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Ken: True enough.

Fordina: Right… So I guess I should get on with the next chapter.

Ken: The Disclaimer?

Fordina: Oh right! I don't own Digimon. But I do however own… Or at least borrowed all other characters in this story…

But I think that's all for now. So… On with the story!

"-" = Talking

'-' = Thinking

Through the Years,

A Story About Me

By: Fordina

Chapter 3

Needless to say Ken wouldn't let me come with him…. but after a while I was okay with it. He's only trying to keep me safe.

So here I am now, back in the real world, alone, no one to care for me, and no one for me to care for. But Ken said that he would be back. And I have no choice but to believe him. I mean he wouldn't lie to me… I hope.

I get up and walk over to my bed where I then proceed to flop down onto, and sigh heavily. My mother is out. I don't have any siblings. And my father is half way across town. I'm bored as hell.

'I wish Ken would come soon,' I pleaded silently in my head. I flopped over to my side a stared at the wall.

'Jennifer… Hmm… that name still doesn't ring any bells…' I thought…. 'Hey… Don't I still have my old address book?' Curious if I could find it I got up off my bed and trotted over to my dresser. Opening it I find that this might be a harder task then I thought. It was a mess. 'Well no better time to start and clean it,' I told myself.

As I start to file through it I came to the decision that I have way to much stuff! 'Nope…. Nope…. That's not it…. that's not it either….' I was getting frustrated. I had been looking through all three of my dressers and I had found nothing!

Finally I could see a small book. 'Yes! Finally!' I shouted in my head. Flipping through it I finally find the 'J' section and look up her name. 'Let's see…. Jackie… Jacquelyn…. Jennifer…. Jill… Wait… back up… Jennifer… So I do know her!' Finding that I didn't have anything better to do I thought I would try the number. See if she still lives there.

Grabbing the phone I dialed the number. '564-8976,' I said as I dialed. It rang about 5 times before someone picked up.

"Hello?" Asked the voice of a young child.

I started to get nervous for some reason, "Um… hello, is um… Jennifer there?"

"Yeah hold on," There was quiet then, "Jen!!!" She girl yelled. I cringed on my end of the phone.

"Stacey! Do you have to be so loud?!" I heard a familiar voice scold. "Hello?"

"Um… Hi, it's um… Tracilee…" Why did I phone her?

"Oh! Hi!" She greeted her voice cheery.

"Hi… Um I was just looking through my old phone book and I found your number… so I thought I would see if you still lived there… I guess…" I was stuttering and I knew it. I always do this when I don't really want to do something. I mean sure I want to get to know this person… but I hate phones.

"No problem! I was actually going to look for your number!" How can she keep her voice so happy?

"Ahh... That's great so…" I can't think of anything to say.

"So yeah, I'm glad we met up again. Hey I was wondering… how'd ya meet Ken?" Simple question. Answer it with a simple answer.

"Well… he just kinda showed up in my room…" Smart move.

"Really?" She sounded disbelieving.

"Ah, yeah."

"Hey that's pretty cool! Same thing happen with me and Tai… 'Cept he just kinda showed up after one of my soccer games… It wasn't one of our best games…" She trailed off… Soccer must mean a lot to her.

"Oh… Cool…" Was all I could think of saying. Baka!

"Yeah."

"So… um you play soccer?" Well duh!!

"Yeah! It's one of my favourite things to do!!" Well that got her in a better mood…

"Well that's pretty neat…"

"Sure is! Do you play?"

"Um… not really… I used to be on a team… but I was never that good… and I wasn't really enjoying it all that much so…" Why am I telling her this? 'Because you trust her,' A voice in my head told me. 'Trust her? I just met her!!' I told it. 'No you haven't. You've known her for years! You've just let yourself forget!!' I was getting tired of this 'Voice' I don't even know what it is!!

"Traci? You there?" Jennifer! I had completely forgot I was talking to her.

"Yeah I'm here… Sorry I just got… ahh… preoccupied with something… No biggy," I told her.

"Oh good. Well listen I have to go so I'll talk with ya later!! Bybye!!" And she hung up.

Sighing I put the phone back on the cradle and lied back down on my bed. Talking to people isn't getting any easier. I thought that would come over time. I was wrong. You see I was never a good speaker. So I don't really say anything at all. Unless I'm with my friends. And that's not many people so I tend to keep to myself quite a bit. But I'm alright with that. I like to be alone. Most of the time. But sometimes I just crave human touch. It's like a drug of some sort. But I never usually get it. Ken was the first person to hug me that way. It felt odd… But wonderful at the same time. I don't know how to explain it.

I felt I was just about to fall asleep when I felt my bed creak and move down a bit. Startled I sat up only to find two arms get wrapped around me. I was starting to panic, but then I saw violet/black hair and I leaned right into the embrace. Ken. My savior. Even when he was just a Anime character he still brought a little bit of light to my life. But now he's real. And he's mine.

He lets go of me and I look at him.

"Why did you come to me?" I asked my voice no more then a whisper.

"Because I love you," Was all he said before he took my chin in his palm and brought me forth for a kiss. It was sweet and tender. I've felt nothing like it before now. I was in heaven.

I pulled away and told him, "But you just met me. You can't love me," My head was bowed in shame.

"I've known you for years. You've just let your heart forget," He whispered in my ear. Let my heart forget…. Wasn't that what the voice in my head told me about Jennifer? But I don't understand. Why would I let my heart forget? My memory isn't all that good. I know that I tried to block out a lot of things…. But I didn't think I blocked out this much! I don't even remember going to an art class…. Never mind gaining a friend. Trust me I would have remembered something like that. Friends don't come easy for me. And once I do gain one, they usually leave.

Not long after Ken announced that he had to leave. Reluctantly I let him leave. Back to where ever it is that he comes from. I still don't know how he managed to get here to the real world. Perhaps one day I'll be able to find out. Until then I can only ponder.

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