Hey people. What's the dillio? This is the next installment of Sing for Me, and it's a continuation of the first one. Read that first if you haven't, or else you might not understand this one. Oh and I'm sorry if this doesn't seem to make sense or something like that. I'm sick, and I can't seem to think very straight, but I'm trying. You must be like, "Why the heck are you writing then? Crazy Ally." I'm writing cause it makes me feel happy and right now I feel like crap. I want to feel happy! XD So yeah, read this and maybe you can feel happy too!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Nothing. I'm just a broke 14 year old. Digimon belongs to Toei and they're not broke. The song "Best of Me" belongs to The Starting Line (yes. again. can you tell that I really like that band? lol.) and they're not broke either. Oh how I wish to be them :P
~ Italics ~ indicates thoughts
Italics indicates song lyrics
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Sing for Me: Best of Me
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Music filled the almost empty space of the garage. The faint sound of a guitar lightly strumming chords could be heard. There was also a keyboard, apparently set on a piano sounding mode, that could be heard playing a soft tune. The guitar seemed to get louder with every bar of music that passed. Just when vocals would probably be expected to be heard, there was a pause. There was nothing but silence and the slight ringing of the last note played on guitar. The calming quiet lasted for about a minute, and one might have believed that the song was over, but it had just begun. The song started up again, but this time it wasn't slow and quiet. The song was up-beat and loud, and was rounded off with the addition of bass and drums.
As the young band in the garage concentrated on playing their instruments, the bassist slowly walked up to a microphone. The boy leaned in and sang into it, his voice causing a slight echo in the spacious garage.
"I hope I don't lose you because I feel alone during the sunny season. And I even feel sad when it's freezing cold. So stay with me, forget that I neglected our memories, and just be there never forgetting what we had…"
The bass player/lead singer of the quartet sang on, but the guitarist was somewhat confused. He looked over at the drummer who also had a puzzled look on his face. The guitarist continued to play, but walked over to the keyboardist and whispered, "What is he doing?" The keyboardist shrugged, but had a somewhat angry look on his face as the guitarist walked away. The keyboardist stopped playing and the guitarist and drummer followed suit, leaving the bassist singing and keeping a steady rhythm at the same time.
"Hey! What did you do that for?" he asked, noticing that the other members stopped playing.
The keyboardist adjusted his glasses. "You know why we did it Matt! Those aren't the lyrics to the song we were playing!"
"It just totally caught us by surprise. You know if you wanted to approve a new song, you could have just asked us instead of doing this. It just screws everything up," the guitarist said, brushing his hand through his brown hair.
The drummer nodded vigorously, his long brown hair going everywhere as he moved his head. "Yeah! Besides, those lyrics were really like…depressing and heartbreaking and stuff! What's up with that?"
Matt smiled a little. "I'm sorry guys. It just kind of came to my head yesterday and I wanted to try it. They're just kind of sad because of this whole America trip we're going on soon. I mean, obviously Mimi's there somewhere. It just makes me feel weird you know?"
"I guess," the guitarist shrugged. "But I'm absolutely positive you won't run into Mimi or anything."
"How are you so sure?" Matt asked as he raised an eyebrow. "We're going to New York and that's where Mimi lives."
"Trust me! New York is huge and it's filled with tons of people!"
Matt sighed. "Whatever."
"Guys, we're here for band practice, not for talking about ex-girlfriends. Let's play already!" the keyboardist exclaimed. "And no more song changes Matt!" Matt nodded while the guitarist and keyboardist started the song up again.
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Matt walked quietly toward his apartment. His bass, which was in it's gig bag, was slung over his shoulders and his small amp was being carried in his hand. Band practice had just ended and he was walking away from his friend JD's house, their usual practice spot. Matt's band was called Playing Favorites (A/N: I never did like the name The Teenage Wolves…), and it consisted of JD on guitar, Andrew on keyboards, Darrin on drums, and of course himself on bass and lead vocals. The quartet had been good friends since the beginning of high school and they were always there for each other through thick and thin.
Mimi had left before the band's senior year, and now they were completely finished with high school. Playing Favorites had just graduated and they were going on a trip to America to celebrate. Matt had no intention of seeing Mimi, but the thought had crossed his mind once or twice. Besides, if she didn't want anything to do with him, why should Matt even bother?
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"Wait, so we're supposed to go left?"
"No, I thought we were going right!"
"You're both wrong! We're just supposed to be going straight!"
"Shut up Darrin. You don't know what you're talking about."
"Oh be quiet Andrew. You don't even know how to read the map!"
"You don't either!"
"Stay out of this JD!"
Matt rolled his eyes as his friends quarreled. He looked around at his surroundings. He saw buildings and people everywhere. He couldn't believe they were actually in New York. Now if only they could get around…He looked at his band mates who were still arguing.
"I swear, it's right!"
"No way!"
Matt shook his head. "Give me that!" he yelled as he snatched the map away from Darrin's hands. "Okay to get to Central Park, we need to go…"
"Go left and you're golden."
Matt looked up to find the owner of the female voice that had just given him directions. He saw a girl who was probably a bit younger than him.
