"Mimi, you're free to go now." The short gentleman declared, opening the door for her.
Mimi nodded and looked pass the door, smiling. Her friends were there, including Melissa, who searched the whole apartment and found her driver's license after 2 whole days, which turned out to be in her wallace the whole time, stuck behind a seperated photo pocket. During that 2 restless days, Mimi was complaining ceaselessly about her arrest. She didn't looked too happy when she saw her buddies waiting warmly outside the door, or is it just because only sadness took over her when she was told that the police department expect a 50 thousand check by the end of the month. She didn't want to visualize that huge amount of money being taken away from her, at least not now when 5 smiling faces were welcoming her. She went to them and hugged each one by one then lifted the edge of her lips to force a smiling sternly.
"So, how much fine do you have to pay?" Melissa asked in a soft voice.
"50"she stopped there and hesitated.
"50 bucks?"
"50 thousand dollars."
Her roomate gasped, "For speeding? That's insane."
Mimi shook her head," For speeding in a school zone and driving without a license. And it turned out I missed a stop sign too." Her voice trembled as she finished her sentence in embarassment.
Ken felt bad for her and made a suggestion, "You could sell your car."
"Me and Melissa need that car. It's the only one we got. We could sell it and get a cheaper one, but I don't think that's enough."
"Get a job then, we could lend you some money from our salary. You think that'll work?"
"Probably not. I already have a job as a magazine writer. Melissa works at a salone. But that's just enough to pay for our school and apartment rent. And I can't ask you guys, that'll be...anyways I won't be able to pay you back in a million years."
"What about your parents? Don't they have a lot of money?" Tai asked.
Mimi thought about it, Tai had a point, her parent had enough money to buy a huge mansion, lending her 50 thousand dollar isn't much, but shook her head again."They do, but I promised that I'll be okay on my own. Besides, if they hear about this whole thing, they'll be so ashamed of me."
Tai nodded in sympathy, "We'll sort this out later."
They hit the road and drive downtown, this time Sora was driving. After dropping off Mimi and Melissa, Tai Sora, Ken and Davis said goodbye to the at the door and took the train back to Capecod.
"Man, I felt bad for that girl," Davis said as he knelt on his bed in their cabin.
"Yeah," Sora agreed, "I wish I could help her.
Ken was checking his mailbox again. He found 3 new messages unread. 2 was from Yolei and one from his parents.
Dear Ken,
how are you honey? Enjoying yourself at the soccer camp? I'm glad that Sora, Davis and Tai came with you, now you have friends to hang with, have fun. mom
Hi Ken!
I have 2 great news. One, my sister's baby is due next week! I'm so excited for her. She's hopping it's a boy (probably because there's already too many girls in the family.) I want it to be a girl for some reason, but I'll be happy with either.
Moving on to the next news, me and Izzy decided to enter this international program designing contest for you geeks and people like that. I could go on and on about it, but I'll save the time. Anyways, the whole project well be submitted to Boston's College of Graphic design and computer arts or someplace like that. What a coincidence huh? If me Izzy and I win, we'll be going to Boston next month for tour introducing our program to the colleges. It's a wonderful idea, Izzy wants to go to Boston to meet some a certain person, he won't tell me who though. (I bet it's a girl, he was blushing when he told me) We worked on it ever since you guys left and it'll take about a week or so to finish it. Wish us luck, we'll need it.
ILU Yolei.
Hi Ken!
Geez, you having replied for 3 whole days, is everything ok? Did you go see Mimi? Anyways, write to me soon, I'm dying to hear from you. Wormmon and Demiveemon's healthy and happy, but they're worried about you guys too.
Love Yolei.
Ken took a moment to glance through the messages and responded immidiately.
Dear Yolei,
Everything's fine. We went to meet Mimi three days ago and unfortunately, we got stopped by a policeman and Mimi forgot to bring her license and she was held at the police station until we found the license. It all got sorted out today, which is why I hadn't read your messages. I'm so happy to hear that your sister is having her baby soon. Tell me about it when it's born! And I think it's great that you and Izzy entered a contest, you two certainly know a lot about computers. I hope you guys win.
love Ken.
Dear mom and dad,
I'm doing fine here. Our job starts tommorow, and I'm actually looking forward to it. I'm glad you guys sent me here.
Ken.
He didn't want to write too much, he was too tired to type or even think. Ken pressed Sent and pulled down the laptop screen. He looked at the clock, 7 in the afternoon, too early to get in bed. But finding Tai fast asleep in his bed, Sora lazily going to the bathroom to change into pajamas, Davis lying on his side hugging his pillow to his stomach, snoring loudly, Ken decided that he should rest up for tomorrow. He opened the drawer and took out a pair of earplugs. Which he always wore at night to keep his ears seperated from the noise made by Davis. Then he pulled out a blue t-shirt and changed into it. Thinking about nothing, his mind wondered in open space of blackness.
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Another chapter Done! Sorry if there any spelling mistakes, I went over it but there still might be errors because my spellcheck doesn't work. Please review.
Sorato sic fan: Koumi.....I'll try, though it might be kind of hard.