Disclaimer- I don't own Digimon and I don't own "A Moment Like This" by Kelly Clarkson.
~^~^~Chapter 7- The "L" Word~^~^~
**What if I told you, it was all meant to be?
Would you believe me? Would you agree?
It's almost that feeling, that we've met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell you love has come here and now**
Sora stumbled into her home the next morning very early. She had accidentally fallen asleep at Matt's house and prayed that Tai didn't notice. She hoped that he thought she came home late and just went straight to her room because she wasn't ready to give an explanation for something that didn't happen.
When Sora walked into the living room she saw three sleeping bodies lying on the floor: Tai, Kari, and Mimi. Many empty beer bottles were scattered all around them. As quietly as she could, she made her way up the stairs and into her room. Once her shoes were off and her head hit the pillow she was out like a light.
**3 hours later**
Mimi and Kari were sitting at the kitchen table eating cereal when Tai came stumbling in, still looking half-asleep. His hair was bigger and messier than normal and looked as though a bird had decided to build a nest there. The two girls laughed at him but he didn't seem to notice. He grabbed a pop tart to munch on and walked back to the couch. He turned on the TV and lay down, then fell asleep and began snoring. Kari and Mimi looked at each other with a "What the hell?" look and began laughing again.
"Does he sleepwalk or is that normal for him?" Mimi wanted to know.
"Yeah, he does sleepwalk. He hasn't done it in a while though. It usually happens when he doesn't get enough sleep or he's worried about something. And he always gets food when he does and then when he wakes up buried in a pile of crumbs he doesn't understand why," Kari replied somewhat laughing.
"Awe, that's so cute! Your brother is adorable!" Mimi giggled.
"Yeah... that's why I love him!"
"I think that's the reason we all love him," Sora said entering the picture.
"Well, well, well! Look who finally decided to join us! Did you enjoy spending the night at Matt's house?" Mimi asked with curiosity.
"Um... I guess. We fell asleep watching a movie," Sora yawned and sat down in the empty seat across from Kari.
**A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Some people search forever for that one special kiss
Oh I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this**
"Are you sure that's what you were doing?" Mimi said.
"Mimi! We're not even boyfriend and girlfriend! I can control myself, unlike some people," Sora replied in defense.
"You know that kind of hurts, kind of. But hey, a one-night-stand is fun every once in a while."
"Meems, only you would know since you have one every other night."
"Only I would know my ass! Would you like me to recap what happened last year on New Year's eve at Jason Nunez's party?"
"MIMI! Shut up! I haven't even told Tai about that!"
"Whoa, hold up! What happened that Kari doesn't know about?" Kari asked speaking in third person.
"Lets just say it involves Sora, one too many shots of vodka, and a hot ass guy by the name of Ashton Williams," Mimi said, basically giving it all away.
"Whoa, whoa! You slept with Ashton Williams!? Oh my gosh, eww!" Kari said kind of laughing in an awkward way.
"How is that gross?" Sora wondered, "My judgment might have been impaired by my vision sure as hell wasn't."
"I went out with his brother for a couple months that's why it's gross. So you know how many girls Ashton has slept with? He's like a walking STD. Lucky for you, you didn't catch anything from him," Kari replied.
Mimi and Sora looked at each other with disgusted faces.
"Eww!" They both said totally grossed out.
"Um, yeah. You see my point as to why I said "eww" now?" Kari laughed.
"Yeah and I DO thank God that I didn't catch anything," Sora said.
"Yeah... but getting off of that subject... How did last night go? Inquiring minds would like to know," Mimi asked.
**Everything changes but beauty remains
Something so tender I just can't explain
I may be dreaming but until I awake
Can't we make this dream last forever?
And I'll cherish all the love we share**
"It was good! Well, that is until Matt told me something that I totally wasn't expecting," Sora explained.
"Oh really..."
"Yeah! Matt's a prince! The prince of France, to be exact!"
"...We kind of-"
"I know you know. Matt told me he told you guys."
"We would have told you, honest to God, but Matt wanted to tell you himself. He really likes you, Sora and he doesn't want to do anything that would hurt you."
"I know and I really like him too."
"Well duh!" Both girls said causing Sora to back up.
