Thank you too all of you who reviewed both this story and "Down"! I really appreciate it, I now have 108 reviews with Down. As well in this chapter it'll explain why Mimi hates orange juice so much. Oh and I don't own digimon or the television show Higher Ground. Please remember to REVIEW!!! ^_ Fuschia
Kiyomeru
~*Flashback*~
It all started back in my high school there was a dance coming up and the theme was basically black tie. The school I went too almost everyone was wealthy so we could afford to have a dance like that. I went to the dance with my boyfriend Michael. The whole week he had been trying to talk me into having sex with him saying it would be the most romantic thing we could ever do together. Now I knew that he wasn't a virgin anymore thanks too his last girlfriend but I am and I'm not ready to have sex with anyone yet I'm saving it for marriage and he knew that so I declined. At the dance we stayed for like two hours he kept handing me punch but I didn't know it was spiked until later. Then we got into his car and left. He drove me out too this pond at least I think it was a pond, I don't really remember because I was drunk. He kissed me I think and then I passed out. When I awoke it was morning and Michael was gone and I had a throbbing headache. I got up and I looked down to find that I was bleeding all over, my arms and my dress was shredded and covered in blood. I had no idea what had happened. I remember my head really hurting as I walked out of the bushes into the open."
"I then walked home and into my house and my father ran over to me and began screaming at me about how I hadn't come home last night, I stared at him clueless as too what had happened. My mother ran in and told him to be quiet and she pushed me up to my bedroom; she took my hand and turned on the bathtub. I turned and looked at myself in the mirror. I was hideous looking I had bruises all over my neck, cheeks and shoulders, my eyes were bloodshot my dress was ripped at the halter-top part and at the bottom. My wrists had bruises on them and were covered in blood and I was a complete mess. My mother left the room and picked up the phone. "I'm calling nine-one-one," she said as she dialed the numbers. "Get in the bathtub,"
I climbed into the bathtub and began to soak I washed off all of the blood and dirt and I cleaned my hair out. Soon after I had gotten out of the bathtub the ambulance arrived and they took me too the hospital there they laid me down on a bed and they took several vials of blood from me. I ached all over. The nurse came over too me and handed me a glass of orange juice, one after another every time I finished a glass she would hand me another glass. That's where I developed my hate for orange juice. The doctor then came back and asked me questions about last night where I went and what happened what I ate or drank. I told him I went to my school's dance and I drank several glasses of the punch they had there and I then my boyfriend took me somewhere but I don't remember anything after that except that I woke up beside a pond. The doctor looked me over. My mother who was sitting beside me told him what I had looked like when I first walked in the door. The doctor sighed and looked at me. "Last night I'm almost positive you were raped." Explained the doctor. "I was what?" I asked in disbelief. "Raped by your boyfriend, well that's what it sounds like too me. We'll want to check you in about a month too see if you got pregnant. Also if I were you I would press charges against your boyfriend." Explained the doctor as a nurse walked into the room and handed him a folder.
"Ok you will get your results back from the lab within a few days." Explained the doctor as he left the room. "Results for what?" I asked my mom. "If you have any STDs," she replied. In the end I didn't have any STDs luckily my mother was furious she immediately called around too see if she could locate Michael. I went back to the doctor one month later and they told me I was pregnant and I then got an abortion a few weeks later.
My father never looked at me the same when I was home, he didn't want too after all that had happened. I was no longer his little girl; even though it wasn't my fault he still wouldn't accept me. I began to feel as if it were my fault and that Michael had nothing too do with it. I then ran away and while I was walking the police pulled over and took me into their car and drove me to the police station. Apparently my parents had phoned in and told them I had run away and I had matched the description they had given them. My father came in and yelled at me and told me he was this close (holding his fingers about an inch apart) to disowning me. I couldn't stop crying and the policeman gave me a glass of orange juice to try and make me stop crying but I wouldn't, even though I drank the orange juice. Then a social worker came to visit me she asked my questions like do you like living with your parents? And do you think it was right to run away. Then the police officer told me that Michael had run away too and that they couldn't find him, they never did find him. Then I was brought here to Kiyomeru.
~*End Of Flashback*~
He looked at me intensively. "That's horrible," he stated. "The worst thing is, he took something from me that I can never get back," I cried and leaned back into the bench. Matt walked over too me and wrapped his arm around me. "Hey listen too me, if you start too open up too everyone you'll eventually feel better, and you'll probably discover how much you have in common with the others," He explained. "It's funny that's exactly what Ms. Takai had said too me when I first arrived here," I explained through small sobs. "That's because she knows her students very well, but like you I haven't opened up too her either I don't feel it's anyone's business but my own." He said while removing his arm from my shoulder. I shivered it was in the heart of winter and I was freezing out here. "Then why do you want me too open up so bad?" I questioned. "Because you're probably on the verge of depression while I'm already engrossed in it and I blame it on not opening up too people." He replied. "What happened too you?" I questioned while wiping the tears away from my face. "Are you sure you want to hear about it?" He asked. I smiled, "Well I opened up to you something that I didn't think you would want too hear so why don't you try me?" I smiled an unhappy smile. "All right but you asked for it. Ever heard of the AA?" Replied Matt. I nodded my head in a yes motion. "Well my father hasn't and still probably hasn't," said Matt.
