Ohayo, and welcome to chapter 6 already!! Ohh I'm so happy that you guys like this, ne ho sorry last chapter was a little short but everything needs to fall into place or I'll get muddled! ^_^ Let's get on with it:
~*Cherry Li*~
~*Teen Dream*~
Mimi groaned as the bus drove the band back to Obadiah, after the huge party after the video that lasted until dawn. She had a huge headache, and just wanted to sleep it off, but Jyou being the grouch told them that they all had to get on the coach and head home before they even had a chance to sleep.
Sora was sleeping on one of the chairs, and Tai's head rested on the table as he snored slightly. Matt on the other hand was reading a magazine and was sitting next to Mimi on the sofa. They both hadn't talked since the shoot, since actors dragged them both away from each other to flirt with them. Matt sighed a little, he wanted to flirt with Mimi a little in the party, and maybe dance with her, but she was always with other guys and Matt then decided not to bother. Mimi looked at Matt at the corner of her eye, and decided to talk to him.
"So Matt, are you looking forward to the press release?" Mimi smiled and Matt looked up from his magazine.
"Yeah, my dad's gonna be there already as he is the editor of a tv news show, but my brother will probably be surprised more though once he finds out" Matt smiled to Mimi.
"You have a brother?" Mimi asked.
"Yeah, T.K, but he lives with my mum after my parents split" Matt sighed.
"Oh I'm sorry" Mimi quietly said.
"Yeah well, I still see him any time I can, but with this band and all I doubt I'll get to see him as much as I would like. But he does have a thing for Tai's sister, so he'll probably be hanging around with her any chance he gets so I doubt I'll see him any way!" Matt laughed a little.
"Oh Kari" Mimi said and Matt looked at her.
"You know Tai's sister?" Matt asked and Mimi nodded.
"I met her through my friend that you met outside my house, Yolie" Mimi smiled.
"Oh right, do I still have to act like the ice-cream guy in front of her?" Matt laughed
"Well you were the one who came up with it!" Mimi giggled
"Hey it's the only thing I could think of, I didn't see you try to explain" Matt said
"I couldn't think of anything, but thank you again for that, Yolie can usually tell when I'm lying and she'll only tell everyone if I told her" Mimi smiled and yawned slightly
"Tired?" Matt asked and Mimi nodded, as her eyes got heavy. Her head suddenly slumped forward and she started to fall asleep. Matt smiled at her as she slowly breathed and fell into a deep sleep, but to his surprise, her head slowly fell to the side and rested on his shoulder.
A blush crept up onto Matt's cheeks as he saw Mimi sleeping softly on his shoulder, he then smiled a little and wrapped an arm around her shoulder as she hugged into him more and slept for the rest of the journey.
~*~
Inside Obadiah high school, everyone was talking about the new band that was going to be unveiled tomorrow afternoon. Girls began to talk about the boys and how cute they thought they would be, and the guys talked about the song and the girls. Everyone wanted to be there yet only a few people 'by chance' got tickets to the press release as did the press (duh), a particular group though was envied the most, they all had tickets to the release.
"This is so exciting, I can't wait till tomorrow, I'm gonna be their biggest fan!" Yolie beamed.
"I know, I can't believe we all got tickets" Kari smiled
"Yeah, it's a little weird that we all have tickets when people would die for them" Tk said a little confused.
"I don't know how we got them, I didn't even send off for anything" Ken sighed
"Ken don't be a spoil sport, just be pleased you're going to the biggest event in Japan this year, I don't even know if Mimi's going" Yolie said
"Well I suppose she wouldn't want too, like my brother and Kari's, and also Ken's cousin after all they did get turned down" T.k said and Yolie nodded.
"Speaking of Mimi have you seen her recently Yolie, I haven't seen her around" Ken asked
"No, she's been home ill, must be all that ice cream she's been eating" Yolie said
"Ice cream?" Kari asked little confused.
"Yeah, though I think she likes this guy who works there, Yama, no Yamato Ishida, I think" Yolie said and T.k lifted his head.