"You liking him is the biggest understatement of the millennium!" Mimi said laughing once again.
"What are you talking about?" Sora questioned.
"Hello! Sora, baby, you are head over heels for this guy! It was so obvious from the beginning that you liked him way more than just some guy you met in Chemistry that one day!" Mimi said.
Sora blushed, "Was it really that obvious?"
"Oh yeah. Sora's in love!" Mimi taunted.
"Love? No... It's only been like not even a week since I met him. There's no way that I could possibly be... No, I'm not in... Love..." Sora said looking a way and taking a sip of Kari's glass of orange juice.
Mimi and Kari gave each other a "Yeah, right" look. Sora noticed and commented on it.
"You guys! I'm not in love! I'm... I'm in... Lust! That's right, I'm in lust!" Sora quickly said, obviously hiding her emotions for the blonde boy.
"Yeah, Sora. You just keep telling yourself that."
Sora would have come back at them with something but Tai's yawning was so loud that it drew their attention to where he was. He was currently sitting in an upright position, randomly flipping through the TV channels. From his late reactions it showed that he was still half-asleep. The girls incessant talking had, once again, woken him up.
**A moment like this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Some people search forever for that one special kiss
Oh I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this**
"You enjoying yourself over there, Tai?" Mimi wondered as he focused his attention to the discovery channel, where wild African animals were running through an open field. Amazingly, this amused him in some way that no one understood.
Tai didn't say anything for a minute but then replied, "Yeah... antelope are interesting..."
"I'm sure it is..." Mimi looked around the room for a minute.
"How much did you guys let him drink last night?" Sora asked remembering the large amounts of empty beer bottles lying on the floor/table.
"Um..." They both looked at each other in guilt.
"Don't freakin' tell me all those empty beer bottles are his?"
"Well..."
"You guys! I ask you not to let him drink a lot and what does he do? Wipes out an alcohol store! Kari, you of all people should know how he is when he drinks too much! How could you two be so irresponsible?"
"God, Sora! You're talking to us like we're his parents or something! It's not out fault if we got drunk too-" Mimi then slapped her hand over her mouth, "Oops..."
"Oh my gosh... I don't know what to do with you guys anymore."
"Hey, don't blame us for having a good time while you were getting your freak on with prince charming!"
"Mimi! We did not do that!"
"Sora?" Tai said coming into the conversation, "What happened last night that I should know about?"
Leave it to best guy friends to go get over-protective at the wrong moment.
"Oh my God do I need to spell it out for you guys!? I D-I-D N-O-T D-O A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G sexual with Matt! We're not going out yet and I'm not going to rush into things!"
"Not going to rush into anything my foot! You're the one that's in love with him."
"I'm not in love with him! I never said that!"
"Oh my God, Sora," Tai started, "Don't even kid yourself."
"Oh great so you're taking their side now?"
**Could this be the greatest love of all?
I wanna know that you'll catch me when I fall
So let me tell you this...
Some people wait a lifetime, for a moment...
Like this...**
Tai yawned again; he was still facing the TV.
"I'm not taking anyone's side. You've been in love with this guy since the first day you laid eyes on him. Telling yourself otherwise is just wrong because you know as well as we do that it's true. Don't bother trying to deny it, Sora. I'm your best friend and as much as I hate it when you fall in love, I know when it happens."
"But Tai, I've never been in love before," Sora said, knowing deep down in her heart that he, and the others, was right.
"Yeah you have. Remember that day, a long time ago? It was snowing... you were really sick and I was there keeping you company?"
"Oh... yeah..."
Kari and Mimi looked confused.
"What happened?" They both asked, wanting to know the story.
"Nothing," Tai and Sora said in unison, it was obviously something that they didn't want to share and therefore Mimi and Kari took a hint.
The room became silent and everyone just kind of sat there. No one wanted to say anything so they all kept their mouths shut.
* * *
Meanwhile across town Matt sat in his bedroom thinking deeply about the night before. He couldn't get the redheaded girl off his mind and it was driving him crazy. The words he had muttered to her kept running through his head like a kid in a marathon.
**Flashback**
"Matt, can you promise me something?"
"Sure, anything."
"Promise me you won't leave me."
Silence.
"I promise."
