Disclaimer- I don't own it.
Ya know... everytime I update this story it seems that the months just keep passing by and I know it's driving everyone crazy cuz I never update. Sorry... I'm short on time... school, it's a bitch. Ne ways... I'm updating this story on request of crazyamzy. Thanks for reading! Please enjoy! Oh! By the way... I finally saw the movie "The Prince and Me" and it's really nothing like my story... how ironic... lol.
::Chapter 21- What If::
Tk sat in a hard, plastic chair in a crowded room of the Paris Airport. He and Matt were patiently awaiting the arrival of Sora, well, he was patient... Matt on the other hand, not so. Tk rolled his eyes and continued reading his magazine as Matt paced back and forth very nervously. Their body guards stood around also impatient. 'Sora being gone for more than a week is driving Matt insane. Its really starting to take its toll on him. I hope that plane arrives soon or I'll have to dig Matt's feet out of the ground.' Tk thought with a small chuckle.
"Where is the plane!? I knew I should've sent her a private plan!" Matt said throwing himself into the chair next to Tk.
Tk put a hand on Matt's shoulder and looked him straight in the eye, "Yamato, it WILL be okay!"
Matt sighed and smirked, "Thanks, Tk."
"Anytime big bro."
"Flight 118 is now arriving from Tokyo, Japan at Gate 10," a woman spoke over the intercome causing Matt to jump out of his seat.
Men and women of all shapes and sizes, dressed in various outfits from suits to sweatpants began exiting the plane but the red head Matt anxiously searched for was no where in sight. A friendly face did greet him though.
"Tai! Long time no see!" Matt said as the two embraced in a hug.
"Tell me about it! What have you been up to!?" Tai asked.
"Ah, same old stuff. Where's everyone else?"
"If you're talking about your girlfriend you're just going to have to wait and see. One word of advice... never get on an airplane with PMSing women... it can only turn to hell..."
"Huh?"
"You'll see..."
The next thing that happened almost made Tai fall to the ground laughing. A loud, somewhat annoying voice could be heard coming through the gate. It could only belong to one person...
"I specifically ordered someone to get my bags, put them on the limo, and take them to my hotel! So far, none of you French weirdos have gotten off your asses to help me out! Is it really that hard to get up and carry a bag!? I mean come on! Do you really want me to ruin my $150 manicure that I got specially done for my best friends wedding!?"
Tai sweat dropped and sighed.
"How do you deal with that everyday?" Matt wondered.
"You get used to it after a while..." Tai said.
Out of the plane walked Sora, her parents, Tai's parents, Mimi's parents, other people's parents, relatives, friends of Sora, Kari, Yolie, some other people Matt didn't recognize, and Mimi, who was currently screaming at a flight attendant who had no clue what she was saying. The flight attendant looked at her like she was crazy and just rolled her eyes. Sora sweat dropped and looked around the airport. Her eyes locked with Matt's causing his heart to skip a beat. The two stared at each other and didn't move.
"Are you just going to stand there and stare at her all day or are you going to go kiss her!?" Tai stated seeing Matt's hypnotized expression.
"I'm getting to it! Give me time!" Matt said snapping out of his trance and running over to Sora. On his way over to her knocked over some tourists and an old woman in a wheel chair but it was all worth it to him. He swept his princess off her feet and never wanted to let her go.
"I missed you so much..." He whispered into her ear causing the hairs on her neck to stand on end.
"I missed you too..." Sora replied with tears in her eyes.
"Promise me you'll never leave me again..."
"I promise."
"Oh my God! Get a room!" Kari said disgusted as she walked over to Tk with a smile and a big hug.
"Cut the PDA, please," Yolie said as she, her boyfriend Ken, Izzy (Mimi's ex), and Joe (the doctor) joined Tai.
"This coming from a girl who would have sex in the middle of a crowded room if the opportunity presented itself..." Sora whispered into Matt's ear causing him to laugh.
Mimi joined the two lovebirds with a stressed look on her face.
"Are you done yelling at thee poor French woman who doesn't have a clue what you're saying?" Sora asked.
"Well, now that I've got that off my chest... let's go shopping!" Mimi said.
"Well..." Sora looked at Matt, "I'm kind of tired from the plane ride, what about you Prince Charming?"
"Oh... um, yeah! I'm kinda tired too," Matt said with a fake yawn.
"Geeze, if you guys want to be alone you can just say so. I'm not retarded. Tai and I use that excuse everytime we want to mess around and not get caught, "Mimi said and walked away.
"You ready to go Princess?" Matt asked lacing his hand through hers.
