Here goes. ;)
Remember…please suggest couplings that maybe I can fit in here one way or another. I want to make this as enjoyable for you guys as possible.
I changed the story title and the summary to be more appropriate. Sorry…that was the last change I promise ^^:
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b iTime Of My Life…/b
Chapter 4; It's Not What It Seems!
/i
By: Lavender Passion.
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Matt slowly appears at the doorway of T.K's room, just in time to see T.K hang up the phone, but too late to hear anything else. He quirks a brow. "Who was that, Teeks?" He asks gently.
"Um…Yolei. She wanted to know what page the math homework was on." T.K said, looking to the Math text on his desk. Matt nods.
"Alright then. Hurry up Bro…they wanna leave."
"I'll be there in a second."
With that, Matt walks out of the room. T.K smiles. His brother had always pulled through for him, now this was his chance to pull through for his brother. A bunch of thoughts ran through the young blonde's mind as he grabbed his jacket from the hanger on the door.
'Hm…' He thought. 'I wonder if anything will probably happen between those two.' T.K begins to search his desk drawer for his house key, just in case Matt lost his again. 'It's so hard to read Matt's feelings now-a-days…He's more compassionate toward people in general. Before Mimi left he would be cold to everyone but Kari, Tai, Mimi, and I. So how am I supposed to know if he cares about her more than a friend?' He asks himself. Closing the door, he was startled as he turns around to meet Cerulean pools of blue that matched his own. "Ah! …Jesus Matt…"
"Sorry…you ready?"
T.K gave a simple nod and closed the door to his room.
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Meanwhile;
Kari Kamiya ran quickly into the room of her brother, pouncing on him. "Taaaaichii!!!" She
whines. Tai falls back onto his bed and catches her in his arms.
"Whaaat Kaaari?"
"When are they going to be here?"
Tai just sweat dropped at the 15 year old. "Kari…I just called him." It'd been 5 years since Mimi left, and Matt and T.K weren't the only ones that did some growing up. Tai was less quick to have a temper with Matt, but probably for the sole reason that Matt wasn't so defensive anymore. Though Tai and Kari still had both of their parents, and very loving ones at that, he tried to help Matt in any way possible. In some ways Matt'd rub off on Tai, causing the brunette to have more self confidence and respect. He was the only one that knew a lot of things about Matt…
For example, Tai was the only one that knew that the last words to Matt from his mother were a simple, "Thank you my son…". And that's what caused all the ice to melt off Yamato's heart. It made Tai not only proud of his best friend, but closer. Being closer to Matt, helped him realize that there was more to life than soccer, and that he had it pretty damned easy. Sympathy for Matt grew, as Matt was forced to grow up faster than he was supposed to. And Tai finally had somebody to look up to as a best friend. You name it, Matt's probably been through it.
Kari just stared at her brother for a minute, seeing him lost in thought. She frowns. "Taichi…cheer up." She gets up off of Tai, and offers a hand to help him up. He just shakes his head and she pulls her hand away.
"Don't feel like moving…"
Kari lets out an antagonizing sigh, closing her eyes to avoid her brothers helpless look. He lays his head back on the carpet, folding his hands over his stomach. Kari finally says something.
"…Tai?"
"Yeah?"
"You're worse than a woman with PMS."
Tai picks his head right up and shoots her a glare. "Hey! That's not very nice!"
"Honestly! What man do you know that just sits around feeling sorry for his best friend? Matt's a big boy." Kari kneels down to put a hand on his shoulder. He sits up, Indian style. "He can take care of himself."
"Kari…I can't help it…I'm not feeling sorry for him…I'm actually feeling what he feels." Kari quirks a brow. "-and it's weird…whenever Matt's hurting inside I feel it…almost as if I were empathetic…"
Kari jerks back a little. "Y-you're not serious right?"
"I'm 100 percent serious." Tai sighs. He pauses to think again. It had been a normal day and Kari and Tai were taking a walk in the park. All of a sudden Tai felt a jolt of pain from his heart, all along his arm to his wrist. Later that night, Matt had showed up at his door, hysterically crying. They'd taken T.K away from him temporarily, and his parents got into an accident that they didn't survive. It was ever since that day, a force has connected Tai's emotions to Matt.
