karone-sakura: Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy this next part. It's 11:30pm and I was determind to get it up today!
JyouraKoumi: LOL, thanks for straighting me out on the "sic" thing and thank you for being my fan.
Soramon: Well...I suppose now that you killed Tai, there isn't anyone to stop the kiss...
ravenrouge19: Update...sorry it took so long.
theladyknight: Thanks for the review. I actually took some of the game parts from my own childhood pass. Me and my youngest sister use to make our barbies bunji jump from the attic window. One time, my brother cut the cord by opening his window. My oldest sister would always change rules to make herself the winner. I could never keep up with it! I'm afraid it was I who would storm off pouting but who could blame me when everything I did was wrong but my oldest sister was right. It became a very difficult game...
Kuroi Black Nightingale: You know I said the very same thing about another's story. Why didn't I start reading it before...allwell, the importantthing is that you are reading and the end is coming up very very soon. So this story will be finished. Probably before the end of next week. Then...I need to work on two more stories I kinda blew off.
Thanks for the reveiws and to anyone who read but didn't reveiw. Remember, keep the beboop a live!
"I'm hungry," Tai gave a huge yawn before shutting the box of Shoots and Ladders. "I'm always hungry after a good win!"
"Shut up…" Sora gave the boy across from her on the floor one of her best glares. She crossed her arms to give off a pouting expression.
"Yeah, I'm sure if it was you who won you wouldn't be telling me to shut up." Tai gave his friend his sweetest grin. "I think you ought to check on Matt, would you?"
"Why? Do it yourself!"
"No way, I am going to raid the fridge!" Tai sprung up from his spot on the floor, holding the game in his hand. "Where do we put this?"
"I grabbed it from T.K's room."
"But…that's away from the kitchen!"
"You can't starve by going to T.K's room and back again!"
"Did I mention that it is away from the kitchen?" Tai gave a nervous look about the room, "I'll just stick it here for now." He slid the game under the sofa.
"You know I really don't think it's just the people who live here that are messing this place up. I have a conclusion that it may be a guest!"
"I'm not aware of Matt inviting any rude guest…but then again I'm not here all the time."
"Forget," Sora rolled her eyes before standing up to go down the hall.
The hallway had a dim light that came from the living room, the doorways before Matt's room stood open quietly in the dark, making the hallway seem longer. Matt's room stood open, different shades of light flickered in the room giving it a soft look. She slipped into the bedroom softly, not drawing attention to herself. Matt lay on his stomach at the foot of the bed, too engrossed in the television across the room.
"Any chance you might be done pouting?" Sora asked from her spot near the door.
"I don't pout," Matt gave her a brief smile before turning back to the television set.
"What are you watching?" Sora sat down beside him on the bed.
"A commercial."
"Oh aren't you the funny one!" Sora slapped him on the shoulder. Matt glanced up at her from over his shoulder and back at the television.
"Anyone wants some soda?" Tai came in the room with three cans in his hand.
"If we said no?" Sora asked.
"Then I won't have to make a trip back to the fridge when I run out." He took a seat on the floor in front of the bed.
"I thought you were going to find something to eat," Sora asked the brunet.
"You're hungry again!" Matt looked over at his friend, "You had three helpings of dinner and ate all the popcorn!"
"See, I told you!" Sora smirked. "He was going on how you and I ate all the popcorn, Matt."
"I don't remember eating all the popcorn!" Tai's brown eyes grew huge.
"You growled at me every time I tried to get an extra buttery one!" Sora told her brunet friend.
"You spit in the damn bowl so no one else would eat anymore!" Matt slapped the back of Tai's head.
"Oi…I remember now! That's when the actor's head exploded on the movie!" Tai grinned, "That was such a good movie. Anyways, I don't see what the big deal is? If I don't eat this stuff, it would just sit in the refrigerator and go bad. Wasting food isn't something I would want to be a part of, especially when I have a mother who stinks at cooking."
"How would you know if the movie was any good? You drooled through out the movie," Matt glared.
"Did not!"
"Yes you did. The sofa pillow needed squeezed out after we moved your bulky head."
"My head isn't bulky, Blondie."
"You hit soccer balls with your head all the time, I am sure there are some dents in that jungle of hair."
Tai ran his hands through his damp hair, "I don't have dents!"
"Troll boy…"
Tai glanced up at his two friends and gave a huge grin.
"What are you grinning at?" Matt asked.
"I shouldn't tell you."
"Tell me what?"
"No…You're being mean to me."
"I'm always mean to you but I make it up by feeding your stupid face," Matt took a can of soda from the other's hand.
"Well this time you really hurt my feelings, I have you know that I am a very good soccer player."
