One Week in Our Lives
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. Really!
Daydreamer: What do you think so far?
Bi: [impatiently] Get on with it, Dream!
Daydreamer: Honestly, I stop talking long enough to get a mouthful of lemonade and you blow a complete fuse.
....... AUTHOR'S NOTE: Just thought I'd warn you the couple situation may/will change before all's said and done. In fact, the only thing guaranteed is- of course- Takari. Wouldn't have THAT any other way. In my world, Takari will be there until the sky falls in. Meant to be. (And if you must disagree, please control your fury, Daikari/whatever-else-Kari fans. I'm only an innocent romantic.) .......
Part Three: The Most Chaotic Week of my Life
*Mimi*
Honestly! This had to be the most chaotic few days of my life so far, and no mistake. You'd think if you didn't know better that we were packing for a voyage to the moon, not setting up our new apartment after a few years in America.
I picked my way through the piles of cardboard boxes and plastic bags that filled the untidy flat. Goodness only knew where we would put all this stuff. I reckoned it was time to desert the sinking through the piles of cardboard boxes and plastic bags that filled the untidy flat. Goodness only knew where we would put all this stuff. I reckoned it was time to desert the sinking ship. "Sora? I'm coming over."
What a reunion. Sora positively threw herself at me the minute I got my feet onto the hall carpet. Tai grinned happily at me from the living-room sofa. He'd grown in a few years, and he seemed to have ditched those goggles as well. Of course, now they'd be too small for him. "Long time no see, Meems." It had been a long time since anybody had used that nickname, and I laughed at the surprise of it.
I couldn't remember exactly how long Tai and Sora had been together, but they'd certainly done a lot with this apartment. I sat down on the sofa and prepared for the longest girl-chat of my life with one of the best friends I'd got.
It took less time than you'd expect to explain why we'd returned to Japan. My parents' unsteady American business venture had finally bitten the dust. Nil desperandum, though, as Izzy would probably say. We came back with the aim of strengthening old friendships and finding new opportunities.
Sora sent out for a pizza to keep us going for the rest of the evening. Then as the light began to fade she sprung her surprise. "Guess what, Mimi? I've invited a few friends over. Hope you don't mind."
As she spoke there was a ring at the doorbell. Tai swept it open to reveal Joe standing a little sheepishly on the stairs, looking the same as ever except for the university books and folders balanced on one arm. "Sora thought I might like to drop in." He glanced backwards. "Looks like we're in for nasty weather tonight."
No sooner had Joe closed the door than the bell rang again. Izzy manoeuvred his flashy new laptop into the flat and placed it carefully on the glass coffee-table. "Hi, people. What, you've got Joe and Mimi here already? Pr-"
We chorused laughingly, "Prodigious!"
I heard the storm break outside. Rain poured down on the skylights in Sora's roof. Moments later there was a furious banging on the door. Giggling embarrassedly, Sora opened it. In fell Matt and TK, already dripping wet, followed by Tai's sister Kari. "We picked up Kari on the way," explained TK, breathless. "From her violin lesson."
Neither TK or Kari had actually changed that much since I'd last seen them. True, TK was wearing some sort of stupid hat and Kari's hair was slightly different, but otherwise eight years seemed to have had little effect on them.
Matt brushed rainwater off his jacket and leant his guitar against the sofa. He was a total contrast to TK- I'd never imagined he'd have grown this tall, and his hair was brushed back in a style that was a million miles from the crazy spikes he'd had in the Digiworld. TK glanced at us apologetically. "Matt says hi."
Of course, I remembered the articles now. Sora made her usual light of the whole thing. "Well, try and figure out whether he wants any pizza." Even Matt couldn't help smiling.
"Look at the rain!" exclaimed Joe, staring out of the window. In the next moment, all the lights went out. Power cut.
"You can't go home in this," Tai declared. "Sora, is it OK if they all stay here for the night?"
Sora put me on the sofa, and it was quite a cosy place to sleep when all was said and done. I took one more look in the darkness at my friends, Tai, Matt, Sora, Izzy, Joe, TK, Kari. Just like old times.
"I wish things could be, though..." I knew no-one was close enough to hear me whisper in the dark. "We've drifted so far apart since that summer. I wish we could be like that again..."
"What?" Kari had woken. "What did you say, Mimi?"
"Nothing," I lied. "Nothing at all."
.............
RD's note:
Heavens! I put up two chapters for two days, six reviews no less. Eek! Thanks, though. I'll try and respond here as best I can.
Everybody- Thank you for all the nice comments.
Lilmary, DJ Clue, Butterfly- Thanks. Will do.
Dragon's Star- What, Matt's song? Personally I think it's awful. Wait and see re Kari.
Miaow227- Maybe you do know, maybe you don't. The chapters are getting longer...and longer...
HuntressDiana- I'm sorry! So sorry! I've already planned the plot and it isn't, in fact it revolves around it not being... I'll write you one sometime that is from start to finish. OK?