"You were looking for Central Park right?" the girl asked, blinking her gray eyes a few times as Matt nodded. "Yup, just take a left and you'll see it. You can't miss it!" she said with a smile.
"HAH! I told you! Left!!" JD exclaimed as he dragged his friends on.
Matt rolled his eyes at his friends. "Heh, sorry. My friends are a bit strange. Well, thanks for the directions. We really owe you. It's not that we'd get lost, I think we'd just be in a huge fight if you hadn't come along."
The girl giggled and ran a hand through her pale blonde hair. "No problem."
"Hey Jen! Let's go! The sale might end anytime soon!" The girl, now identified as Jen, turned around. A friend was calling her. Matt looked over her shoulder to see a familiar looking girl. She ran toward Jen, hands full of shopping bags.
"Jen, come on girl. Let's go," the new girl said as she turned her attention to Matt. Her brown eyes widened. "Matt?!"
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Tell me what you thought about
When you were gone and so alone
The worst is over
You can have the best of me
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up
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Matt looked shocked then gave her a smirk. "Hey Mimi. I wasn't expecting to see you here, let alone expect you to talk to me."
"I don't need any of your sarcasm Matt. What're you doing here?"
Jen looked at the two with slight confusion. ~ Obviously they know each other…that's a little weird. Oh wait, this must be Mimi's ex-boyfriend from Japan. He doesn't seem so bad… ~
"I'm here with Playing Favorites. We planned it as a graduation trip," Matt simply said.
"Well, I hope you have a nice time and a great life Yamato." Mimi walked away and dragged Jen along. Matt just shook his head and walked toward Central Park to find his friends.
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"Mimi, was that your ex-boyfriend?" Jen asked curiously as they walked along the sidewalk. Mimi nodded. "But he didn't seem so bad! At least not as bad as you made him out to be."
"Oh trust me on this Jen. He broke my heart and I don't want anything to do with him anymore."
"But Mimi!"
"Look Jen, I don't want to hear it. He told me he loved me, then he just ripped my heart out and stepped on it. You want me to forgive him?" Mimi asked her friend before stepping into a small store.
Jen looked back toward Central Park. She felt bad for Matt, even if she didn't know his side of the story. He really seemed like a nice guy, and Mimi needed to see that. "Well, I guess that's pretty unforgivable…Mimi, I'll be right back. I saw a cute top in another store."
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Here we lay again
On two separate beds
Riding phone lines
To meet a familiar voice
And pictures drawn from memory
We reflect on miscommunications
And misunderstandings
And missing each other too much
To have had to let go
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Matt walked toward his friends with a questionable look on his face.
"Hey dude, what happened?" JD asked.
"I saw Mimi. The girl who gave us directions was her friend."
Darrin gave JD a glare. "And you said he wouldn't find him! You idiot!" he said as he smacked the guitarist in the head.
Andrew rolled his eyes. "Whoa Matt, that's pretty harsh. You okay? She didn't do anything to hurt you or anything did she?"
Matt smiled and shook his head. "No, but seeing her made me…I don't know, I just had this weird feeling while I was around her."
"Of course you did. You still love her, don't you?"
"Well, yeah, but I'm sure that she doesn't love me back. I don't even think she wants to be my friend anymore…"
"MATT! MATT!!!"
The quartet turned around to see Jen running in their direction, her long blonde hair swaying everywhere. She stopped in front of them and caught her breath. "Matt…"
"Um…Jen? What's up?"
The girl handed Matt a piece of folded paper. "This is Mimi's address and phone number. Find her. Go to her house. Do whatever you can, just get her back."
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We turn our music down
And we whisper,
"Say what your thinking right now"
Tell me what you thought about
When you were gone and so alone
The worst is over
You can have the best of me
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we wont give up
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Matt stepped out of the taxi that had taken him to a quaint neighborhood. He paid the driver and watched the bright yellow speed off. He took the piece of paper Jen had given him out of his pocket and unfolded it. It read '3291 Severna Court' in big red writing along with two phone numbers. He looked up to the house in front of him.
"This is it. 3291 Severna Court…"
He had tried calling both Mimi's home and cellular numbers, but she didn't want to talk to him. He even tried to talk to her parents, and even though they had nothing against Matt, they couldn't get Mimi to talk to him. Matt's last resort was to just go and talk to her in person. It was 11 P.M. and all the lights were off in her house. He didn't want to disturb the family by ringing the doorbell, so he picked up some pebbles instead.
"I hope that room is Mimi's," he said as he chucked the small rocks to the room on the second floor. He saw a shadow move, but he window still didn't open. He persisted and through more rocks. "Mimi! Get out here! I know you're in there! Mimi!"
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Jumping to conclusions
Made me fall away from you
I'm so glad that the truth
Has brought back together me and you
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Mimi paced inside her room. ~ Oh great. He has my address. I bet Jen has something to do with this. Oh that doesn't matter now! He won't leave me alone. I don't understand what he doesn't get. He broke my heart and I can't forgive him! Why can't he get that through his head?! ~ she thought to herself as she heard more pebbles bang on her window.
"Hey! What's all that racket?" a voice from outside yelled.
