I'm What?
By theladyknight
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or the Princess Diaries or any movie or TV show I name.
A/N: Where to begin…Okay, a few differences between the movie and books: Mia's father is dead in the movie where as he is alive in the books (though he does have a little problem…); her parents were married and secretly divorced in the movie but in the books were never married because Mia's mom did not believe in marriage at the time; in the movie, though she and her grandmother have their differences, they tend to get along, unlike in the books where they are constantly at each others throats; movie-San Francisco, book-New York City; in the movie Jeremiah is the guy who likes Lily, but in the books Lily's boyfriend is Boris, a musical prodigy from Russia. Also in the film her grandmother is queen but in the books she is only dowager princess. Just a little background information for anyone who had some questions. Thanks to everybody who reviewed and I hope you like this chapter. Please R&R!
Other characters to remember: Jennifer (Sora and Mimi's rival), Jacob (hot sophomore, Sora's got a crush on him), Christine (one of Sora's friends), Mr. Reynolds (aka Mr. R, Sora's Music Appreciation teacher and her mother's new boyfriend) and more will come up later…
Aino Yuy aka Usagi-Hater: I hope I answered your questions above but if you have anymore feel free to ask them. I think I mentioned Sora's parents never married in the first chapter, but I really don't remember. Also in this chapter we find out Sora's dad has a little problem I purposely didn't disclose above that will very much involve Sora. And your right, what an attention span—she's known Yamato for a long time though, so I guess she's learned to be herself. Thanks for the review!
Blondie121147:Yep, the movie changed a lot of things from the book and I decided to use the book's version because it'll throw in a couple of surprises. Also THANK YOU SO MUCH for the help with the list in this chapter, gurlie! I had to force myself to think of people to add that Sora wouldn't have on her list because I didn't disagree with any people you had on your list! You're awesome…ps I saw The Notebook (it was sooo good!)
Chapter 3: Of Stories
Tuesday October 9
English
There was never a dull moment yesterday, and it's going to take me a long time to describe the events that took place.
I got ready to go to school just like any other day. Meems new hair color would be revealed to the rest of our school, and I was both anxious and scared to see what the others had to say about it. She may be my best friend, but seriously, she dyed her hair because a guy told her to; she needs to realize how stupid that is. But at the same time, I feel kind of guilty. I should be supportive of her even though I really don't agree with what she did.
Uh oh, here comes my teacher. He's checking our notes to make sure we've been writing what he's said. Crap…
In the film Batman, directed by Tim Burton, the colors, (choose 3) are used to symbolize three core ideas throughout the film.
Black—darkness, people in the dark
Red—danger, bad things
Yellow—A warning
Green—greed or new life
Blue—security
Purple—mix of danger and security
White—pureness
Okay, he's gone. Never in a million years will I understand why we are forced to watch films and take seven pages of notes about the colors then are expected to write a paper over it. Whatever happened to just sitting down and watching the film in peace and sanity? Sorry, I get off topic quite a bit.
Anyway, Mimi arrived at school, looking perfectly cheerful and content with everything. She came over and greeted me. "Hey, Sor!"
"Meems, why are you so cheerful?"
"It's a great day! What's not to be cheerful about?"
Jacob Richards chose that time to stop at his locker with the devil accompanying him just like always. "Hello, Mimi, Sora." Jennifer said. She then covered her mouth. "Oh my, I didn't know it was Halloween already."
Mimi put a smirk on her face. "Oh, so that explains all the makeup on your face. I just thought it was a severe case of acne. Come on Sor, I need your help with my bio homework. Later, Jennifer!" She left a wide mouthed Jennifer staring at our retreating backs.
Mimi pulled my arm and led me towards our homeroom. I began cracking up. "That was awesome."
"All in a days work." She and I both began to laugh again. Mimi didn't seem to care what anyone had to say about her hair. She told me at the end of the day, she had received a total of 32 positive comments versus 31 negative. I couldn't believe she actually counted the number of comments people gave her.
Quite honestly, Mimi's hair was the talk of the school. Rumors and gossip spread faster than you can walk from one side of the school to the other. In the resource room it was no different. Nearly everyone was gathered around Mimi's table, questioning, praising, and admiring her. Mimi appeared just as cheerful as she had earlier in the morning, holding onto Koushiro's hand and laughing along with the others.
