Matt, quickly reaching panic status. "Besides, haven't I been a perfect big brother to you?" he inquired desperately.

"Umm…no," said TK quickly.

Jun had started pounding on the door. "Maaaaaaaaaatt," she called. "I know you're in there! Come on out so we can go have some fun!"

"TK, please, I'm begging you. Get me out of this and I'll let you borrow my car for a week." Matt pleaded.

"Hmmm…," TK considered. "Well…OK, I'll help. But we have to act fast. Run back into the guest bedroom and hide. I'll take care of Jun."

"Oh, TK, thank you!" said Matt. "Good luck, squirt, but remember – she's ruthless."

"Just go," TK ordered, and with that went to answer the door

Jun Motomiya flew through the doorway and grabbed TK in a crushing hug as soon as the door opened. "Oh, Matt!" she cried. "I knew you couldn't resist little old me for too long!" she squealed with delight.

"Jun…not Matt…TK…crushing…me…" choked out TK as best he could in his oxygen-deprived state.

"Oh!" cried Jun, releasing TK. "Well then, where is my darling Matt?" she asked immediately.

"He's…at band rehearsal," said TK quickly.

"Yooooooooou're lyiiiiiiiiiiiing," said Jun in an unbelievably annoying singsong voice. "I can tell because you start blinking a lot. Just like your brother!" She began giggling uncontrollably. After she recovered, she shoved her way pat TK and made a beeline for the guest bedroom, employing that "homing sense" so often found in mothers and unwanted crushes. Upon entering, she yanked the covers off the bed to reveal the quivering Matt hidden underneath them.

"Oh…Jun…hi," said Matt with a horribly forced smile.

Jun removed her scrunchie and shook her hair out, grinning from ear to ear. "Well, I've got you now, right where I want you," she said, advancing on the trembling teen. "We're going to have such fun! We'll go to the mvoies, and then have a romantic dinner, and then maybe play some miniature golf…"

Matt cut her off, "Jun, you're a nice girl." He took a deep breath and hardened his resolve. "But I don't love you. I'm sorry, but I have…other plans tonight. I cannot go out with you."

The reaction Matt had feared most was clearly about to come to pass – the Motomiya meltdown. Tears welled up in Jun's eyes, and she ran out the door screaming "HE HATES ME! HE HATES ME!" and crying a deluge of tears.

TK frowned. "She's a pain," he said. "But I can't help feeling kinda sorry for her. Still, Matt, you did what had to be done, and I have to say I'm pretty impressed."

"Thanks, bro," said Matt. "And thanks for all of your help," Matt pulled his little brother into a big hug. Their tender moment of brotherly love was interrupted by another ring of the doorbell.

"It's Sora!" Matt exclaimed. "And my hair was ruined by hiding in this blasted bed!" he moaned. "I'll have to fix myself up with the hairbrush ere on the dresser. You let Sora in," Matt ordered.

TK rolled his eyes, but complied. He went to the door and opened it. His stomach immediately did a flipturn when he saw Sora. She was always beautiful, but tonight, she was nothing short of stunning. Sapphire earrings and an ivory white dress made Sora look like and angel. TK had never noticed these feelings before, and they almost scared him.

"Hi, TK," she said with a smile. Her smile is gorgeous, thought TK to himself.

"Good evening, Sora," he stammered. He longed to reach out and touch her, but she was here for Matt, and he knew it. "Matt…is in the guest bedroom. End of the hallway," TK said, pointing the way.

"Thanks, TK," said Sora with another smile. She walked into the room just as Matt was adjusting his tie. "Ready to go?" she inquired.

Matt jumped. "Sora! Hi! Um, yes, I'm ready. Let's go," he said quickly.

"What's this?" Sora asked, picking up Jun's scrunchie that had been left on the dresser.

"That?" asked Matt. "Oh, that's…"

"A scrunchie," Sora finished, her eyes narrowed in suspicion. "And it's not my scrunchie, Matt. Whose is it?"

"Jun's," he said quickly. "She was just here,"

"Davis' sister Jun?" asked Sora. Matt nodded, confirming Sora's worst fear. She had heard it when visiting Davis once. His sister was on the phone with one of her friends, and she had been talking about Matt. About how much she liked him, and how cute he was, and how much he liked her back. Sora had assumed she was crazy and dismissed it at the time, but now…

"Matt, how could you?" she asked, fighting back tears.

Matt blinked once, confused. "How could I what?" he asked.

"You JERK!" she cried. "You and that…that…she-devil!" she screamed. "You thought, 'Oh, Sora, silly Sora, she'll never find out' But now I have, Matt, I have." Sora was clearly seething.

Matt was beginning to get irked, too. "Sora, what are you talking about?" he asked hotly.

"AAAAAAAGGHHH!" she screamed. "You are impossible! You can't hide your little secret crush from me, Yamato Ishida. We…are…DONE!" she cried out forcefully.

Sora turned away, but Matt grabbed her by the hand. "Sora, I…"

SMACK!

Matt was face down on the floor in an instant, his face stinging. Sora ran out the door, her face buried in her hands. Quiet as a ghost, TK crept out after her.

A/N- Well, that's chapter 2. Hope you liked it! Reviews of all types greatly, greatly, appreciated. Chapter 3 coming…eventually.