To the Highest Bidder
By theladyknight
Disclaimer: Digimon—not mine!
A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviews! Please R n R this chapter and enjoy!
Tari Melwasul: Thanks!
Sapphire Dragons: I'm glad you like the story and are liking Sorato!
Yink and Pellow: More fiery kisses are in store…
Raine189: Actually, I didn't think of Fruit Baskets when I got the idea for the fan club.
Mizuki wa Kataomoi: We find out Jun's actual intentions in this chapter…
My Name is R.C.: I can't say I ever got the birds and bees talk either. We mentioned it last year in bio, and I don't any of the twelve people in my class had heard it either!
Armitage: Yeah, I'm really starting to wonder how one person can have so much self-control.
Curtis Zidane Ziraa: I love the idea but am going to change it up a little before using it! Thanks for the great suggestion!
Blondie121147: How freaky would that be to have a teacher do that? Hopefully next time I'll update this sooner...and speaking of updating stories, is "It Happened in Vegas" going to be updated soon? Please!
Young.but.not.hopeless: Yeah, Taichi and innocent in the same sentence…scary!
Crazyamzy: She basically just saw the outline of his butt…that's what I meant to say. BTW, my computer won't let me submit a review to your story "A Dream Come True" so I'll just do it here. Good chapter, hilarious as always…only thing I noticed was that when Sora was talking to Hikari on the phone, she said Yama would be there in 30 minutes but when Mimi came in she said it would be 2 hours. And you're right, I do have an order for updating things. It makes it a lot easier on me!
Chapter 7: Keeping up the Act
I took one more look in the mirror before walking to the door to wait for Yamato. For this, our first date as a "couple", I was dressed much more casual in a pair of jeans and emerald green tank top.
"So, big night tonight?" Dad asked as I stood patiently by the door.
"I guess." Was my response.
Dad winked as the bell rang, and I opened the door revealing Yamato's smiling face. "Hello again, Yamato. How are you tonight?"
"I'm fine Mr. T. How are you doing?" Yamato answered smiling again.
"Pretty good. Now what are your plans for tonight?"
I turned to face my father wondering why he was asking so many questions. "We're going to the movies, dad."
"I see. First official date as boyfriend and girlfriend, huh?"
"Dad…" I began blushing.
"Don't Dad me, Sora." He answered. "I'm very happy the two of you finally decided to get together. Yamato, your parents, Toshiko, and I have been waiting since the day you two met for you guys to get together." I blushed as I caught my blond friend looking at me. "Now you two go have fun, but don't do ANYTHING Taichi would do!"
Yama took my hand and laughed. "Don't worry, Mr. T., we won't."
"Good. But I would never expect you to act like Taichi."
"Bye, Dad." I replied, rolling my eyes.
Dad smiled. "Goodbye, Yamato, Sora."
Yamato gave a wave and we walked out the door. "Oh my God, that was embarrassing!" I exclaimed, resting my head on his shoulder as we walked to his car.
"Don't worry about it. He definitely wasn't as bad as your grandpa." Yama answered, opening my car door.
I got in, and Yamato shut the door before jogging over to his side. "I didn't get a chance to tell you how hot you look."
I flushed. "You're not bad on the eyes either, Ishida." Yamato was dressed in a pair of khaki cargo pants and black button down shirt.
"So have you decided which movie we're going to?"
I smirked at him. "It's a surprise."
"Really." He responded glancing over at me. "I like surprises."
As he drove through the downtown, I noticed a worn-out notebook in the front seat. "What's this?"
He pulled it away from me. "It's where I write my songs."
"Anything new in there?"
He smirked. "There's one in particular for a certain redhead beauty, but she's going to have to wait like everyone else until Saturday night to find out." I blushed. That's right. Yamato's group was having a big concert Saturday night, and Taichi had announced to Jun that Yama was going to be singing a song he wrote for me for the first time.