"I know you are," Matt patted Tai's head as if he was a puppy; "I never said you weren't. I just said your head has a few dents. So tell me already.''
"I'll be right back," Sora headed for the door, "I need a bottle of water, don't start swinging fist until I get back!"
"Hey Matt," Tai leaned closer to Matt's face.
"Hey what?" Matt arched an eyebrow.
"Sora was checking out your ass."
"Shut up."
Matt grabbed Tai by the neck and started to rub his head furiously. Tai squirmed loose, hooking his arm around Matt's neck and pulling him hard on the floor.
"What are you two doing?" Sora came back through the door, closing the lid on her water bottle, "I wasn't going that long and already you two have your hands all over each other. Can't I leave you two alone for a few seconds?"
"He was giving me a nookie!" Tai pulled away from Matt.
"Was not!" Matt sat up on the bed, making room for Sora to sit next to him.
"Like hell you weren't!" Tai punched Matt in the shoulder.
"HEY!" Sora called out. "Don't start hitting each other. You two always get out of hand."
Matt returned Tai's punch in the shoulder a little harder, knocking Tai backwards.
Tai stood up and chargedatMatt, "URCHHHH!" when he was near the bed, Tai leaped on top of his friend. The collision caused Matt to smack his head on the wall.
"Knock it off you two!" Sora hit Tai over the head with one of Matt's pillows. "One of youare going to hurt yourself or worse, mess up this bloody room!"
"He…" Tai started to say but Matt thrust forward, tackling Tai around the middle and sending them both off the bed.
"HEY!" Sora yelled again but the boys ignored her as they rolled on the floor, swinging their fist.
"HEY!" A man shouted from over Sora's shoulder, "What the hell is going on in here?"
Matt's father stood in his son's doorway, peering at both the boys and Sora.
"Nothing," Matt stood up, crossing his arms.
"Hey, how you doing?" Tai stood beside Matt, a huge grin spread on his face.
"What's going on?" Mr. Ishida repeated.
"Nothing," Matt shook his head.
"Nothing," Tai scratched the back of his head.
"Nothing, huh? I come home to hear Sora screaming her head off and you two rolling around the floor in a fist fight, but nothing is going on."
Matt found a spot on the floor that seemed more interesting to stare at then looking at his father's face.
"Well…um," Tai gave a nervous chuckle, "We were just goofing around, Sir."
"Sorry, I didn't realise I was screaming," Sora apologized "I was trying to get them to stop and…"
"Don't you two think it's a little late to be here?" Mr. Ishida cut Sora off, "And what are you doing wearing my cloths, Tai?" Matt's father glanced at Tai and gave a brief glance at Sora who was wearing Matt's shirt for a nightgown. "Where are your cloths?"
"Relax dad. We were out and sorta got caught in the rain," Matt told him, "So we came back here and I threw our clothes in the dryer. They need something to wear."
"I might be cute Sir but I really doubt anyone would want to see me running around in the nude," Tai shrugged.
"Tell me Matt, how does one get caught in the rain when it has been raining since the sun came up?"Mr. Ishida gave Tai a breif glare.
"Err…It's actually my fault sir," Tai smiled weakly.
"I'm not surprised."
"I was bored and I asked Matt and Sora to play soccer…"
"In the rain?"
"Yes Sir, in the rain," Tai gave a sheepish grin, "We were having a good time when we realise that not only were we soaked but muddy and hungry too."
"You didn't think that playing a soccer game in the rain would make you muddy?"
"Well…I wasn't thinking.."
"I didn't think so."
"So we came back here for something to eat."
"And why here?"
"Mum's cooking…"
"Never mind, I forgot about your mother's amusing dishes."
"Since it was late, I just ask them to stay over Dad." Matt finished for Tai.
"And your mother agreed?" Mr. Ishida looked over at Tai.
"Yes sir!" Tai grinned. "She knows you will treat me better then you treat your own kids...but she means that in a nice way. Not that you don't treat your kids well. Mum would never say that, only that you are extra careful when someone spends the night. Not that you aren't a careful man, you just keep an extra eye on someone else kids because of the responsiblity...not that you don't think you have responisibilty with our own children or anything Imean, you raising Matt shows that you are a responsibile man..."
"And how about your parents Sora?" Mr.Ishida covered Tai's mouth. "I find it very hard to imagine your parents aproving of letting you spend the night with two boys, unchaperone." Mr. Ishida, like his son, folder his arms and stared at Sora.
"Well…um." Sora looked over at her two friends.
"Nothing was going to happen, Dad. She was going to sleep in here and Tai was sleeping on the sofa."
"And you were going to sleep where?"
