Disclaimer- I mention a lot of things in here that I don't own so don't sue me! I don't own Digimon most of all.

~^~Chapter 4- Getting To Know You~^~

Sora and Matt exited the penthouse and headed down the elevator to Matt's car. Sora was in awe when she saw the expensive 2005 silver Ferrari sitting in the parking lot of the penthouse complex. Matt pulled out his keys and unlocked the doors. He then opened the door for Sora like the perfect gentleman he was and she gratefully sat down. He shut the door and went to the driver seat.

"This is a really nice car," Sora said admiring the interior.

"Yes, I'll agree with you on that. My father gave it to me as a 20th birthday present," Matt replied as he started the engine and pulled out of the parking spot.

"Gee, all I got for my 20th birthday was a 24-karot gold bracelet and some matching earrings and a necklace. I'd take a car over jewelry any day."

"I thought girls were supposed to like jewelry?"

"We do! Believe me... but a Ferrari..."

Matt began to laugh and Sora couldn't figure out why.

"What's so funny?" She asked curious at Matt's sudden outburst.

"Nothing. I've just never met a girl with such great taste in cars!"

"Is that a bad thing?"

"No! Of course not! I think it's cool. I just always thought girls were into the diamonds and whatever else and not automobiles. The world made so much sense until now."

"Oh... okay," Sora said now laughing herself.

"So what are you up to for dinner?"

"Anything's good. What do you want?"

"Well... I've already got a placed picked out. I made reservations earlier this evening."

"Reservations? Where are we going?"

"You'll see..."

The talk was cut short when Matt pulled up to the front of the most famous/expensive restaurant in town: Shah Pier's.

"We're eating here!? Yamato I don't have enough money to pay for a meal here!" Sora spoke in disbelief.

"Silly girl! Don't worry about it! Tonight, everything's on me. Just sit back and enjoy yourself!" Matt laughed as he turned off the engine and stepped out of the car. He handed his keys to the valet parker.

"Great... this guy is going to spend a fortune on me tonight. If I would've known we were eating here I would have at least dressed nicely..." Sora said to herself as Matt opened the car door.

"Are you going to sit there and talk to yourself all night or are you going to join me for dinner?" Matt asked and held out a hand for her.

"Oh, um, yeah! Sorry..." Sora blushed and took his hand, stepping out of the car.

"You're very cute when you blush because of me," Matt whispered causing her to blush again.

The two walked to the front door, which was kindly opened by two men, and escorted themselves inside. They walked to the front counter and were greeted by a nicely dressed host. 'I look so stupid...' Sora thought as she saw how nice everyone but herself looked.

"Name, please?" The man said not looking at the two.

"Fenchinzo! Don't tell me you've forgotten me already!?" Matt said.

The man looked up and his eyes widened, "Yamato! I can't believe it's you! How have you been!?"

"Good, good! And yourself?"

"Good! You were so small the last time I saw you! That was what, a couple years ago? My, you've grown! How are your parents? Still busy, I presume?"

"Yes, yes very busy as always. My father is very stressed and needs a break."

"Ah! Who doesn't? Oh, and who is this lovely young lady you're courting tonight?"

"Oh, yes. Fenchinzo, meet Sora Takenouchi. She's beautiful, is she not?"

"Yes, yes. Very beautiful indeed! Is this a first date? Or just a friendly get-together?"

"First date of many, I'm sure," Matt said flashing a smile at Sora who in return blushed.

"Ah, she's so modest! You have yourself a good young man here Miss Sora. Don't let him get away!" Fenchinzo laughed.

"I... won't..." Sora hesitated in answering

"Now, I need to be seating you a line is beginning to form behind you. Come, this way!" Fenchinzo said as he grabbed two menu's and led the couple to a table.

"This place is really amazing, Yamato. Thank you so much for bringing me here," Sora said as she admired everything and everyone.

"What? You've never eaten here before?" Matt asked as though she were joking.

"Actually, I haven't."