"T-Tai…does anybody know?"
Tai shook his head. "Matt would worry too much now-a-days…and Mimi…" His eyes turn somber. He quickly changes the subject of her. "-It's kind of scary…I don't know what's causing this…" He shuts his eyes tight.
"How long has this been going on?"
"Since that day in the park…the day that Matt found out his parents died…"
Kari gasps. She opens her mouth to speak. "So that's why you-"
"Please don't tell anybody Kari." He cuts her off.
"B-But, Tai…the doctors said that you could have died that day!" Tai glares at her. She gives in a sigh of reluctant loss. "Alright Tai, but if anything happens…I'm saying something."
Kari was still the same caring person as she'd always been. Hearing T.K talk so highly of Matt, made her realize all over again that she was lucky enough to have a brother that was willing to do the same for her too, though she knew that day would probably never have to come. Kari swallows hard as Tai looks her in the eye. Muttering a slightly inaudible "Thanks.." Tai gets up off of the floor, leaving a hurt-looking Kari behind. She shakes her head.
"You're still stubborn!"
Upon hearing this, Tai looks back at her. He was about to say something when he hears the doorbell ring. It slightly scares him but remembered it was just Matt. Letting out a sigh of relief, he goes and opens the door. Sure enough he sees Matt standing there with T.K by his side. He was twirling his car keys around his finger.
"Hey Man." He greets with his usual smile. Taichi couldn't help but give a toothy grin.
"Hey Yammers!"
Matt's smile immediately faded. Matt opened his mouth to protest, but before he could, Tai walked right past him with Kari following. She closes the door behind them. Giggling at her brothers nickname, she curtsies jokingly to T.K.
Matt shakes his head, opening his mouth again. Tai cuts him off once more.
"So where are we goin'?"
"The Frigate." Yamato said, suddenly grinning uncontrollably.
"Ah! Too much flavor choices, there."
"Not a bad thing!"
They both laugh simultaneously. They wait for Kari to finish locking the door, and start down the stairs of the apartment building. Which wasn't too long of a walk because it was only 3 small flights.
Kari rolls her eyes playfully. T.K grabs her by the arm, gently, pulling her behind their brothers.
"Kari.." he whispers. "I need you to do me a favor."
Kari relaxes her tense muscles and smiles. "Anything T.K, what can I do for you?"
"Tell Tai that I need him to pick Mimi up from the airport. - I'll call him with the details later and-" He whispered extra-low. He notices Kari's eyes widen. She looked like she was about to scream at the top of her lungs in excitement. T.K quickly covers the young girls mouth.
"Shh!" He lectures, pointing his free finger at her. "Mimi wants to surprise Matt."
Kari, relaxing once again. "I-Mimi…when did you-!?" She lowers her voice.
Tai cocks a brow, looking back at the two, giving T.K no time to answer her. "What are you guys whispering over there?"
They reach the bottom of the steps to go out the door and approach Matt's Cerulean Blue convertible. He unlocks the doors.
"Who knows?" Matt starts, clearing out the backseat for Kari to sit in. "Leave the lovebirds to looove."
T.K smiles uncontrollably. Usually he would be blushing at this sort of thing, but just wait until Matt was the one that needed to blush when he sees Mimi!
Tai looks at Matt disbelievingly. "Uh ah! She ain't lovin' nothin'! She's only 15!" Matt just laughs deviously. He almost looked Triumphant and confident that Tai's protectiveness was caused by Matt.
"Taaichi!" Kari shakes her head.
"We're friends!" They both said at the same time.
"And that's all we'll ever be." T.K finishes.
"Sure…whatever squirts. Hop in the car!" Matt said, putting the car seat all the way up, making way for the two younger teens. Once T.K is in, he pushes the seat back again and gets in it. Kari gets in Tai's side, and Tai does the same.
"Okay boys and girls…" Matt starts, acting as if he were a pilot. "This is your driver speaking! Keep your hands and arms inside the car at all times and-"
"Okay, Okay Yama! I want ice cream!" T.K whines.
Yamato just pulls his seatbelt over his body and fastens it. "Holy Sh'mangos! I'm gettin' there!" He starts driving the car down the road to the Ice Cream Parlor.
"Sh'mangos?" Tai looks to Matt, while his hands reach in the glove box to take out Matt's C.D binder.