"In your room,'' Matt shrugged.
"Ah, I see." Mr. Ishida scratched his chin for a moment. "I'll make a phone call in the morning to both of your families. As you can expect, you will be grounded Matt…"
"For what?" Matt protested.
"I wouldn't worry too much about it. I'm sure while you are grounded, Tai and Sora will be also." Mr. Ishida looked around the room, "Although I'll have to think what I will have you do while you are grounded. Cleaning your room won't be one of them I see."
"Sora…"Matt has a slight nod in the red head directions.
"Really?"
"I couldn't sleep here while there was um…" Sora looked around the room.
"While the mold had legs of its own," Tai helped.
"It wasn't that bad…" Matt frowned.
"Yes it was," Mr. Ishida, continued looking around the room. "I didn't realise the room was this large."
"There," Matt handed Tai another pillow, "This one isn't wet." The blonde watched his friend put the pillow behind his head, "You do know that it was your own drool, Troll boy."
"I love it when you call me by my pet name. It shows me how much you really care," Tai grinned and winked at his friend before settling into the sofa and the thick covers.
"Shut up…" Matt turned off the light to the living room before heading down the hall. He was about to open his father's door when Sora came out of the bathroom. Matt froze with his hand on the knob, "Um, you okay for tonight? Do you need extra covers or pillows…or anything else?"
"No," She shook her head, her hair still wet from the shower earlier.
"Sorry Dad is going to get you in trouble with your parents," Matt walked over to his bedroom door.
"No, it's alright. We both knew it wasn't a good idea." Sora shrugged, "If it would had been you and Tai at my house, my parents would had driven you two straight home even if it was two in the morning."
"But I pushed you to…"
"If I didn't want to, I really wouldn't have stayed Matt." Sora tilted her head a little, "You know that. Since when did I do anything I really didn't want to do?"
"Good point," Matt said softly with a slight grin.
"You know what?"
"What's that?"
"There is one thing you can do for me to help me sleep."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah," Sora pushed him against the wall. One of her hands grasped his shirt collar, yanking his head down to her lips, the other hand she put behind his neck. She slipped her tongue between his lips, brushing her tongue against his, sinking the kiss deeper. Before the kiss ended, she tugged his bottom lip to give a quick suck. "Thank you. I've been wanting to do that all day." Sora patted his cheek and turned into his bedroom, shutting the door softly behind an astonished Matt with his mouth half open.
Sora leaned against the closed door, closing her eyes. I cannot believe I did that. This is so unlike me! What if he didn't want that? What if he did but only that one time! What if…I need Mimi! Sora rushed over to Matt's cell phone, pressing her friend's number quickly. Three times, she only received Mimi's voice mail before the girl actually picked up the phone.
"Matt…" Mimi's slurred, sleepy voice came on the line, "What did I tell you about calling me so late? Not everyone stays up after one! How can I get my beauty rest with you calling me all the time? Just stay out of June's sight and she will not have you corned! I told you before I wasn't going to bail you out! Therefore, stop calling…call Tai! Alternatively, maybe Joe, even Izzy but not me! Ugh! I have school tomorrow! I hate getting up for school…wait tomorrow is Sunday. Okay I don't have school but you know what? I still hate being wakened up at two in the morning. I was having this wonderful dream about…"
"Mims, this isn't Matt." Sora grinned.
"Sora?" Mimi was silent for a moment, "Do you know you have Matt's phone?"
"Yes..I know. I'm sleeping in his room."
"YOUR NOT!" Mimi shouted.
"In his room not with him," Sora hurried up.
"Too bad…that boy has a nice ass."
"I know but that's not the reason why I'm calling. You see Tai…"
"Tai has a nice ass too." Mimi's voice went dreamy.
"Well yes but I'm not calling about Tai's ass either. I wanted to tell you something that I did."
"You you you…that's all you ever talk about. Why can't we talk about Matt and Tai's ass? Do you realise how cute Izzy is getting? And don't even get me started with Joe! Oh my god, how about our new art teacher! Is he hot or is he..."
"Mimi are you still with me?"
"Sure, Hun." Mimi cooed, "What are we talking about?"
"I was going to tell you something that I did, something that you will find totally amazing."
"But you didn't sleep with anyone."
"Um…no but I did kiss Matt!"
"Oh yeah? Where? Because giving someone a kiss on the cheek doesn't count."
"No, I kissed him on the lips. Mouth open."
"Really!" Mimi squealed, "I have to go! I need to tell Kari!"
"But…"
"NIGHT!" Mimi hung up the phone.
"Mims! I…" Sora gave the phone a toss. "Thanks for nothing."