"That's my brother, but he doesn't work in an ice cream stall" T.k said
"Mimi must be keeping something from you Yolie" Ken smiled and Yolie huffed.
"Well… I'll phone her tonight and demand she tells me, and also ask if she wants to come with us tomorrow, it might help" Yolie said
"Yeah ok" T.k smiled
"Hey Kari" a boy with reddish hair and goggles on his head smiled
"Oh hey Davis" Kari sighed.
"So… do you wanna go to the mall tomorrow with me?" Davis asked
"Well I can't I'm going to the press release of the new band with…"
"Me" T.k smiled and Davis gritted his teeth giving T.k a death glare, then stormed off.
"I've gotta go to that press release and impress Kari off that doofus T.c" Davis thought "And only one person I know wants to go to that thing more than anyone, Jun" Davis smiled.
~*~
Mimi stared at her pink ceiling as she lay on her fluffy pink bed. She had been home now for about a day or so, and because she was so tired Matt drove her home and helped her with her bags after she got off the coach. Her mind filled with images of the gorgeous golden haired crystal blue-eyed guy of her dreams, Mimi had never felt so happy and so frustrated all at the same time. She really liked Matt, but she never knew if he did, and the most frustrating thing of all, is that she might not be able to date Matt because of the band. Her only dream in the whole world was now turning against her and her dream guy. Mimi frustratedly hit her pillow; she couldn't believe how everything was going, one minute it was the best day of her life and the next it was turning out to be disappointing.
"Matt…" Mimi whispered and her phone then began to ring. She quickly jumped up and answered it.
"H… Hello?" Mimi answered
"Wow Mimi you're quick answering the phone considering you're sick" Yolie said
"Yolie… er… hi" Mimi mumbled "I'm feeling much better now though"
"Yeah I guessed that, so why didn't you tell me the truth" Yolie asked and Mimi's heart pounded.
"Er what truth?" Mimi laughed nervously
"You know what I'm talking about…" Yolie said
"Erm… I do?" Mimi said
"Yeah, you and T.k's brother Yamato" Yolie said, and Mimi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh Matt" Mimi said "Well er… we're just friends"
"Oh really then how come he told me that he worked at the ice cream stall, and only came to visit you because you left your purse?" Yolie asked and Mimi bit her bottom lip trying to think of an excuse
"Well you see… Matt works…with… my dad and Tk doesn't know because… he wanted it to be kept a secret and came here to give me something from work for my dad." Mimi said
"Why a secret from his brother and tell me a story like he did?" Yolie asked
"Well he knew that you know Tk and he didn't want you to tell him, that's why" Mimi said.
"Oh right, well I was kinda hopin' you and him were an item, but if he's working with your dad you can still flirt with him and who knows!" Yolie smiled
"Er… yeah, I'll do that" Mimi smiled nervously.
"So anyway do you want to come with us to the press release tomorrow, you never know the guys might be hot" Yolie smiled
"Well I… might see you there" Mimi said
"Oh ok then, see you tomorrow, maybe" Yolie said
"Yeah, bye" Mimi finished then hung up on her. "Phew she nearly caught me" Mimi sighed then flopped onto her bed "But she will definitely see me tomorrow, and boy will she be surprised who's singing with me" Mimi smiled then went off to sleep with Matt still in her thoughts.
~*~
Matt looked up at his father as he walked into their apartment Matt took a deep breath in; as he knew his dad would ask him about the 'trip' as he hadn't been home since Matt left him. He went to a meeting somewhere in Japan.
"So Matt how was the trip?" Matt's dad asked
"Ok I guess, nothing big" Matt mumbled as he watched tv.
"So did you go with Mimi?" a voice asked and made Matt bolt up and turn around
"Tk?" Matt said
"Yeah, I thought I'd come and see how your trip went and also I was invited to go to the press release of that new band" Tk mumbled the last part.
"Right" Matt said
"So did you go with Mimi?" Tk asked as he sat next to his brother.