Matt just sits back and drives.
T.K rolls his eyes. "Tai, you should know Matt doesn't curse by now."
Kari leans over the seat to watch her brother flip through the C.D's. There's a moment of silence in the car, Tai silently flips through the C.D's. Kari couldn't help but think about seeing Mimi again. She suddenly spots an entirely pink C.D in the binder, and it snaps her out of her thoughts. "Tai…go back one."
"Back?" Tai looks at his sister as he flips back. She pulls out the all-pink C.D.
"Pink C.D?"
Kari leans back and reads the label. Matt see's this through the rear-view but doesn't take his eyes off the road, casually.
"Yama-Senpai…" Kari reads off the C.D. She gives a questioning glance to T.K.
T.K more than willingly explains. He was the only one that saw the C.D so far and it was made specially to Matt from Mimi. "It's a disk that Mimi made Matt." He looks to Matt. "She gave it to him right before she left. She sings the Lyrics herself!" Matt lets out a sigh. "Why don't you play it for them bro?"
Not giving Matt time to answer, Tai takes the C.D out of T.K's hands. "Come on Matt…you can trust us." He says to his best friends uneasy face. Matt seemed to relax at Tai's words as the brunette popped the disk into the player. The slow beat music started and a tear slowly drips down Matt's somber face. Mimi's voice came out of the speakers soon after.
iWhen I think of what I've been through
I can see that you've always been there for me
To tell the truth. Don't know what I'd do
Without you half of my dreams would not come true
/i
Tai listens the sweet sound of Mimi's voice. In the song you could really tell that she was pouring her heart out to Matt.
iYou are the one that I have hoped for,
Now my life, means so much more
Now we can be together forever
Just you and me
Here for you…You here for me
/i
Matt lets a few more tears fall, remembering Mimi. They used to sing together all the time. Weather it be a duet for Chorus, or in her garage in their free time…they sung with their hearts and no matter what, it was always for each other somehow. He missed the times…and to think that they might never be shared again, brought a reluctant look to his eyes.
iIt was you who showed me I got a friend in you. I always knew that you'd be right here for me. And it was you who stood with me when the skies are blue. And it was you who stood by my side. It was you./i
T.K couldn't take the smile of his face. Though he felt guilty that Matt had no clue, he couldn't help but think about the bigger picture when the two friends would finally be joint at the hip once again. And that was something he was sure of. He'd always admired Matt and Mimi's friendship.
i
Since the day you came in my life I knew then that you'd be someone right by my side. Then you prove you're a friend to me. With my heart forever you will always be.
You are the one that I have hoped for. Now my life means so much more Now we can be together forever. Just you and me there for each other/i
Kari sighs dreamily. She had a sweetheart of her own that this song made her remember. Wallice. The sweet gentle blond wasn't that often on her mind, but it was times like this when she wanted him to visit.
iIt was you who's always right by my side. I just can't do it; you helped me through it. We're friends forever, like best friends should be. You'll always be a special part of me.
It was you who showed me I got a friend in you. I always knew that you'd be right here for me And it was you who stood with me when the skies are blue. And it was you who stood by my side. It was you
It was you showed me all I've got and I always knew that you'd be right there. And it was you stood by feeling skies were blue. And it was you I knew that I could count on.
It was you who showed me I got a friend in you. I always knew that you'd be right here for me. And it was you who stood with me when the skies are blue. And it was you who stood by my side. It was you.
You are a friend to me, it was you. /i
The song ended and Matt parked the car. To his advantage it didn't give anybody enough time to comment. He wasn't in a mood to hear. 'Awe's.' Everybody to his surprise, kept silent. He ejected the C.D out of the player and took the case from Tai. He put the vibrant disk back into the slot. Opening the car door, he notices everybody had sympathetic eyes staring at him in awe. "Let's go guys…" He whispers soft but loud enough so the others can hear. He walks to the door of the ice cream parlor, trusting that the others were right behind them.
Kari, Tai, and T.K get out of the car. Letting Tai walk ahead of them, they exchange glances, smiling once more.
"Matt is going to love this, T.K!"
"I know."
