AN: Omgosh!!! I am so, so, so, so, so, so, so sorry!!! I haven't really been good with writing my fanfics… sure I got a one shot out every now and then… ooh, I feel sooooo guilty!! And I just KNOW that the next chapter will take a long time as well… Well, it's close to Christmas Break so maybe I'll have a bit more time to write… and I can't even use the excuse that I as editing and such… sooooo sorry again!! Oh and in case you were curious, when I said that in the last chapter when Tai said that Sora had an "accident" I meant like… they did something… something she needed to use the hospital for!! Think!! He's telling people… well, let me give you a hint… He's a boy and she's a girl and when a boy and a girl… ((cough)) yeah, so yeah, that's why she was so mad and acting all bitchy… if that's why you thought she was acting that way… ((confused face))

And yet again, another note!! I changed my name to Strawberry Promises!! Remember that name ((grin))

TUTORING AND ROLLERBLADE LESSONS

Author: Strawberry Promises

Genre: Romance, Drama, Humour

Anime: Digimon

Summery: Poor Tai had fallen fast and hard. So, when he swindles his love, Sora, into tutoring him, will he fall deeper into love, and will she fall in love with him? Won't know till you read!

Chapter Five

Sora walked down the street, rollerblades hung around her neck. A couple of weeks had passed and still she hadn't gotten the hang of them!

Tai had promised to help her so she was on her way to his place to get him to act on that promise.

So we now found Sora on Tai's doorstep pounding furiously on the door.

For about a minute or so, there was silence. Then slowly the door creaked open.

She… she's wearing his shirt… Sora thought, dumbfounded.

A young girl around 14 or so opened the door, wearing nothing (as far as we know) but Tai's shirt.

"Yes?" she asked in a light voice.

"U-um, is Taichi there?" Sora stammered. She hadn't expected anyone to be here but him.

"No, he's out at the moment." And then she shut the door in Sora's face.

She stood there for a moment, completely stunned.

And then, her brain kicked in.

Who was that girl? And why was she wearing his shirt? That was so definitely not his sister…

Sora walked down the stairs noticing the elevator was out of order.

Her thoughts whirling, and her mind in turmoil, Sora didn't notice that she had walked into someone.

"Ah, gomen…" Sora mumbled and tried to walk around the person but they had taken control of her arms.

"Sora? What are you doing here?" A warm familiar voice said.

Her head snapped up. "Tai?"

A smirk formed on his face. "So, it's Tai huh? Not Taichi anymore?"

Sora blushed. "Whatever. I thought you wanted me to call you Tai."

"Yeah, I did." Tai's smirk grew and he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "What perfect timing you have. My sister's at my apartment and I want you to meet her."

Tai steered her in the direction of he way she had already come.

Huh… so that was his sister… Sora shrugged. Now I can ask her why she slammed the door in my face.

"So, why did you come by?" Taichi asked her.

"Hm?" Sora asked, a little lost in her thoughts still.

"Why did you come by?" he repeated, and a smirk settled itself in his face. "To see me?"

Sora rolled her eyes. "Actually, I wanted you to help me with my rollerblades."

Tai face faulted. "You mean you still don't know how to rollerblade??"

Sora went on the defensive. "I'm a slow learner."

"And you have no coordination." Tai scratched his head. "Well, I'll help you… but you gotta help me out as well…"

Sora frowned. "With what?"

He smiled sheepishly. "My grades have been slipping a bit… so you can tutor me in return!"

Her eyes grew wide. "Tutoring?!"

He smirked again. "Yep, a couple more hours with me every week. What more can a girl ask for?"

Sora rolled her eyes again.

"Whatever."

He chuckled and continued to drag her in the direction of his apartment.

Sora sputtered and tried to stop Taichi but he kept going.

She didn't know how the sister would react to her and tried to prolong their meeting as long as possible, but the thing was, Taichi was very strong.

Before long, they were at his front door.

"Here we go." Taichi pounded on the door and yelled, "Yo, Kari, open up!"

"What do you want, Tai?" His sister opened the door and had a blank look on her face. "Oh, it's you."