~*Flashback*~
I was only seven when my father and mother first started to have their disagreements with each other. They would argue occasionally sometimes my mother would send me to take T.K, my brother down to the park if she knew they were going to start arguing. T.K was only five and he had no idea what was going on, neither did I really at the time. One day when T.K and I returned after my mom had sent us down to the park she had our bags packed with hers as well. My father sat in his chair reading the newspaper and holding a can of beer. The awful stuff, liquor that is; too this day I say that, that was what ruined our family. My mother handed me two suitcases and told me too put them in the car by this time I was about nine and knew exactly what was happening. Soon after my mom did up T.K's seatbelt and told me too sit in the front, I did as I was told and sat in the front seat. I remember her exact words that day, the words that would haunt me for the rest of my life. "Matt you're now old enough to understand that you're father and I are having difficulties living with each other. I think that it's best that the two of us, you're father and I, I mean should be getting a divorce I'm sure you and T.K are tired of having to go to Grandma's at least twice a week and I'm tired of having too do it as well. You and T.K will live with me that's what is in the agreement between your father and I, he gets to keep the house and I keep the kids." She smiled at me, how could she smile? I knew she was getting the better end of the deal. Sure my father wasn't the greatest he yelled a lot, he wasn't home half the time and he drank every time after him and my mother argued but he was still my Dad right? I asked him once why he drank so much he said it gets rid of his sorrows for the night. I didn't like him when he drank. He may have been a harmless drunk but the things he said were never too anyone's liking. But also I didn't want to leave my friends but I guess little boy's requests don't count in the matter of divorce.
When I was twelve my Dad sued my mom to have custody of one of us either T.K or I fortunately my mother won and T.K and I got too stay with my mom. Then when I was fourteen he sued again but unfortunately my Dad won this time. Now T.K was twelve and he probably could have looked after himself but my mother insisted that it would be best that I went she told me I was almost a grown up and that I could probably fend for myself better than T.K could, considering that my Dad was hardly ever home. I agreed sacrificing my own welfare for T.K's I would miss T.K terribly I know I was an overprotective brother my whole life but I loved him to death, he had become my very best friend, and like me he too wasn't thrilled about us parting. When I arrived my Dad had already begun his evening drinking he told me my room was just the same as I had left it and that I could shove all of my stuff in there. I did as I was told and began to unpack. I walked out onto my balcony only to end up crying they took away from me my best friend, my brother.
From then on I hated my father; I did everything in my power to make him hate me in hopes he would send me back too live with T.K but sadly he never did. I would go out late at night and come home really early in the morning. I would skip school. I would get into fights and I ran away occasionally and I don't know how but every time my dad would find me. One night when I ran away my dad never came looking for me I was alone for about a week and no one came looking. Finally one night when I walked passed a coffee shop, a policeman walked out and looked down at a picture he was holding in his hand then at me. He ran over too me and grabbed my arm and threw me into the backseat of his car. I then fell asleep and awoke here then about a month later my brother arrived here as well.
~*End of flashback*~
I watched Matt as he sat there staring straight ahead, not one emotion captured his face. I hugged him and he hugged in return we stayed like that for the rest of the night in a tight embrace until we fell asleep. When I awoke the next morning he was gone and I was all alone lying on the frozen bench. I sat up and headed too my room, when I arrived all the girls were still asleep it was five thirty in the morning. I removed my jacket and put my pajama's on and fell asleep in my bed.
About two hours later at seven o'clock Sora's alarm woke us both up. She slammed her fist down on it like she had yesterday and fell back asleep, I got up and made my way to the shower, Kari and Yolei were already gone from the room. I dragged myself towards the shower and got in, when I was done I put on a pair of denim jeans and pink tank top on then I grabbed a black sweater and headed down to the cafeteria.
Matt was sitting alone drinking his orange juice like he did every morning. I came and sat down when I noticed a cup of raspberry juice sitting beside him. He picked up the glass and handed it too me. "Oh you remembered thank you," I replied taking a sip of the juice. "Yeah and I now understand why you hate orange juice so much, heck I would too after all that. But about all that stuff I told you last night do not mention it too anyone, especially the part about me crying." He whispered. "I would never even think about it, and you do the same for me." I answered just as Yolei sat down at the table with us. "Hello love birds," she giggled I gave her a questioning look. "Oh don't play dumb Tachikawa everyone is talking about u and him (she said gesturing at Matt) apparently when Tai went to the bathroom last night he saw you two sitting awfully close outside sleeping," smiled Yolei. " He saw what!?" said Matt as he spat out his orange juice. Yolei laughed. "Well for starters we're not going out and you actually believed what Tai had too say Yolei? I'm surprised since you two don't get along very well I mean Tai was probably sleep walking and dreamed he saw us together," I said slyly. Yolei's smile faded. "Come to think of it since when DO I believe Tai? Oh that guy tricked me, he is going to get a piece of my mind!" She shouted standing up from the table then running out the cafeteria door. I giggled watching her. "That jerk," I laughed I turned too Matt who's face still had no emotion on it. "Did you wake up without a personality this morning or are you always like this?" I asked staring at him. He turned to face me. "Do you think Tai heard anything?" Asked Matt. "No why would he? He caught us when we were asleep not when we were awake," I said. Matt nodded his head and flashed a sly smile at me. "Say Mimi, you don't suppose you do want to go out with me do you?" He asked challengingly. "Hmm I don't know you're not really my type and I'm not all that attracted too you but…," I smiled. "Is that a yes?" He asked. "Well…" I replied.
Both Mimi and Matt's past's were revealed. And perhaps a new couple? Sorry you're just going to have too wait until the next chapter too find out! Also if you still don't get why Mimi hates orange juice it's because every time she sees it, it brings back bad memories. Please REVIEW!!!!! ^_~ Fuschia