"You're kidding!?"

"No..."

"Wow. I thought by living here you must've visited this restaurant more than once!"

"No. Reservations are impossible to get here. How'd you get in on such short notice?"

"I have connections. Don't worry about it. Just enjoy everything that happens tonight."

"I will, thanks."

Fenchinzo sat the two and gave them their menu's. Sora's eyes widened when she looked at the prices.

"Julia will be your waitress tonight but I'll start you off with some drinks."

"I'll just have a water," Matt said not really in the mood for a carbonated drink.

"I'll have water as well, with a lemon," Sora said.

"Water it is! I'll be back momentarily," Fenchinzo said and walked away.

"Do you have any suggestions on what's good here?" Sora asked looking through the rather large menu.

"Just about everything is good. The chef here is amazing. If you want pasta, I would suggest the chicken fettuccini alfredo. If you want a meaty meal, Duck a la Orange is amazing," Matt said.

"Hmm... fettuccini sounds good. I'll take that."

"Excellent choice. I'm going to have the lamb."

The waitress then approached the table holding the two glasses of water.

"Hi, I'm Julia! I'll be our waitress for the evening. Fenchinzo apologizes for not returning but he was need back at the front. Have you decided on what you would like for dinner?"

"The lovely lady will have the chicken fettuccini alfredo and I will have the lamb," Matt spoke for them both as Sora handed him her menu.

"Great choices! It should be ready soon. If you need anything I'll be back soon," Julia took the menus and left.

Matt and Sora were now alone and Matt thought he would strike up a conversation to get to know Sora a little better.

"Sora, tell me about yourself," he said.

"What exactly do you want to know?"

"Well, start from the beginning. Tell me your likes, dislikes, hobbies... whatever you want. You talk, and I'll listen to every word."

"Well okay. Hmm... I was born here in Japan but not in Tokyo. I was more out in the country because my parents can't stand being around a lot of people at once. My birthday is July 7, 1983. Um... I love to paint, particularly sceneries, I model sometimes, and I adore sports, soccer, tennis, and horseback riding mostly. I don't like broccoli or my hair. My favorite color is red and I hate Chemistry. I'm not too good in math either and I don't think I can sing very well. My best friends names are Tai, whom you've already met, and Mimi."

"Ah, good. Now tell me about your parents, where you grew up."

"I grew up pretty well of. My mom is a fashion designer and my father owns his own international marketing business. The two divorced when I was 12 and full custody was given to my mother because my father is always out of town. I'm an only child so it wasn't too big of a deal. I moved out when I was 18 because of college. My father and I speak every once in a while but he's paying for my college tuition and home so I guess I can't complain."

"You're a daddy's girl. I can tell."

"I'm not a spoiled brat, if that's what you're thinking."

"No. I'm just saying that it sounds like you two are close."

"We used to be but not so much anymore. He's never around because he's always out of town so we don't talk much."

"Cool."

"Now, tell me about yourself, oh mysterious one."

Matt let out a chuckle, "Alright well, I was born on the rainy day of August 25, 1984 to my mother, Nancy Takashi and my father, Malcolm Ishida in the city of Paris, France. I have a younger brother named Takeru, we call him Tk, and he's living with my parents back in Europe. He's 17 and decided to take up an education out htere. I just moved here recently and am now attending Odibah University, as you already now. I am also no good in math and I can sing. I love to sing it's one of my favorite hobbies actually. My favorite color is blue and I love my hair. It's my best feature, if I do say so myself."

Sora laughed, "Yes, your hair is very nice."

"Why thank you! Yours is beautiful as well. I can't understand why you dislike it so much."

"I don't know why I do either. I guess it's because I'm a redhead. We're just weird like that."

"Your hair is beautiful, as are you."

"Thank you..." Sora blushed once again.

"There's that blush again! You must receive compliments about your beauty all the time and yet you're so modest! Why is that?"

"Well I've never actually thought of myself as beautiful."