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The song was Ashley Ballard & So Plush; It Was You. It's a wonderful song about two friends and it's very well done ^_^
Remember…please suggest couplings that maybe I can fit in here one way or another. I want to make this as enjoyable for you guys as possible.
I changed the story title and the summary to be more appropriate. Sorry…that was the last change I promise ^^:
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b iTime Of My Life…/b
Chapter 4; It's Not What It Seems!
/i
By: Lavender Passion.
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Matt slowly appears at the doorway of T.K's room, just in time to see T.K hang up the phone, but too late to hear anything else. He quirks a brow. "Who was that, Teeks?" He asks gently.
"Um…Yolei. She wanted to know what page the math homework was on." T.K said, looking to the Math text on his desk. Matt nods.
"Alright then. Hurry up Bro…they wanna leave."
"I'll be there in a second."
With that, Matt walks out of the room. T.K smiles. His brother had always pulled through for him, now this was his chance to pull through for his brother. A bunch of thoughts ran through the young blonde's mind as he grabbed his jacket from the hanger on the door.
'Hm…' He thought. 'I wonder if anything will probably happen between those two.' T.K begins to search his desk drawer for his house key, just in case Matt lost his again. 'It's so hard to read Matt's feelings now-a-days…He's more compassionate toward people in general. Before Mimi left he would be cold to everyone but Kari, Tai, Mimi, and I. So how am I supposed to know if he cares about her more than a friend?' He asks himself. Closing the door, he was startled as he turns around to meet Cerulean pools of blue that matched his own. "Ah! …Jesus Matt…"
"Sorry…you ready?"
T.K gave a simple nod and closed the door to his room.
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Meanwhile;
Kari Kamiya ran quickly into the room of her brother, pouncing on him. "Taaaaichii!!!" She
whines. Tai falls back onto his bed and catches her in his arms.
"Whaaat Kaaari?"
"When are they going to be here?"
Tai just sweat dropped at the 15 year old. "Kari…I just called him." It'd been 5 years since Mimi left, and Matt and T.K weren't the only ones that did some growing up. Tai was less quick to have a temper with Matt, but probably for the sole reason that Matt wasn't so defensive anymore. Though Tai and Kari still had both of their parents, and very loving ones at that, he tried to help Matt in any way possible. In some ways Matt'd rub off on Tai, causing the brunette to have more self confidence and respect. He was the only one that knew a lot of things about Matt…
For example, Tai was the only one that knew that the last words to Matt from his mother were a simple, "Thank you my son…". And that's what caused all the ice to melt off Yamato's heart. It made Tai not only proud of his best friend, but closer. Being closer to Matt, helped him realize that there was more to life than soccer, and that he had it pretty damned easy. Sympathy for Matt grew, as Matt was forced to grow up faster than he was supposed to. And Tai finally had somebody to look up to as a best friend. You name it, Matt's probably been through it.
Kari just stared at her brother for a minute, seeing him lost in thought. She frowns. "Taichi…cheer up." She gets up off of Tai, and offers a hand to help him up. He just shakes his head and she pulls her hand away.
"Don't feel like moving…"
Kari lets out an antagonizing sigh, closing her eyes to avoid her brothers helpless look. He lays his head back on the carpet, folding his hands over his stomach. Kari finally says something.
"…Tai?"
"Yeah?"
"You're worse than a woman with PMS."
Tai picks his head right up and shoots her a glare. "Hey! That's not very nice!"
"Honestly! What man do you know that just sits around feeling sorry for his best friend? Matt's a big boy." Kari kneels down to put a hand on his shoulder. He sits up, Indian style. "He can take care of himself."
"Kari…I can't help it…I'm not feeling sorry for him…I'm actually feeling what he feels." Kari quirks a brow. "-and it's weird…whenever Matt's hurting inside I feel it…almost as if I were empathetic…"
Kari jerks back a little. "Y-you're not serious right?"
"I'm 100 percent serious." Tai sighs. He pauses to think again. It had been a normal day and Kari and Tai were taking a walk in the park. All of a sudden Tai felt a jolt of pain from his heart, all along his arm to his wrist. Later that night, Matt had showed up at his door, hysterically crying. They'd taken T.K away from him temporarily, and his parents got into an accident that they didn't survive. It was ever since that day, a force has connected Tai's emotions to Matt.
"T-Tai…does anybody know?"
