AN: HEY!! I'm back!! man… it's been so long, even I don't remember what I wrote… eh heh… well honestly, I wrote this chapter and chapter 29 before I left for vacation (that probably explains why they're so short) and I swear, I was going to update! But then I didn't have enough time to, and I really wasn't very happy with these chapters…

I owe you all an apology for not updating. And believe me when I say I'm really sorry. I found such happiness and encouragement from all your reviews, and I'd like to thank you all, as well.

But while I was on vacation, I realized how much I missed writing! I just had this terrible terrible writer's block before I left for vacation. I just really didn't know how to write the next chapters.

Anyways, enough of that, I updated.

This chapter is dedicated to Kat and all the reviewers. You guys rock. And Kat's always reminding me to update… heheh… I usually don't do dedications, but I felt these chapters needed it.

Disclaimer: Digimon = not mine.

Chapter XXVIII – Not Enough

Yamato sat on his bed, just thinking. He'd been doing that a lot lately. He had almost stopped the car right then when Sora yelled out those words that Yamato had been dreaming of. But instead, he listened to that stupid, stupid voice in his head that said no way, keep going, don't give in… and look just where it got him. He'd lost the most important person in his life.

The music sheets of the song he had written for Sora lay on the floor, looking as if a tornado had hit the room. Yamato had surprised himself when the words flew out of his mouth. Oh god! What possessed him to do that?!

The loud ringing from the cordless phone by his bed jolted the blonde from his sulking. Picking up the blue device, he collected himself and answered in a seemingly calm voice, "Hello?"

"YOU IDIOT! YOU STUPID, STUPID ASS! YOU JERK! YOU IMBECILE!" Yamato reacted immediately, holding the phone at a good arm's length away from his ear.

"Man, I don't need you to tell me that I'm an idiot. I know already." Yamato replied.

Taichi was breathing heavily, obviously pissed at what had happened. "All right man, you have one chance to explain what happened before I get over there and kick your ass."

Usually, Yamato wouldn't be even the slightest bit alarmed by that since their fights usually ended up in ties, or with Yamato as the winner. But this time, it was different than just a raw fight, and Taichi had a reason to fight- Sora, while Yamato on the other hand had… nothing to fight for. Avoiding the fight, the blonde relayed to Taichi exactly what had happened.

"You're an idiot, I hope you know that." The chestnut haired boy on the other end of the line spoke up after he was finished listening to Yamato's reasoning.

"I know. Trust me, I know. But it's too late anyways. She probably hates me by now, and I've already messed it up pretty badly. It's done. I can't go back and fix it."

"Idiot. You can't go back to fix it, but you can apologize."

"Apologize?"

Tai scoffed, "Yeah man, I know it must be new to you, but it usually involves a person going up to someone that they've wronged and saying something along the lines of 'I'm really sorry, please forgive me.' But in your case, a little begging might be in order."

"Shup up Kamiya, I know what apologizing is, but how do you expect me to do that?"

"Okay, let's try this one more time. You go up to the person-"

"What am I supposed to do, just say "Oh Sora, I didn't mean it, I'm sorry? Please take me back? It's not gonna work. Trust me man, it's over."

"Do you still love her?"

"What?"

"Do you still love her?"

"What kind of question is that-"

"It's a yes or no question."

"…Yes."

"Then you better think of something because Sora's the type of girl that has guys beating up each other to get to her first."

"You don't have to tell me twice."

"Good luck Yam. You're gonna need it."

Yamato didn't hang up the phone until he heard the soft click on the other end of the line, signifying that Tai had hung up first. The blonde sighed, tomorrow was Sunday, he had one day before he had to see Sora again.

"Mimi… I don't know what happened… it was just all a blur and before I know it, we broke up." Sora sat on her couch, watching You've Got Mail for the hundredth time and talking with Mimi on the phone.

The brunette sighed loudly into the phone, "Oh Sora sweetie, if he really said all that, then he doesn't deserve you!"