"You can't be serious!"

Sora nodded.

"Never think of yourself as something you aren't! You ARE beautiful and don't tell yourself otherwise!" Matt rose his voice.

"I'm sorry..." Sora whispered.

"No, don't apologize. I'm the one that's sorry. Insecurity is just a big pet peeve of mine. I can't stand when girls as pretty as you think so little of themselves. It drives me insane!"

"Alright..."

Just as Matt was about to say something else, Julia arrive with their food. She placed it down in front of the two.

"This looks great! Thank you very much!" Matt complimented.

"Yes, thank you!" Sora said.

"No problem, Mr. Ishida. Enjoy your meal!" Julia said and left once again.

"How is it that everyone knows you?" Sora wondered as she spun the fettuccini on her fork.

"Ah, I get around," Matt replied and dug into his lamb.

* * *

The dinner went great and the two left for their movie. They went to see "Starsky and Hutch" deciding that a comedy would enlighten the evening.

During the movie Matt glanced over at Sora and slowly inched his arm around her shoulder. When he did she blushed and placed her head on his shoulder. 'She's an amazing girl' Matt thought as he smiled and enjoyed the movie.

When the movie ended the night was still young.

"You still up for that walk?" Matt asked when he noticed that it wasn't any later than 10pm. He placed a jacked around Sora's shivering body.

"Of course!" Sora replied and the two headed for the park.

As the two walked through the park, Sora couldn't help but notice how bright the stars were that night. It was as though the heavens had opened up and were singing a song for them.

"They're beautiful, just like you," Matt whispered into her ear as he inched closer to her and found his hand lace with hers.

'I never want this night to end...' Sora thought as she rested her head on his shoulder.

'I think I'm beginning to fall for this girl... I wonder how my parents are going to react...' Matt though.

The two walked until they reached a large tree with many named carved into it.

"What's this?" Matt wondered, never seeing the tree before.

"Well, it's a legend that if you carve the name of the person you like into this tree, the two people will fall in love and be together forever," Sora replied.

"Does it really work?"

"I don't know. I've never carved anyone's name into it before. I've never been in love."

"Nor have I."

Matt turned and looked Sora in the eyes. The ruby red orbs were glowing from the moonlight and made them look like they were on fire. Matt began to inch closer to her and she did the same to him. Sora then stopped. 'I can't do this. Not yet.'

"It's getting late. I think we should head home," Sora whispered, now upset that she'd disrupted the kiss.

"You're right. Lets go," Matt said and led her to the car where they drove back to Sora's penthouse.

* * *

They arrived at the complex about twenty minutes later, Matt took a detour so he could be in Sora's presence for that much longer. When he stopped the car he quickly jumped out and opened Sora's door for her. She got out and gave him back his jacket.

"You don't have to walk me back up there. I don't want to be a bother to you," Sora said as she looked into his eyes.

"You'll never be a bother to me. I would love to walk you to your door," Matt replied generously.

"I'd rather you didn't."

"Alright, if you insist."

"I've had an amazing time tonight, Matt. I want to thank you for everything."

"Hey, it was no biggie. I had a great time too and I hope we can do this again soon."

"I need to do something to repay you though. You've spent way too much on me for me to just go home and not do anything."

"You want to repay me? Alright, you can."

"How so?"

"Like this."

Matt lunged forward and placed his lips on her. She was a bit taken back at first but eventually got into it. The two shared a passionate kiss to end a perfect night as a flash shone in the background.

"Perfect," the person that caused the flash said and headed away.

The kiss ended too soon and Matt spoke, "Will I see you tomorrow?"

"Of course," Sora replied, "Good night, prince charming."

"Good night, beau."

(a/n: beau is beautiful in French)

Sora smiled as she walked to the elevator. Matt watched her walk away and felt his heart beating a million miles per hour. 'What is this feeling I have for her?'

~^~^~TBC~^~^~

Awe, I really like this chapter. Ha ha. Please review!