"Yes sir," Sora said, "And I wasn't really lying when I said I was tired."
"Um... yeah, me either."
Sora smiled and the two headed toward the others.
::&::
The rest of the day went as follows: Mimi dragged Tai into going to just about every clothing and shoe store that Paris had to offer, Kari met Tk's friends and the two of them hung out, all of the parental figures talked and discussed the wedding, etc., Joe, Izzy, Davis, Cody, Yolie, and Ken went to a movie, and Matt and Sora slept, as promised. It had been a long day,
Sora awoke some time before Matt and she found herself wandering the halls of the elegant palace. 'I can't believe that all of this is going to be Matt and I's tomorrow... it's so beautiful and every girls dream...' she thought as she found herself in a rose garden near the stables. She found a small bench and sat herself down on it. The sun was beginning to set making an awing reflection of colors in the sky. A frown soon found her lips. 'What if I'm not ready for this? What if... I don't meet up to the standards that the citizens of France expect? What if...' Sora's mind just began to wander back and forth between various questions that lingered in the back of her mind. Was she good enough to be called Matt's wife? Why did she have to rush into this marriage so soon? She couldn't take her mind off it.
Sora sighed deeply. She then heard a loud neigh come from the stable and decided to go check it out. 'Maybe riding a horse can take my mind off of things...' She thought disappearing through the flowers.
The time was around 7:30pm when Matt finally awoke to find himself sleeping alone in his bed. He sat up quickly and wondered where Sora could have gone. He then assumed she was downstairs talking with her parents and relaxed. He threw his legs off the side of the bed and stretched lazily. When he stood up he yawned and went to join the rest of the people in the house.
"And then she said "Stop! You're going to ruin my leather coach!"," Malcolm said as all of the adults began busting out into laughter. Matt had obviously walked in at the end of the joke he was telling.
"Oh, Yamato! You finally decided to join us?" Nancy said seeing her son enter the room.
"Hey mom. Yeah, I just woke up," Matt said sitting down next to Sora's mom.
"Well, where's Sora?" Mr. Takenouchi (Ron) asked.
"I thought you guys knew?"
"We haven't seen her. We thought she was with you."
"She wasn't there when I woke up. I wonder where she went."
"Well, go look for her son," Malcolm suggested.
"Alright."
Matt got up and left the room.
"Can you believe that they're going to be married tomorrow? It's so exciting!" Nancy said happily, "We're very excited to have Sora enter our family."
"And we're excited to be gaining a son!" Mrs. Takenouchi (Karen) exclaimed.
Matt looked all around the palace but didn't find a trace of Sora anywhere. He eventually met up with Tai, Mimi, and the others who were all hanging out in the game room of the basement.
"Well good morning sleeping beauty! Have a nice nap?" Tk asked with his eyes glued to the X-Box (A/n: don't own!).
"Ha ha very funny. And yes, it was nice," Matt replied.
"Where's the wife?" Tai asked trying to keep Mimi from getting his chocolate bar, "Woman!"
"I don't know actually. I can't find her I thought you guys would know."
"You lost your wife!? Matt! How could you!"
"Tai! Leave Matt alone it's not like he keeps her on a leash or something. Maybe she's outside in the garden or something, Matt," Mimi said.
"Thanks Meems," Matt said left.
Mimi smacked Tai on the head causing his chocolate bar to fall on his lap.
"What was that for!?" He wondered.
"'You lost your wife!?' What the hell is that?" Mimi said.
"It just came out! It's not like I thought about it!"
"Tai... what am I going to do with you?"
"Well, for right now you're going to be a good little girl and let me eat my chocolate bar!"
Mimi gave him a glare, "Very funny."
"I try."
She rolled her eyes and then grabbed the chocolate from him.
Matt wandered out into the garden and still found no signs of Sora. He had no clue where was left to look. His eyes then wandered to the stables. 'Maybe...' He thought and began walking.
Matt walked to the stables and noticed that one of the horses was missing. 'I guess she did go out to ride' He thought taking his favorite horse Roxy out of her stall and sattling her up to look for Sora. Just as Matt was about to take off in a gallop, he was stopped by Tai, who suddenly appeared out of no where.
"Tai? What're you doing?" Matt wondered stopping his horse quickly.
"Mimi was driving me insane. She ate my chocolate bar and now I'm not speaking to her so I came out here to get some fresh air," Tai replied.
"You're not speaking to her because she ate your chocolate?"
"Um... duh! It was mine, not hers!"
"Oh Tai... you have so much to learn about women."
"I guess... where are you off to?"
"I'm going to find Sora. She's out riding."
"Can I come with?"
"Sure."