**End Flashback**
"How could I have been so stupid to make that promise to her!?" Matt thought out-loud, "I can't promise to never leave her because in the end I will! I have to return to France soon and there's no way that I could bring her with me! My parents will not accept her for who she is mainly because she isn't a princess and because of the fact that she's a commoner! Oh... but I don't want to leave her...she's amazing. I've never felt the way I feel about her for any girl before. Why did this have to happen!?" Matt shouted for his butler to come in the room, "FRANCIS! COME HERE, PLEASE!"
Francis, the highest paid butler, came rushing into the room as quickly as he could.
"Yes, Mr. Ishida? Is something the matter!?" Francis wondered, out of breath from running up the stairs. (Hey, Matt's got a loud voice and you can hear it all over the house)
"Francis, please come in here and shut the door. I need to talk to you," Matt said getting off of his bed and sitting in a chair at his desk.
"You need to "talk" to me, sir?" Francis asked. 'Oh dear, with my luck I'm getting fired'
"Please, sit," Matt said to the man who was currently standing in front of him, "I need you advice."
'Oh, thank God'
**Some people wait a lifetime, for a moment
A moment like this
Oh I can't believe it's happening to me...
Some people wait a lifetime, for a moment...
Like this...**
"Advice, sir?"
"Yes. You see... first of all, do you remember the girl who was here with me last night? Her name was Sora."
"Yes, I remember. What about her?"
"Well, you see... I kind of made a promise to her last night that I can't exactly keep. I don't want to break her heart because I care for her a lot, but I don't know what to do. How do I confront her about it?"
"Well first of all, what is the promise you made her?"
"I promised her that I wouldn't ever leave her."
"Oh dear..."
"Oh dear? What do you mean by that "Oh dear"?"
"You can't make a promise like that to a girl, sir, unless you intend to keep it. That promise is one she will never forget and now that you've actually promised it, she's going to hold you up to it."
"Yeah, I kind of thought that would be the case. But what am I going to do? I have to go back to France in two months and find myself a wife before I turn 21 or else the kingdom will be handed over to my brother, Tk. It's March already and I only have..." Matt counted down the months on his fingers, "Five months to find a girl, fall in love with her, and marry ask her to marry me."
"Sir, I believe you've already found that girl."
"What? You mean Sora?"
"Yes, of course."
"Are you crazy, Francis? I just met the girl. There's no way I could possibly be-"
"Oh, it's possible. Especially in this case, if you don't mind me saying."
"But, how do you know? Two months isn't long enough for her to fall in love with me. She will think I'm crazy if I express feelings like that towards her so suddenly."
"Love, sir, is never wrong and it never waits for a certain time. It comes when it best fits and you have already found it."
"But I don't think I'm falling in lo-"
"Look deep inside, sir. I saw the way you two were looking at each other last night. You will find it in yourself to express these feelings sooner or later. Sooner would be better. You've already found the right girl though and I'm almost 100% sure she feels the same way but is scared to say something as well. If you want what's best for you, don't let her get away."
"Francis I..."
Francis got up and left the room so Matt could ponder what he had just told him. Was it true? Was what Francis said about Matt loving Sora and not knowing it really true?
"I have to talk to her," Matt said as he picked up the phone and dialed her number.
* * *
The room was still silent until the phone began to ring. Tai picked it up and threw it to Sora, trying not to hit her.
"It's your lover boy," Tai mocked.
"Ha ha very funny," Sora said and answered the phone, "Hello?"
"Hey, Sora. It's Matt."
"Hey! What's up?"
"Oh, nothing really. I kind of called to ask you something though."
"Oh really? What?"
"I can't do it over the phone. Can you meet me somewhere?"
"When, right now?"
"Yes, it can't wait."
"Okay, where do you want me to go?"
"Meet me at that park, you know the one with the tree that has all the names carved into it? I'll be standing by it. I'll see you in 20 minutes."
"Okay... Goodbye."
"Bye."
Sora hung up the phone and received a stare from them all.
"What did he say?" Mimi wondered.
"He wants to talk to me about something," Sora replied.
~^~^~TBC~^~^~
Ah, yes. The feelings are being expressed! Wait to find out what happens next! Don't you love my cliffhangers? Ha ha! Please review!