Tai shook his head. "Matt would worry too much now-a-days…and Mimi…" His eyes turn somber. He quickly changes the subject of her. "-It's kind of scary…I don't know what's causing this…" He shuts his eyes tight.
"How long has this been going on?"
"Since that day in the park…the day that Matt found out his parents died…"
Kari gasps. She opens her mouth to speak. "So that's why you-"
"Please don't tell anybody Kari." He cuts her off.
"B-But, Tai…the doctors said that you could have died that day!" Tai glares at her. She gives in a sigh of reluctant loss. "Alright Tai, but if anything happens…I'm saying something."
Kari was still the same caring person as she'd always been. Hearing T.K talk so highly of Matt, made her realize all over again that she was lucky enough to have a brother that was willing to do the same for her too, though she knew that day would probably never have to come. Kari swallows hard as Tai looks her in the eye. Muttering a slightly inaudible "Thanks.." Tai gets up off of the floor, leaving a hurt-looking Kari behind. She shakes her head.
"You're still stubborn!"
Upon hearing this, Tai looks back at her. He was about to say something when he hears the doorbell ring. It slightly scares him but remembered it was just Matt. Letting out a sigh of relief, he goes and opens the door. Sure enough he sees Matt standing there with T.K by his side. He was twirling his car keys around his finger.
"Hey Man." He greets with his usual smile. Taichi couldn't help but give a toothy grin.
"Hey Yammers!"
Matt's smile immediately faded. Matt opened his mouth to protest, but before he could, Tai walked right past him with Kari following. She closes the door behind them. Giggling at her brothers nickname, she curtsies jokingly to T.K.
Matt shakes his head, opening his mouth again. Tai cuts him off once more.
"So where are we goin'?"
"The Frigate." Yamato said, suddenly grinning uncontrollably.
"Ah! Too much flavor choices, there."
"Not a bad thing!"
They both laugh simultaneously. They wait for Kari to finish locking the door, and start down the stairs of the apartment building. Which wasn't too long of a walk because it was only 3 small flights.
Kari rolls her eyes playfully. T.K grabs her by the arm, gently, pulling her behind their brothers.
"Kari.." he whispers. "I need you to do me a favor."
Kari relaxes her tense muscles and smiles. "Anything T.K, what can I do for you?"
"Tell Tai that I need him to pick Mimi up from the airport. - I'll call him with the details later and-" He whispered extra-low. He notices Kari's eyes widen. She looked like she was about to scream at the top of her lungs in excitement. T.K quickly covers the young girls mouth.
"Shh!" He lectures, pointing his free finger at her. "Mimi wants to surprise Matt."
Kari, relaxing once again. "I-Mimi…when did you-!?" She lowers her voice.
Tai cocks a brow, looking back at the two, giving T.K no time to answer her. "What are you guys whispering over there?"
They reach the bottom of the steps to go out the door and approach Matt's Cerulean Blue convertible. He unlocks the doors.
"Who knows?" Matt starts, clearing out the backseat for Kari to sit in. "Leave the lovebirds to looove."
T.K smiles uncontrollably. Usually he would be blushing at this sort of thing, but just wait until Matt was the one that needed to blush when he sees Mimi!
Tai looks at Matt disbelievingly. "Uh ah! She ain't lovin' nothin'! She's only 15!" Matt just laughs deviously. He almost looked Triumphant and confident that Tai's protectiveness was caused by Matt.
"Taaichi!" Kari shakes her head.
"We're friends!" They both said at the same time.
"And that's all we'll ever be." T.K finishes.
"Sure…whatever squirts. Hop in the car!" Matt said, putting the car seat all the way up, making way for the two younger teens. Once T.K is in, he pushes the seat back again and gets in it. Kari gets in Tai's side, and Tai does the same.
"Okay boys and girls…" Matt starts, acting as if he were a pilot. "This is your driver speaking! Keep your hands and arms inside the car at all times and-"
"Okay, Okay Yama! I want ice cream!" T.K whines.
Yamato just pulls his seatbelt over his body and fastens it. "Holy Sh'mangos! I'm gettin' there!" He starts driving the car down the road to the Ice Cream Parlor.
"Sh'mangos?" Tai looks to Matt, while his hands reach in the glove box to take out Matt's C.D binder.