Tai walked into the stables and looked around at all the horses. He spotted a jet black one with big dark eyes and he smiled, "I want to ride this one."
Matt glanced over and saw the horse he had picked, "Have you ever riden a horse before?"
"How hard can it be? It's just like riding a bike, without the training wheels."
"Alright... if you're sure."
"Of course I'm sure! Let's sattle this baby up and get going!"
"If you say so."
Matt hopped off of Roxy and grabbed a sattle for Tai. He took Black out of his stall and quickly assembled the sattle. After that he went and got back on Roxy. Tai stood next to the horse and stared at it for a minute.
"Are you going to stare at him all day or are you going to get on?" Matt asked and Tai didn't say anything, "You do know how to get on a horse... correct?"
"Piece of cake!" Tai said putting his foot in the stirrup and getting on top of Black. He lost balance and fell off of him face first in the dirt. Matt almost fell off of Roxy he was laughing so hard.
"The damn horse bucked me off!" Tai lied getting up and wiping himself off.
"Tai, Black didn't even move! You fell off," Matt replied still laughing, "Just like riding a bike, huh?"
"Shut up!"
Tai began to mumble something and then got on Black again. He made sure he was balanced and then turned the horse toward Matt.
"Ready?" He asked.
"Let's go!" Matt said kicking his heels in Roxy's side and making her trot.
Black didn't move and Tai began to get frusterated, "Move horse! You see that other horse over there, do what she's doing!"
Black, if he could've, rolled his eyes and began eating some hay off the ground. Tai tried everything thing he could to get the horse to move but it seemed like none of his attempts were working.
"Are your legs broken!? Move, damn it, move!" Tai shouted and the horse still didn't go anywhere. Tai then got so frusterated he kicked Black hard in the sides causing him to freak out and go speeding out of the stable.
Matt was enjoying the nice evening air when he suddenly heard screaming coming up from behind him. He turned to look and saw Tai on Black coming straight for them. He passed by at full speed holding onto the horse with dear life.
"AHH! I'M GOING TO DIE! STOP THE HORSE! STOP THE HORSE! MATT, SAVE ME!" Tai shouted at the top of his lungs.
Matt sat there with his mouth hanging open. He then kicked Roxy in the sides to get her to run after them.
Sora yawned as she looked to the sky and realized that the sun had almost completely set. 'I guess it's time to get back. I feel a lot better now' She thought and made her horse begin trotting back toward the palace. She was suddenly startled when she heard screaming coming toward her in the distance.
Two figures could be seen coming in the distance and once Sora saw a big mop of hair followed by a blonde she figured it was just Matt and Tai coming to find her. She then noticed that Tai was screaming at the top of his lungs and she didn't understand why.
"Tai! Pull on the reigns and he'll stop!" Matt shouted to Tai.
"Hell no! I'm not letting go of this horse!" Tai shouted back.
"He won't stop then!"
"HELP!!"
Matt kicked Roxy again causing her to pick up speed. He pulled up right now to Black and grabbed his reigns, "Whoa, boy! Calm down!"
The horse began to slow down and eventually came to a stop right in front of Sora. She was astounded and didn't know what to say. Tai was breathing heavily and jumped off the horse as quickly as he could.
"Get that animal away from me!" Tai said.
Sora and Matt began laughing at the sight of his hair, which was even bigger than normal. They were also laughing at his reaction to what had just happened.
"I don't have a clue what just happened but that was the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life," Sora said.
"Tai obviously doesn't know how to ride a horse, or handle one for that matter," Matt replied.
"It shows."
"Is there anything else you call that horse besides Black?" Tai wondered.
"Um... Lightning," Matt answered.
"Great..."
"What're you guys doing out here anyways?" Sora wondered.
"Looking for you," Tai replied.
"Oh."
"Yeah, you disappeared and we figured, well, I figured you were out here somewhere."
"Sorry. I had to get some fresh air. I didn't mean to worry any of you," Sora said.
"It's alright. I understand," Matt said.
"Can we go home now? I'm cold," Tai said.
"Yeah. Lightning's waiting for you," Matt grinned.
Tai glanced over at Lightning and coule have sworn he gave him a glare. "Um... I'd rather not. Sor, wanna switch?"
"Sure," Sora said getting off of her horse and getting on Black.
"Let's go, it's getting late and we have a long day tomorrow," Matt said and the three rode off into the sunset.
::TBC::
Ah... I think my fingers are going to fall off! Sorry this chapter sucked! I was going to make it better but I'm so anxious to finish this story. It's going to be done in like 4 more chapters. Sorry for spelling errors. Review!