"How do you know Mimi?" Matt asked
"Ahhh so you did" Tk smiled
"She was there, but… I … never talked to her" Matt nervously said.
"Riiigghht. Yolie told me you went round there and told her a story about you working in the ice cream stall" Tk said and Matt froze.
"I…I.. did?" Matt said
"Yeah, but you don't work" Tk smiled
"I was… fixing her car after she broke down near her house, she seemed… erm… desperate, and didn't want anyone to fin out… cos her dad would kill her. Any way shouldn't you be swooning around Tai's sister Kari" Matt quickly changed the subject.
"How do you know about Tai and his sister?" Tk asked and Matt sweat-dropped
"Er, well"
"Now Tk stop pestering your brother he's just got home and I don't think he needs you asking him all these questions" Matt's dad stepped in, to Matt's relief.
"Yeah all right dad, so Matt do you wanna come with us tomorrow?" Tk asked
"I might see you there" Matt said with a slight smile "Oh yeah, I'll definitely see you there and a certain girl too" Matt thought with a smile.
~*~
"JUN! JUN WHERE ARE YOU?" Davis called as he ran around his apartment.
"Hey runt, what do you want?" a girl with red spikey hair popped from out of her room.
"Are you going to that press release of the new band?" Davis questioned her.
"YOU KNOW I CAN'T" she yelled "I haven't got a ticket"
Davis then produced two tickets from his pocket and swung them infront of her.
"Give them to me!!" Jun cried running to him.
"Not until you promise me something" Davis smiled
"What?" Jun asked frantically
"That I go with you" Davis said
"Why?" Jun asked
"Well 'cos you can get all the way to the front 'cos you're bossier than me, and that's where Kari is gonna be" Davis smiled
"Oh it's always her, geez I don't know what you see in her, but yeah fine, as long as I can see the hot guys in this new band I don't care!" Jun cheered "But hey, how did you get those tickets?" Jun asked.
"Oh I beat up a kid and offered him money for them, he won them off the radio" Davis said.
"Ok then" Jun smiled and made a dash into her room wanting to phone up all her friends about tomorrow.
"I'll show that T.c that I'm important too" Davis smiled
~*~
Mimi snuck out of her house early, to avoid her parents, who would only ask her if she wanted to go with them to the press release. For god's sakes she was going, she was in the damn band!! Mimi wanted to scream out but it would only ruin the surprise and she so wanted to see the faces of her family and friends once the band was revealed this afternoon.
Mimi drove to the studio where Jyou told her and the others to meet him for a sound check and positioning of all of them on the stage. She hated Jyou when he was in a 'I'm gonna get you up as early as I can just for the fun of it' mood, it always ended up being very tiring and Jyou turning up early and going on about how late they were. It was so true what Izzy had called Jyou; he is a down to the core perfectionist, while Izzy is just pleased on how everything is running smoothly.
"Only 6 hours until we perform" Mimi smiled excitedly as she looked at her dusty pink watch. "And 6 hours with Matt" her mind then added, and Mimi sighed. All she had been thinking about was Matt, how great he looked every day and how clear his crystal blue eyes were. Everything about him made Mimi shiver, it was turning into a problem that Mimi had to solve, and the only way Mimi knew how to solve a problem was to splash her million dollar smiles at any one and dress to impress making sure that the 'problem' (matt) would notice her instead of the other way round.
Mimi parked her car around the back and skipped into the studio making sure that her; hair, make-up, hipsters and gypsy top was perfect before she casually walked into the studio, again fashionably late!
"Mimi, why are you always late, do you own a watch?" Jyou asked with a hint of anger.
"Yep of course" Mimi smiled and flashed him her watch. Matt smiled at her as she walked nearer to the band. Her plan was definitely working.
"Hey guys" Mimi smiled
"Hey Meems" they all replied back
"All ready for this afternoon?" Sora asked
"Yeah although I'm so nervous, I just think that I won't be able to sing and sound crap in front of all those people and my friends!" Mimi sighed.