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Matt dropped the rocks in his hand and turned around. An old man stood in front of him, obviously upset.
"I'm really sorry sir. I'm just trying to get this girl's attention. Do you by any chance know the girl that lives in the house?"
The old man looked a bit confused but nodded. "Oh yes, Mimi Tachikawa. She's a very nice girl."
Mat smiled. "Yes, she is. You see, she was my girlfriend when she lived in Japan. Before she moved to America, I told her that I loved her, and I don't know if she felt the same way. Anyway, this girl named Adri liked me for a while and she kissed me even though I tried so hard to stop her. Mimi saw it and took it the wrong way so she broke up with me. I'm just here, trying to prove to her that I really do love her."
The old man smiled and nodded. "Oh I see. That's nice young man. Now why are you here and making all that noise?!"
Matt sighed. "I'm in love with this girl, and I'm trying to get her back," he said, summarizing his long explanation.
"Love is a complicated thing young man. I don't see why you youngins are trying to get yourself so involved with it. Why I didn't fall in love until I was 60! This world is going crazy…" Matt raised an eyebrow as the old man trailed off and walked away.
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We're sitting on the ground
And we whisper,
"Say what your thinking out loud"
Tell me what you thought about
When you were gone and so alone
The worst is over
You can have the best of me
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we wont give up
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Mimi stood still in he room. ~ Wait. So he never wanted to kiss that girl? It makes sense now…why he still tried so hard to stop me at the airport, why he came this far…but how do I know he isn't lying? How do I know he's telling the truth? ~
"Mimi!" She listened intently to the rocks pounding on her window. "Mimi, if you can hear me, I want you to know that I love you. I don't care if you don't love me anymore, or if you never will again. I just want you to know that wherever in the world you happen to be, there's always going to be someone back in Japan who loves you with all his heart."
~ That was the sweetest thing… ~ Mimi looked out her window. She saw Matt walking away.
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Matt turned away from Mimi's house. He walked away slowly, trudging along as his gloomy feelings seemed to follow. ~ Oh what's the point? She doesn't love me anymore. I don't even know why I'm trying. It's useless. ~
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We turn our music down
And we whisper
We're sitting on the ground
And we whisper
We turn our music down
We're sitting on the ground
And next time I'm in town
We will kiss girl
We will kiss girl
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Mimi ran out of her room. She ran down the stairs of her house and swung the door open. She stood on the doorstep, looking out at Matt. "Yamato Ishida!"
Matt looked over his shoulder. He turned around to see Mimi, standing with nothing but her robe and pajamas and a big smile on her face. "What? Are you going to tell me how much you hate me? Are you going to make me feel worse than I already do?" he asked as she ran over to him. "Just say it Mimi. Just tell me how much you-" Mimi cut him off as she put her finger over his mouth.
"Yamato Ishida…I love you."
Matt's eyes widened with surprise. "You…you do?"
Mimi had a huge smile on her face and she nodded. "Of course I do! Matt, I shouldn't have doubted you. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions about you and Adri. This is all my fault. I never should have-"
Matt cut her off as he pulled her into a kiss.
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Tell me what you thought about
When you were gone and so alone
The worst is over
You can have the best of me
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we wont
Feeling that we cant
We're not ready to give up
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Matt gently pressed his lips onto Mimi's, tasting the sweet kiss he had missed so much. The same thoughts were going through Mimi's head. She wondered why she had even let it get too far and why she had ever let him down so hard. She wondered why she allowed herself to leave him like that for the time they were apart, why she left him miserable.
The two pulled away and looked into each others eyes. Azure mixed with honey as their eyes fell upon each other. Both held a look of longing. All they needed was each other.
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We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we wont give up
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"I missed you Matt," Mimi said as she gave hugged him.
"I missed you too. You know what?"
"What?"
"I don't think I gave you what you deserved when we were together." Matt pulled her in closer. "From now on, you can have the best of me."
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Okay, okay, I totally stole some stuff form the "Best of Me" video. I am guilty. .:looks down at her feet:. Also, I just realized that Playing Favorites is a Starting Line song. Boy, do I love that band or what? And I, with the help of Abby, named the band members after actual people. You see, we named them after actual musicians. JD is named after JD Tennyson of Wakefield, Darrin is named after Darrin Pfeiffer of Goldfinger, and Andrew is named after Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate. They all play their respective roles too (meaning that jd is actually wakefield's guitarist, etc.). And coincidentally, there is a bassist named Matt. That would be Matt Lovato of Mest. Now isn't that just jolly grand? I think so. But for the most part this story was all my idea (yes, those lyrics that matt sang belong to meee! I wrote them :P) and I loved it! Don't you think it was just such a great continuation? I thought so. I'm sorry it took so long. First of all, I was sick when I started writing this and second of all, I just got finished with my finals. Now I'm on Christmas Break and I'll try to write a lot more! I already have some ideas, but if you guys have anything in mind, just send them to me! I'm totally open to your opinions. Speaking of your opinions, what did you guys think of this? Too sappy? Too stupid? Haha, just send me any comments, flames, or umbrellas in your review or to my e-mail address which is another_loser_rocker@yahoo.com. Thanks!