Yamato pulled the car into the parking lot and locked the doors before I could ask him any more questions about the notebook or the song. "You ready?" he asked, squeezing my hand and pulling me closer to him.
"Ready as I'll ever be."
He kissed my cheek. "You'll be fine, baby."
"Baby?"
Yama shrugged. "Come now, don't you think it would be good to throw in some pet names?"
"Whatever you say, hottie." I replied.
"I'm going to like this whole pet name thing." He grinned.
I smirked at Yamato as we got in line to buy tickets. "Want to know which movie I chose?"
"What would that be?" he whispered leaning his face down to mine so they were almost touching.
"I don't know if you're going to like it?" I whispered in a singsong voice.
Yama laughed. "Sor, I like any movie you choose," I pointed at the poster advertising my choice, "except for that one! A chick flick!"
"Baby, you told me I could choose a chick flick if I wanted to."
"Sor," he pouted, giving me his best set of puppy dog eyes.
"Yama," I answered back trying not to fall for the charm.
"Oh my God, it's Yama-kun!" a familiar voice shrieked. "Oh…and you."
"Hi Mizuki, hello girls. Hi Jun." I said ignoring Mizuki's comment.
Yamato pulled me closer to him. "Can we help you with something?"
"Excuse me, you're holding up the line!" the lady behind the counter interrupted. Yama and I turned to face her.
"Two for The Notebook." Yama told her pulling out his wallet. (Not mine! But I highly highly recommend it!)
"That'll be twelve dollars…oh my God! You're Yamato Ishida!" the forty-something woman shouted. Shouts of Yamato's name spread through the crowds until everyone knew he was there. "It's on the house!" the lady replied, pushing the money back to him. "Could you do me a favor and sign my shirt?"
Yamato sighed but picked up a pen and signed the lady's theater shirt. He usually didn't mind stopping to sign an autograph, if of course the person he was signing it for didn't freak out. Sadly, that's about all he gets anymore.
"Thank you so much!" she exclaimed handing him our tickets.
I stood on my tiptoes and whispered in the blonde's ear, "Let's just skip the food stand. We've already created a large enough scene the way it is."
"I agree."
As we walked toward the doors with The Notebook above them, we heard Jun's request. "Fifteen for The Notebook."
"What!" Mizuki exclaimed. "I thought we were going to…" Jun elbowed her quite noticeably. "Ouch! Oh, never mind."
"But I've already seen The Notebook like five times!" one of the other girls interrupted.
"Look," Jun said facing them, "we agreed this was the one we wanted to go to and that's what we are going to do."
Yama's mouth dropped. "Okay, maybe you're right about Jun being up to something."
We walked into The Notebook and took seats in the far corner of the very last row.
My watch told me the movie was about to start when Jun and her group walked in deciding to sit in front of us. "Oh, Yama-kun, Sora, it's good to see you again!"
I forced a smile though I felt like steam was about to shoot out my ears. So she thinks she can take my man?
As the lights dimmed and the trailers began to play, I felt Yama's warm breath in my ear, giving me all sorts of goose bumps. "I promise to take you to see this again."
"Why's that?" I whispered back.
"Because," he placed a kiss on my lips, "I don't think we're going to be seeing much of it."
Catching on immediately, I nodded. "I'll take you up on that offer." Came my response as our lips met in a fiery stream of kisses…
As the ending credits began rolling, Yamato kissed my neck causing me to shiver. Our lips then met again, slowly picking up in passion, faster and faster.
Someone tapped me on the shoulder and I reluctantly pulled away from the blond. "Yama-kun, Sora, the movies are over. You can leave."
Yama pecked my bruised lips as we stood up. "Well, that was a good movie."
"I agree." I answered, as he wrapped his arm around me.
"Get a room," I heard Mizuki mutter. The blond flashed a sly grin at me.
The girls all exited the main door, but Yama stopped me before we could leave that was as well. "No, let's leave the other way cause I don't want to see them again."