"But Mimi… I still want to be with him."

"Nononononono! My goodness girl, no! That's it, tomorrow you're going to the mall with me and we are going shopping!"

The auburn haired girl gave a weak laugh, "Mimi, that might make you feel better but-"

"It makes all girls feel better, Sor. You're coming, and that's final. I know where you live, girl, and if I have to, I will go over to your house and drag you out kicking and screaming."

"Alright Meems, alright, you win, I'll go."

Sora sat in the mall's Starbucks, laughing happily at some comment Mimi made about the people at the school. They spent most of the day together, and oddly, shopping did make Sora feel better. Maybe it was the fact that she was just out with a close friend and having fun, and she managed to forget about Yamato Ishida- until she bumped into him.

Yamato had been dragged to the mall by TK since the little blonde boy needed to buy a present for his one year anniversary with Kari. But somewhere along the way, the two got separated and unfortunately for Yamato, his fan girls found him before Takeru did. Following his impulse, the singer ran- just ran, occasionally glancing back at the increasingly large mob behind him.

Half an hour later, the mob was dangerously close to him and Yamato was tired beyond belief. Even someone as fit as he was couldn't keep up running for half an hour. Not paying attention to in which direction he ran, he ended up colliding heavily with a smaller frame. A soft jasmine scent traveled to Yamato and he instinctively circled an arm around her waist protectively, squeezing his eyes shut as he waited for the impact.

He fell onto her, crushing her form to his. Hesitantly, Yamato opened his eyes in fear of who it might be and sure enough, his sapphire met with dark ruby. Small world, isn't it? Yamato jumped off of her, and mumbled his apology before just running away from her awkwardly. He couldn't face her, he just couldn't. Running into the nearby men's store, it was then that he realized that the fan girls had stopped following him. When had they disappeared? Sneaking to the door, a group of fan girls passed and he was able to catch bits of their conversation. "…his girlfriend… he's taken…" "they're so lovey dovey, I don't want to see that with Mattie…"

Yamato laughed inwardly. Ironic, even after what happened, Sora would always be there for him in a way. He winced, remembering that her arm had collided with the floor heavily. She would probably be sporting a new bruise at school the next day...

"Sora! What happened?!" Mimi gasped, running to her friend who was sitting down on a bench by the railings. The brunette had gone to the bathroom and missed the entire event.

Sora smiled at her friend, "nothing Meems, nothing."

"You're lying, how did you get that bruise in fifteen minutes?"

The auburn haired girl looked down at her arm and cursed; she bruised quickly. "I kind of bumped into Yamato."

"WHAT?!"

"He was running from some girls I think, and he ran into me. We hit the floor and I guess I hit my arm really hard."

"Did he apologize?"

"I'm not sure really, just a bunch of mumbles and then he ran away… like he couldn't look at me anymore."

Mimi gasped and stood up in a flash, pulling Sora up with her. "Where is he? I'm going to go give him a piece of my mind!"

"Meems, forget it, let's… do more shopping!" Sora suggested, desperately trying to change the subject.

"Only if you let me buy you something to cheer you up."

"What?"

"Sora don't worry about it, it's what I do. Besides, I'm daddy's little angel," she added with a wink.

Apparently, when Mimi said "something" she meant "everything possible." Sora went back home with practically a new wardrobe in tow. The doorman watched the auburn headed girl enter the building with at least seven shopping bags hanging off her arms.

"Uh… Miss Sora, do you need help with that?" he asked politely.

Sora turned to face the doorman, catching his raised brow and laughed. "It's my friend… she insisted, really. It's a girl thing."

The doorman's bewildered face was replaced with a smile almost instantly and he laughed, "Say no more, Miss Sora, my wife is the same."

The doorman followed her and reached in front to press the fluorescent button before Sora could even try. She smiled in gratitude and walked into the nearby elevator that had opened up, followed once more by the doorman who generously pressed the top floor for her. He smiled, "Let me get the elevator for you at least."

"Thank you."