"Guess there's no need to lock the boy genius up in a closet today!" a merry voice said. I looked up to see Taichi standing next to me grinning. "Can I take a seat?" he asked.
"Sure," I replied. Wow, Taichi actually wants to sit by me even though we have no algebra homework or anything.
Another voice entered our conversation. "Mind if I join you as well?" Taichi and I looked up to be greeted by the heavenly face of Yamato.
"Pull up a seat, buddy!" Taichi exclaimed. "Couldn't concentrate?"
Yamato grinned. "Even with my cd player cranked, I could barely hear myself thinking over all the racket they're making."
"That's Mimi for you," I said, glad I could get my two cents worth into the conversation. "There's never a quiet moment around her." I can't believe I'm sitting here with two popular seniors!
Both boys nodded their heads in agreement. "Who would've thought someone's hair could cause this much gossip." Taichi mused. "I should try something like that!" Yamato burst into laughter. "What!" Taichi asked indignantly.
"There is no way in hell you would ever do anything to your hair." The blond singer laughed. He turned to me. "Taichi has been letting his hair grow since we were eleven years old without getting it cut."
"Really?" I asked astonished. "That's like, seven years!"
"It's not that much, really if you think about it."
"Seven years!" I repeated. "You have more hair than me."
Yamato laughed again. "He refuses to cut it. This one time, I was over at his place, and his grandma was there. Here's the thing about his grandma; she's really old and almost blind. It was around Christmas time and their family was getting ready to trim the tree. Well little old grandma with her poor eyesight and all, began to hang ornaments from Taichi's hair. She finally realized it was her," Yamato paused fluttering his eyelashes, "darling grandson when she tried to put the star of top of his head!"
I cracked up too. "Did that really happen?" Though Taichi refused to say anything, his bright red face was evidence enough for me.
"If you thought that was bad, you should hear about Yama and his hair." Taichi didn't stay down and out for long.
"Taichi…" Yamato warned flashing him a dangerous look.
Taichi gave a cheeky smile and faced me. "So, Yamato and I went to his apartment to work on a chemistry project last year, and Takeru greets us. It had been raining outside and, Yamato bolted into the bathroom to put some gel in his ruined hair. Takeru walked over to their refrigerator and put a tally mark on this gigantic sheet of paper that was already full of hundreds of marks. I asked him what it was for, and he told me ever since the first day of high school, he's been counting how many times Yamato gels his hair. I think at last count, according to Takeru's stats, the number is over 1,000!"
Tears fell from my eyes as my laughter continued. "And people think girls are so obsessed with their hair! Man, they have yet to meet the two of you." I managed to get out. The rest of the period was spent with Taichi and Yamato locked in a battle of embarrassing stories trying to prove the other was obsessed with their hair. It was clear to me they both were, but I would never say it to either of their faces. My personal favorite story had to be the last one Yamato managed to get in before the bell rang.
"The only time Taichi has ever done something to change his hair was Halloween the year that song "Blue" by Eiffel 65 came out. (A/N: Not mine!) You see, Sora, Taichi had decided to dress up like the main character from the song and went all out; blue clothes, blue paint on his skin, and as you probably guessed, blue hair. Well, Tai here wasn't too happy with the first results of his little hair dying, so he repeated it, five times. We went trick-or-treating and everything was fine until some raging lunatic called me at two in the morning yelling about his hair still being blue..."
Well, there were stories and explanations given for everything that day, including one regarding the reason my father called. Mom cornered me when I got home from school with a really serious expression on her face.
"Did someone die?" I asked trying to read the grave expression she carried.
My mom shook her head. "No, sweetie, no one died. Uh, please sit down."
"What is it, Mom?" By now I was getting to be really concerned. "You can tell me."
"Honey, your father just finished his last chemotherapy session." I looked at her and then the realization hit me. "Yes, Sora, your father had cancer."
Cancer. That was big. Really big. I was almost too afraid to ask what kind of cancer but mustered up my courage. My mother got a little flushed in the face, and that kind of confused me. She began to look around nervously and fidget in her seat, like she was uncomfortable to say it to my face. "Mom…" I began.
"He just got over testicular cancer, Sora and they had to cut the cancerous section out..." she trailed off. Wow, talk about dropping a bombshell. That definitely was not something I had been expecting to hear her say. But I don't blame my mother for being uncomfortable telling me this. How comfortable can you be when you have to tell your teenage daughter her father only has one testicle left….eww! I really do not want to think about this right now.