"Okay," I replied, linking my hand through his. We walked in a very comfortable silence to the side door. "Look!" I exclaimed pointing at Jun and her groupies.
The pack of them were sitting and relaxing around Yama's car, which they had all parked next to. "I don't know, Jun. Yama-kun and Sora actually seem really authentic. Did you see the way he was kissing her in there?" One of the girls said.
"No." Jun said, and Mizuki nodded in agreement. "Their relationship is fabricated and I'm going to prove it. See that's my master plan. I'm not going to do anything to break them up, I'm just going to catch them in a lie or not acting like a couple."
"I guess we're going to have to make her believe we really are a couple." Yamato whispered.
I nodded. "I have a feeling this is going to become a tad bit more time consuming."
"Does that bother you?" Yama asked, looking concerned.
"No!" I exclaimed softly. "I have no problem with it."
He grinned. "Good, because it doesn't bother me either. Now how 'bout we pull a little prank on these girls?"
"What do you have in mind?"
Yamato grinned, pulled out his keys, and hit the panic button. "AHH!" every one of the girls shrieked, jumping up.
"What'd you do!" Mizuki shouted.
"Me! I didn't do anything! One of you probably hurt Yama-kun's car! Let's get outta here before he sees it!" The girls hopped in the three cars they had driven and roared off.
Yama and I both had tears of laughter shooting down our faces. "That was pure genius!" I said as he walked me toward my door.
"They had it coming." He responded as I rested my back up against the hood of his car and faced him.
"You're not going to set the panic button off on me, right?" I asked.
He brushed a hand over my cheek. "I would never do that."
Our faces inched closer. "So, I take it you and I have to keep our guard up all the time now."
He pouted unconvincingly. "Damn, that's going to be hard."
"Imagine what that entails…" My heart was racing. I can't believe we're flirting like this with no one around us. It's so obvious yet seems so natural and relaxed. I can just be myself around him no matter what we're doing. He's just so…perfect in every way imaginable.
"We're going to have to make out a lot more when nobody is watching, and we're all by ourselves; keep it real during our downtime."
"What a pity." Yamato's lips connected with mine again in another assault of hungry kisses. His tongue entered my mouth, and I kissed him back just as powerfully. I felt my knees go weak as his kisses grew more passionate. Wrapping my arms around his neck for support, I felt him pick me up and set me up on the hood of the car, slightly above him now. The kissing continued and I felt like I was in heaven…
The next week at school passed rather quickly. The members of the We Love Yama-kun Club who had been at the movies made no mention of anything that had happened there. That didn't bother me though.
Saturday night had been so great. Yama and I had made out by his car for ten more minutes until it started to rain. Well, I guess we stayed out a little longer, kissing in the rain. It doesn't seem odd kissing him. It feels so natural and meant to be, but I doubt he thinks that.
Throughout the week he had come to my tennis matches, I had gone to his band rehearsals, and we had gone out for supper a few times. It seemed the majority of the school had gotten used to Yama and my relationship, though in the case of the girls, were still unhappy "Yama-kun was tied up."
Quite frankly, school wasn't that bad. It was the outside world that scared me. Yama and I went out to eat Monday after school in celebration of one week of successful acting. This photographer dude followed us in and started snapping pictures of us.
Yamato had sighed and told me this was most likely going to get worse when the news of him no longer being a bachelor had spread. Yamato gave me a sweet kiss and told me not to worry too much. Nothing would be nasty, but I would be featured in quite a few magazines and newspapers. Great.
Obviously popularity comes with dating a hot rock star. Over the past week, I've talked with more people from the popular groups than I had the entire first three years of high school. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I have never talked to these people before. I have just never carried a conversation of more than two words with them. Until now.