Sora dreaded Monday, but it came nonetheless and she dragged herself to class. Upon entering the doors to first period chemistry class, the redhead scanned the room quickly for any signs of the blonde boy. She sighed in relief when Yamato was nowhere to be found and took her seat near the back of the room. He was always early though, maybe Yamato had decided to ditch class so he didn't have to see her? Sora's mood dropped more but strangely lightened when the blonde walked through the door a second later.

Sora Takenouchi didn't know whether to be glad or depressed. Glad that he wasn't trying to avoid her and never look at her again, but depressed all the same, for now, she had to look at him. His gorgeous facial features, dark sapphire eyes, perfect golden hair, lean figure…

The redhead groaned when reality hit her harshly. She couldn't do this- couldn't forget about him, get over him, at least definitely not with him sitting right beside her. Honestly though, she wasn't so sure she wanted to.

Yamato's adoring fans noticed the tension between the couple almost instantly so naturally, by lunchtime, a good three quarters of the school already knew about the break up.

"Oh Mattie, go with me to the prom!!"

"No Mattie, take me!"

"Mattie I love you!!"

"I love you more, Mattie!!"

"Mattie I want to have your baby!"

"Marry me!"

Yamato's head was throbbing while listening to the girls yell out insane requests. The rest of the band sat far from the tree, which the blonde was under, while snickering at the mob that had collected around the poor teenage idol. They knew about the break up between the happy couple and had all come to the unanimous decision that Yamato was an idiot. But that didn't mean that they were going to abandon him- unless he was surrounded by a collecting mass of screaming fan girls.

Yamato rubbed his temples and shut his eyes tightly, trying to block out the annoying females. Almost instantly, his mind had wandered to Sora, it was just so natural for him to start thinking about his girlfriend… correction, ex girlfriend. There was a large bruise on her arm as expected and Yamato couldn't bear to watch her tense up every time the fragile area was touched. Like everything else, it was all his fault.

Sora watched the fans crawl over Yamato from the school roof while she was eating lunch with Mimi and Tai. Mimi had insisted that they eat in the cafeteria for more chances of meeting some cute guys, but Tai had voted against it, much to Sora's relief. The auburn headed girl sighed at the sight below, catching Tai's attention immediately. The boy stood and walked over to where Sora stood. Leaning over the ledge carefully, he shook his head in disapproval at the event that was taking place outside the school building.

"You know, I heard they broke up after she told him that she loved him."

"I heard that she cheated on him."

"Someone told me it was the sex. She was terrible."

"Whatever it is, one thing is for certain- Sora Takenouchi was not the girl for Mattie."

"I don't even know what he saw in her."

"Well girls, he's single again, let's go get him."

Tai glared at the three girls who had been conversing loudly a good distance from Mimi, Sora, and himself. He waited till after the three girls had rushed back into the school and down the stairs before turning to look at Sora sympathetically.

"Don't listen to them, Sora. It's not true." Mimi reasoned.

She forced a laugh, "Really, can you believe some of the stuff that goes around? The sex was terrible, wow."

Taichi remained quiet, taking note of the way Sora's knuckles turned white from her grip on the metal railing. She was blinking furiously, obviously trying to hold back her unshed tears. He sighed, drew the girl into a comforting embrace, and whispered, "He still loves you, Sora, and he's sorry."

"There girl, you see, he's sorry. Why don't you give it another go?" Mimi spoke up. Though her opinion of the blonde had dropped considerably due to the event, the brunette had to admit that he made Sora happy, and god knows, Sora deserved to be happy.

The auburn haired girl brushed back some hair over her shoulder and laughed haughtily, "Sorry? If he's so sorry, why doesn't he say it?"

"You know he's a proud person, it's hard for him to apologize." Tai explained.

"Forget it Tai, obviously he's found another partner for the prom and he's definitely not thinking about me. 'Sorry' wouldn't do much anyway. It's just not enough."

AN: erg... QuickEdit seems to hate me, lol.