Matt just sits back and drives.
T.K rolls his eyes. "Tai, you should know Matt doesn't curse by now."
Kari leans over the seat to watch her brother flip through the C.D's. There's a moment of silence in the car, Tai silently flips through the C.D's. Kari couldn't help but think about seeing Mimi again. She suddenly spots an entirely pink C.D in the binder, and it snaps her out of her thoughts. "Tai…go back one."
"Back?" Tai looks at his sister as he flips back. She pulls out the all-pink C.D.
"Pink C.D?"
Kari leans back and reads the label. Matt see's this through the rear-view but doesn't take his eyes off the road, casually.
"Yama-Senpai…" Kari reads off the C.D. She gives a questioning glance to T.K.
T.K more than willingly explains. He was the only one that saw the C.D so far and it was made specially to Matt from Mimi. "It's a disk that Mimi made Matt." He looks to Matt. "She gave it to him right before she left. She sings the Lyrics herself!" Matt lets out a sigh. "Why don't you play it for them bro?"
Not giving Matt time to answer, Tai takes the C.D out of T.K's hands. "Come on Matt…you can trust us." He says to his best friends uneasy face. Matt seemed to relax at Tai's words as the brunette popped the disk into the player. The slow beat music started and a tear slowly drips down Matt's somber face. Mimi's voice came out of the speakers soon after.
iWhen I think of what I've been through
I can see that you've always been there for me
To tell the truth. Don't know what I'd do
Without you half of my dreams would not come true
/i
Tai listens the sweet sound of Mimi's voice. In the song you could really tell that she was pouring her heart out to Matt.
iYou are the one that I have hoped for,
Now my life, means so much more
Now we can be together forever
Just you and me
Here for you…You here for me
/i
Matt lets a few more tears fall, remembering Mimi. They used to sing together all the time. Weather it be a duet for Chorus, or in her garage in their free time…they sung with their hearts and no matter what, it was always for each other somehow. He missed the times…and to think that they might never be shared again, brought a reluctant look to his eyes.
iIt was you who showed me I got a friend in you. I always knew that you'd be right here for me. And it was you who stood with me when the skies are blue. And it was you who stood by my side. It was you./i
T.K couldn't take the smile of his face. Though he felt guilty that Matt had no clue, he couldn't help but think about the bigger picture when the two friends would finally be joint at the hip once again. And that was something he was sure of. He'd always admired Matt and Mimi's friendship.
i
Since the day you came in my life I knew then that you'd be someone right by my side. Then you prove you're a friend to me. With my heart forever you will always be.
You are the one that I have hoped for. Now my life means so much more Now we can be together forever. Just you and me there for each other/i
Kari sighs dreamily. She had a sweetheart of her own that this song made her remember. Wallice. The sweet gentle blond wasn't that often on her mind, but it was times like this when she wanted him to visit.
iIt was you who's always right by my side. I just can't do it; you helped me through it. We're friends forever, like best friends should be. You'll always be a special part of me.
It was you who showed me I got a friend in you. I always knew that you'd be right here for me And it was you who stood with me when the skies are blue. And it was you who stood by my side. It was you
It was you showed me all I've got and I always knew that you'd be right there. And it was you stood by feeling skies were blue. And it was you I knew that I could count on.
It was you who showed me I got a friend in you. I always knew that you'd be right here for me. And it was you who stood with me when the skies are blue. And it was you who stood by my side. It was you.
You are a friend to me, it was you. /i
The song ended and Matt parked the car. To his advantage it didn't give anybody enough time to comment. He wasn't in a mood to hear. 'Awe's.' Everybody to his surprise, kept silent. He ejected the C.D out of the player and took the case from Tai. He put the vibrant disk back into the slot. Opening the car door, he notices everybody had sympathetic eyes staring at him in awe. "Let's go guys…" He whispers soft but loud enough so the others can hear. He walks to the door of the ice cream parlor, trusting that the others were right behind them.
Kari, Tai, and T.K get out of the car. Letting Tai walk ahead of them, they exchange glances, smiling once more.
"Matt is going to love this, T.K!"
"I know."
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The song was Ashley Ballard & So Plush; It Was You. It's a wonderful song about two friends and it's very well done ^_^