"Why exactly is he coming here though, Mom? I mean it'll be great to see him again and everything, but shouldn't he be taking some time off for a little rest and relaxation? If I were him, I'd much rather be enjoying the nice sandy beaches of Prince Philippe's Isle than the concrete jungle that we call home!"
My mother managed a sad smile. I'm getting a very strong feeling there's something she's hiding from me. "That's a matter between you and your father, dear." My mom left the room and left me hanging on her last words. Okay, something is up...
Looks like class is almost over. Thank God. Tomorrow we start writing our papers over the symbolism of colors in the film. I can't wait! Less than one week until dad comes to Chicago and I find out what my parents have been hiding from me.
Thursday October 11Art I
I just love it when we have substitutes in class. The guys all set out to make the teacher's day a living hell while the girls all chat and gossip with one another. Mimi is in my art class and whenever we have a sub in any class we have together, we take the opportunity to make lists. Here's our most recent one.
Mimi Tachikawa's list of the Top Ten Hottest Guys with comments by Sora Takenouchi(A/N: actually compiled by theladyknight and blondie121147)
1) Koushiro Izumi: sophomore (Strongly disagree. Her boyfriend and definitely not my type! Koushiro's a nice guy, really, but I don't think he'll ever be on my top ten list!)
2) Chad Michael Murray: One Tree Hill (Hell Yeah! Nice body, nice hair, nice eyes, great actor, incredibly talented…need I say more?)
3) Benjamin McKenzie: The OC (Agree…Another obvious choice for the list.)
4) Justin Timberlake: singer (Disagree. Maybe back when he had the curls and back in the day of N'SYNC, but I'm gonna have to say no. He's definitely not on my list.)
5) Josh Hartnett: 40 Days, 40 Nights (Agree! Fantastic actor, incredibly hot in all his movies, what's not to like!)
6) Jacob Richards: sophomore (Strongly agree! Only one of the hottest guys on the planet. Unfortunately going out with one of the evilest witches on the planet…)
7) Ryan Cabrera: singer (Agree. i LOVE Ryan Cabrera! He's got looks and talent…what a great guy.)
8) Vigo Mortenson: Aragon in Lord of the Rings (Disagree…he's okay but Orlando Bloom's hotter and younger. I never knew Mimi thought he was hot…I guess I learned something new today!)
9) Ryan Seacreast: American Idol host (Disagree…he's certainly good-looking but doesn't make my top 10 list. He might have made it a couple of years ago but not anymore…)
10) Paul Walker: The Fast and the Furious (Hott! Deserves recognition on my top 10 list!)
Looking at the list I guess I agree with over half of them but she forgot a few: Yamato Ishida (that's an obvious blunder on her part), Adam Brody (The OC), Tom Welling (Smallville), and Orlando Bloomamong a few others.
These lists are so much fun to make, and they keep us entertained so well. They are always a highlight of my day. Uh oh, the principal's coming. Seems like one of the guys finally made our teacher cry. Later!
Saturday October 13
My room
Well, I just got off the phone with Mrs. Ishida, Takeru and Yamato's mother. It seems young Takeru had a killer algebra test on Thursday, and though we both thought he understood it, the results said otherwise. Mrs. Ishida told me his teacher was offering a make-up test for him on Monday, and he really could use my help studying.
I checked with mom who said it was no problem. She had a date. Okay, that's scary to think about. Almost as scary as thinking about my dad and…never mind, I won't go there. Mr. Reynolds was taking her to some fancy restaurant and then out dancing. Breathe, Sora, breathe. None of your classmates go out dancing to a ballroom. They won't notice.
So, here I am now, throwing a few things in my backpack including this, ready to head over to the Ishida's. It's not like I have anything better to do anyway. It beats me sitting around here wishing Monday would come faster along with my father. Besides, there might be a chance that Yamato will be there...Shit, I'm going to be late if I don't go. I'll write about this adventure later…
A/N: What'd you think? I won't know if you don't review! Next chapter along with an unexpected snowstorm that leaves Sora stranded at the Ishida's with a couple of people (I wonder who they could be…), Sora also finds out the reason her father comes…not to mention receives a little life altering news from him in the process. Please review!