The school's not talking about Yama and me much this week. We were last week's news. Now all anyone can talk about is this huge party Lindsey, the head cheerleader, is throwing Friday night. Only the A-list has been invited so I guess I now have plans for Friday. It's like expected that Yama and I make an appearance. Oh well, Taichi, Mimi, and Koushiro will also be there so it won't be too bad.
Taichi's driving us all crazy, though, because he doesn't have a date.
"Sora, you wanna be my date for the party?" he had asked me after school on Tuesday as I was waiting for Yama by my locker.
"Dude, she's got a hot sexy boyfriend who could kick your ass for saying that!" Mimi exclaimed as she and Koushiro joined us.
"He's nothing! I could take him easily!" Taichi boasted.
"You don't think I could kick your ass, Yagami?" Yamato's amused voice asked. "Hey, babe." He smiled at me before giving me a long kiss.
I smiled back at him. Our bushy-haired friend rolled his eyes and mouthed, you're not really a couple! "You sure you can't share Sora with me?"
Yamato smirked and wrapped his arms around me. "I'm not the kind of guy who shares his gorgeous girlfriend with scary men with big hair."
Taichi rolled his eyes again. "Well who am I going to go with?"
"Jun?" Koushiro suggested innocently.
"No!" Taichi's face blanched.
Yamato brushed his lips against my ears. "Is there any way you could get Tracey here?"
"That's an idea. I think she has spring break too this coming week." The main reason Lindsey's party was going to be so big was because it marked the start of the Easter/Spring Break week we got off of school. "I'll call her."
"Did you change your mind, Yamato?" Taichi asked hopefully. "Are you asking Sora if she wants to go with me instead of me?"
"Taichi, why the hell would I want to go with you when I could go with him?" I asked kissing Yamato.
Yama gave Taichi a sly smile. "There's your answer. Listen, buddy, Sora and I know this girl, and we think she'd be perfect for you. Sora's going to try and get a hold of her, and I bet she'd like to go with you. What do you say?"
"A blind date?"
"Yes, a blind date. Do you have a problem with it?"
Taichi grinned. "Well is she hot?"
Mimi, Koushiro, Yamato, and I all sweat dropped. Yamato looked at me. "I guess."
"Well then count me in…" From the look on his face, I knew he was saying it as a joke, but I had a feeling once he met Tracey, he'd be really happy he said that.
I dialed Tracey's number up Wednesday night and hoped to God she could get here. Mom and dad had agreed after I used every ounce of cleverness and persuasion to get them to okay the idea. "Takenouchis, this is Tracey. Talk to me, baby!"
I giggled. "Are you expecting some hot guy to call?"
"I don't know. Will your boy toy be calling me anytime in the future?"
"Don't count on it! Yama thinks you're crazy!"
I could hear her sigh. "Well do you know any other hot guys?"
This has got to be fate or something along those lines. "Actually I do."
"Is he as hot as Yamato?"
"Dude, Tracey, no one is as hot as Yamato Ishida. But he is Yama and my best friend."
She squealed. "Ooh, tell me more! What's he like?"
"Food." I joked.
"What?"
"Never mind, inside joke. Let's see, he's hilariously funny, awesome at soccer, really nice, loves to talk and gossip."
"What's his number!" Tracey exclaimed.
I laughed. "Before I give you that, I was wondering what you are doing this weekend and next week."
"Nothing." She answered in a monotone. "It's spring break, and I have no plans! How lame is that!"
Yes! This is working out great! "Come here then!"
"Visit you?"
"Yes!" I exclaimed. "There's so much going on! There's this big party on Friday night, and you could go with Taichi. Then there's Yama's concert on Saturday, then a bunch of other things next week. It would be so awesome if you could come, Trace."
She squealed. "Oh my God! Hell yeah it'd be awesome. Let me check. MOM!" I heard her yell. "CAN I GO STAY WITH SORA FOR THIS AND NEXT WEEK!"
I cringed. Yeah, she and Taichi are perfect for each other. Please, let her be able to. Please, please, please!
