"Guess who!" a hand closed around my eyes.
"I'm not in the mood," I pulled away.
"Excuse me," Sora sighed, walking around the sofa I sat on. "So you and Matt had a little fight and now you are sitting in here sulking."
"I don't sulk," I frowned at her, never taken my eyes off the television.
"Huh-uh." I felt her head lean on my shoulder, "Poor baby."
"I'm not a baby!" I turned to her. She only glanced up at me with those soft brown eyes.
"What's wrong then? It's a beautiful day and you are in here looking at the TV!"
"Nothing!" I fumed, turning to the television.
"It's not even on! You are just throwing a fit because something didn't go your way!" She stood up.
"I can't believe you don't have a problem with this."
"With what!"
"With him and…and going to the moon!"
"Tai," Sora sat down beside me again, her hands going through my hair. "He isn't going tomorrow, he isn't going next year, and he won't be going in five years from now. There is a lot of work ahead of him."
"But he still wants to go!"
"Yes." She said in her careful tone, the tone mom use to use when trying to teach me how to tie my shoe. "That's right."
"And you are okay with it…"
"Of course!" Sora smiled, "Who am I to tell him not to do something? What if we asked you never to play soccer again?"
"It's not the same thing!"
"It's still a dream, isn't it?"
"Well…yeah but you can see me whenever you want. Why does he want to be an astronaut anyway? He can stay here and continue his singing career."
"Because that's not what he wants to do!" Sora laughed a little, "Look at it like this. If we all went to him and told him or asked him not to go, he wouldn't. However, Tai he would not be happy. Sure he could continue to sing and go on tour but eventually he will resent that and will resent us and…well, he wouldn't be the person we know."
"You're not helping me."
"You are just sulking because you are losing control of us!" Sora stood up, "Tai, you can't lead us all the time. We will have to break away and find our own way."