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. Really!
Daydreamer: What do you think so far?
Bi: [impatiently] Get on with it, Dream!
Daydreamer: Honestly, I stop talking long enough to get a mouthful of lemonade and you blow a complete fuse.
....... AUTHOR'S NOTE: Just thought I'd warn you the couple situation may/will change before all's said and done. In fact, the only thing guaranteed is- of course- Takari. Wouldn't have THAT any other way. In my world, Takari will be there until the sky falls in. Meant to be. (And if you must disagree, please control your fury, Daikari/whatever-else-Kari fans. I'm only an innocent romantic.) .......
Part Three: The Most Chaotic Week of my Life
*Mimi*
Honestly! This had to be the most chaotic few days of my life so far, and no mistake. You'd think if you didn't know better that we were packing for a voyage to the moon, not setting up our new apartment after a few years in America.
I picked my way through the piles of cardboard boxes and plastic bags that filled the untidy flat. Goodness only knew where we would put all this stuff. I reckoned it was time to desert the sinking through the piles of cardboard boxes and plastic bags that filled the untidy flat. Goodness only knew where we would put all this stuff. I reckoned it was time to desert the sinking ship. "Sora? I'm coming over."
What a reunion. Sora positively threw herself at me the minute I got my feet onto the hall carpet. Tai grinned happily at me from the living-room sofa. He'd grown in a few years, and he seemed to have ditched those goggles as well. Of course, now they'd be too small for him. "Long time no see, Meems." It had been a long time since anybody had used that nickname, and I laughed at the surprise of it.
I couldn't remember exactly how long Tai and Sora had been together, but they'd certainly done a lot with this apartment. I sat down on the sofa and prepared for the longest girl-chat of my life with one of the best friends I'd got.
It took less time than you'd expect to explain why we'd returned to Japan. My parents' unsteady American business venture had finally bitten the dust. Nil desperandum, though, as Izzy would probably say. We came back with the aim of strengthening old friendships and finding new opportunities.
Sora sent out for a pizza to keep us going for the rest of the evening. Then as the light began to fade she sprung her surprise. "Guess what, Mimi? I've invited a few friends over. Hope you don't mind."
As she spoke there was a ring at the doorbell. Tai swept it open to reveal Joe standing a little sheepishly on the stairs, looking the same as ever except for the university books and folders balanced on one arm. "Sora thought I might like to drop in." He glanced backwards. "Looks like we're in for nasty weather tonight."
No sooner had Joe closed the door than the bell rang again. Izzy manoeuvred his flashy new laptop into the flat and placed it carefully on the glass coffee-table. "Hi, people. What, you've got Joe and Mimi here already? Pr-"
We chorused laughingly, "Prodigious!"
I heard the storm break outside. Rain poured down on the skylights in Sora's roof. Moments later there was a furious banging on the door. Giggling embarrassedly, Sora opened it. In fell Matt and TK, already dripping wet, followed by Tai's sister Kari. "We picked up Kari on the way," explained TK, breathless. "From her violin lesson."
Neither TK or Kari had actually changed that much since I'd last seen them. True, TK was wearing some sort of stupid hat and Kari's hair was slightly different, but otherwise eight years seemed to have had little effect on them.
Matt brushed rainwater off his jacket and leant his guitar against the sofa. He was a total contrast to TK- I'd never imagined he'd have grown this tall, and his hair was brushed back in a style that was a million miles from the crazy spikes he'd had in the Digiworld. TK glanced at us apologetically. "Matt says hi."
Of course, I remembered the articles now. Sora made her usual light of the whole thing. "Well, try and figure out whether he wants any pizza." Even Matt couldn't help smiling.
"Look at the rain!" exclaimed Joe, staring out of the window. In the next moment, all the lights went out. Power cut.
"You can't go home in this," Tai declared. "Sora, is it OK if they all stay here for the night?"
Sora put me on the sofa, and it was quite a cosy place to sleep when all was said and done. I took one more look in the darkness at my friends, Tai, Matt, Sora, Izzy, Joe, TK, Kari. Just like old times.
"I wish things could be, though..." I knew no-one was close enough to hear me whisper in the dark. "We've drifted so far apart since that summer. I wish we could be like that again..."
"What?" Kari had woken. "What did you say, Mimi?"
"Nothing," I lied. "Nothing at all."
.............
RD's note:
Heavens! I put up two chapters for two days, six reviews no less. Eek! Thanks, though. I'll try and respond here as best I can.
Everybody- Thank you for all the nice comments.
Lilmary, DJ Clue, Butterfly- Thanks. Will do.
Dragon's Star- What, Matt's song? Personally I think it's awful. Wait and see re Kari.
Miaow227- Maybe you do know, maybe you don't. The chapters are getting longer...and longer...
HuntressDiana- I'm sorry! So sorry! I've already planned the plot and it isn't, in fact it revolves around it not being... I'll write you one sometime that is from start to finish. OK?