"SORA!" she shouted. "I CAN GO! MOM AND DAD SAID IT'S OKAY!"
"Tracey that's awesome! But can you please stop yelling!"
"Sorry!" she exclaimed. "I leave on Friday morning. Mom's letting me skip out on school Friday to drive in!"
"This is going to be so much fun! I'll tell Taichi. He sounded really exited when we told him about you."
"What'd you tell him?" she asked curiously.
"That you're hot."
She snickered. "That's it?"
"Believe me, Taichi's mind works in odd ways.He was only joking when he said that, though.Don't worry, you two will have a lot in common!"
"I hope so!" she answered. "He sounds really great. Ooh, I can't wait to come out there! Shit, I've got to go right now. I have a ten-page research paper due tomorrow and all I have written is my name! Talk to you then, Sora!"
"Bye Tracey!"
I hung up the phone and laughed. We are going to have such a fun spring break here! Taichi and Tracey, Koushiro and Mimi, and Yamato and I. Just thinking of Yamato makes my heart dance. God, Sora, you are doing the thing you shouldn't be: falling for him. How did this happen?
I warned myself after I had bought him not to let myself fall, but it's too late. I've already fallen, hard. Yamato is so perfect. He's such a gentlemen, a sweetheart, still so masculine, and strong…man, I have got it bad! And every time he kisses me, I grow weak. He kisses hold some extraordinary power over me, and I just can't get enough of them. Each kiss is full of so much hunger and passion…I could kiss him forever. If only he'd think of me this way. But there's no way that would happen. At least I'm still his "girlfriend" and get to spend all this time alone with him, making out with him, going out with him, and hanging out with him. If only he thought of me the same way…
I walked into school on Thursday looking for Yama and Tai but couldn't find them anywhere. Looking around I finally found them in the Chemistry room talking between themselves. Curious, I pressed my ear up against the door and listened.
"…I don't want to ruin things though." Yama sighed.
"Tell her, baka, and you won't ruin things. You'll make them better!"
"I doubt that it would make them better, Taichi. She'll hate me!"
I heard Taichi stomp his foot on the ground. "Yamato, she will not hate you. How is it things are so obvious to the rest of us yet so foggy to you guys?"
"You just don't understand."
"Ishida, I've understood for the past seven years. With each passing minute that you don't do something about it, things are getting worse! Tell her!"
Oh my God. He's cheating on me I bet. No, he wouldn't do that. What's going on? Could he possibly think of me in the same way I think of him? No, that wouldn't happen. Maybe I should just ask them…
I knocked on the doors before entering. "You two do know you passed chemistry. Barely in your case Taichi, but you don't need to be hanging around in here."
"Sora!" they both exclaimed. "Hey!"
Yama walked over to me and kissed me long and hard. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the feelings he was giving me. "Hello to you too!" I laughed as he let go.
"Yama has something he wants to tell you." Taichi shouted. "Go on, Yama."
The blond glared at our best friend and faced me. "Sora, did you get a hold of Tracey? Because Taichi's been bugging me about finding him a girl and trying to get me to let you be his date. There's this other girl, if Tracey can't come, that would be good for Taichi. The only problem with her is that she's in love with me, but I've never ever thought of her like that. Taichi's trying to get me to tell her before she plans our wedding." He joked. "That's what we were arguing about in case you caught parts of that conversation."
"Oh, I was wondering what you were talking about." I answered. I guess they weren't talking about me. "Tracey can come and she's very excited about the whole thing."
"Really!" Taichi exclaimed. "Then I can't wait. Come on you two, let's go to the cafeteria. I'm buying!"
Yama wrapped his arm around me, and we both laughed as we walked after our friend. I relaxed into his arm. I can't wait for tomorrow, Tracey coming, and the party. I wonder how much acting Yama and I will have to do over break…
A/N: Please review and let me know what you think!