"Hey don't worry Mimi, I'm with you at the front so we'll be there for each other ok?" Matt smiled. Those words then struck Mimi hard, the way he smiled as he said it and the words he chose made Mimi's heart pound faster then plan was turning around.
"Th… thanks" Mimi then mumbled and took a microphone.
"Right gang, this is the day that will make you stars, we'll do a sound check and you will be positioned with Mimi and Matt in the front side by side, and Sora beside Matt but slightly behind and Tai you will be the same but to the side of Mimi" Izzy smiled and the band nodded.
"Also you will be dressed all in white to continue the 'dream' thing that Katana came up with. You will also be singing and playing your instruments live and the video will be playing behind you, ok?" Jyou said
"Yeah I guess" Tai shrugged
"Good, now in just a few hours Teen Dream will become Japan's hottest new band, enjoy it!" Izzy smiled.
~*~
"Is this the place?" Tk asked the rest of his friends
"Yep" Yolie answered, "Though it looks like Mimi isn't coming"
"Matt decided that he might pop in later, but I don't blame him, it's not exactly what you want to see when you got turned down is it?" TK answered.
"Yeah I suppose we shouldn't of asked them to come, Sora just burst into tears and ran off when I asked her, but aunty said that she would try and make it and take pictures for her" Ken said.
"Yeah Tai just walked away when I asked him and said that he will be doing better things than watching it" Kari sighed and she then jumped a little when she was tapped on the shoulder.
"Davis? What are you doing here?" Kari asked
"Yeah you didn't get an invite" TK said
"Actually TC, I did along with my sister, not only you is as important as I am" Davis smiled and the others looked at each other.
"C'mon lets get to the front so we can see the band better!" Yolie smiled and grabbed Ken's hand, and TK quickly followed suit with Kari, which frustrated Davis even more.
Soon the whole small outside concert was packed full of news correspondents and lucky people who had tickets. The bands' parents were told to sit at the front along with Yolie, Kari, Ken and TK.
"This is so exciting too bad Mimi couldn't make it" Mimi's mum sighed
"Yeah Sora decided she didn't want to come either" Sora's mum replied to the others.
Yolie, Ken, TK, and Kari then looked at each other confused but before they could say anything, Jyou walked onto the stage with a mic.
~*~
Mimi breathed out deeply as she stood on a trap door that would lift her onto the stage in a puff of smoke, the others were on trap doors as well but Mimi couldn't see their reaction but she guessed that they would all be nervous as she.
"This is it Mimi your dream is coming true, show them what you are made of!" Mimi's mind cried. Mimi then adjusted her off-the-shoulder white short dress, which was similar to Sora's, and the lad's were wearing white pants and a half buttoned shirt, and then listened for the bands' cue.
~*~
"Welcome everyone, to the launch of Japan's hottest new girl/boy band!" Jyou called over the mic, and hundreds of screams echoed through the place as Jyou then continued in front of a white clear-ish background. "In just a moment you will hear the first performance of the bands debut single first, and also see the video. Then after that the band will talk to you guys, introducing themselves and sign autographs!" Jyou smiled then looked to the side of him and a nod was given to him by Izzy.
"And now the moment you've all been waiting for…' Jyou started as he began to walk of the stage as shadow-y figures came from the ground behind the white background and stood still in a pose, and the screams mounted. "HERE IS TEEN DREAM!" Jyou shouted and the white background lifted, with sparks coming from the ground infront of the band.
Ken, Yolie, TK, and Kari and the bands' parents gasped as they saw who stood on the stage.
"MIMI?!"
"MATT?!"
"TAI?!"
"SORA?!"
~*~
A.N.
Ohh aren't I cruel?! ^_^ I'm sorry but cliff hangers make you review and I love reviews, any ho, find out how it all goes and what do everyone think and say of the band, especially TK, Kari, Yolie and Ken. And what lies in store for them next??? You know the drill review and I'll tell you!! ^_^ Ja ne