Sora bowed. "Please excuse this interruption."

Kari smiled a bit.

"Kari, this is Sora, I was helping her learn to rollerblade, but she's not too good at it." Tai said. "Sora, this is Hikari, my younger sister."

Kari's smile widened. "Hi, sorry about before, I thought you were that other girl who always came by."

Mimi? Did she mean Mimi?

"Come in," She motioned.

"Thanks," Sora walked into the familiar apartment.

"Sorry about my appearance. Tai, the clumsy oaf, spilled spaghetti sauce all over me so I had to improvise." She motioned down to his shirt and grimaced.

Sora laughed; she knew she and Kari would become good friends.

She turned to Tai. "It's gotten cleaner in here."

Tai scowled. "Miss neat-freak, here, had to clean everything." He pointed to Kari accusingly.

Sora laughed. "Really? I would just leave everything as a mess."

Tai grinned. "See? This is my kind of woman."

Sora flushed just a bit and slapped the arm that found its way around her shoulders.

Kari raised an eyebrow at the two of them. "Whatever. At least she's better than that other one." She walked into the kitchen.

Other one…? Does she mean Mimi??

Sora turned to Taichi with a question in her eye but he turned away quickly and grinned. "How 'bout we set up that tutoring schedule?"

Sora shook her head. "Nuh-huh." She grabbed his hand and pulled him to the door.

"We're going to improve my skating first." Sora said.

Tai grimaced and called to his sister, "Kari, we're going out for a bit! Don't take candy from strangers and look both ways when you cross the street, kay?"

Kari came out with a frying pan in one hand and a really big fork. "I'm not a little kid!"

"Well, if you're going, I was thinking of having Takeru over." Kari said slyly.

"Not dressed like that!" Tai retorted and was about to go back but Sora held onto him.

Kari winked and walked off.

"Who's Takeru?" Sora asked.

"Kari's boyfriend." He answered. "You know Matt? Ishida Yamato?"

Sora nodded. She could remember Mimi gushing over him just a couple of weeks ago. We used to be so close… what happened?

"Takeru is his little brother." Tai said.

"Oh," Sora responded. "OK,"

They reached the ground level and Tai headed off to the garage.

"Where are we going?" asked Sora.

"To my car, my rollerblades are there." He answered.

"Oh," Sora replied.

He got his rollerblades and steered Sora outside. "put on your 'blades." He said.

"'Kay," Sora obediently put on her "blades".

"Good, now skate over there."

Sora did as she was told.

"Now stay there." Tai grinned devilishly.

Sora looked around her and noticed she was on a large hill. Suddenly, what Tai was going to do dawned on her.

"No, don't!" Sora said, shakily.

He just grinned. Tai started to skate towards her and Sora started to back away.

Tai gave her a little push and she felt herself falling but then felt strong arms wrap around her small frame.

Sora opened her tightly shut eyes and found herself looking at Tai.

"Saved your life." He said, his voice husky.

"Yes, I suppose you did." Sora replied, a little breathless. "But you're the one who almost killed me!" Sora made a mad face.

Tai laughed. "As long as I saved the poor damsel in distress." He mock-bowed.

Sora rolled her eyes. "I was not in distress."

"Looked like it to me." Tai responded.

"Whatever." Sora said, gliding away.

"So when are we going to start the tutoring?" he called to her. "Sora? Sora!"

She skated away in the distance.

Tai ran a hand through his hair and sighed. He started the long trek back up to his apartment.

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Review Responses:BOw-doWn-tO-KeiKO:Haha! Thanks so much: D it's been a while, hasn't it? Well, I've been so busy with my other fics and all… glad you liked the last chapter, hope you enjoy this one just as much! Thanks for the review!Musashibf: Haha, tru, tru, more romance it is! Just gotta get rid of Mimi first… ((Grin)) not that I don't like her or whatever, it would be weird with Sora like falling in love with Tai when he has a gf ((laughs)) Haha, thanks for the review!Shuichi66: ((grin)) Thanks for the review!! Glad you liked the chapter ((smile)).DarkMetalAngel of Destruction: ((wide- eyed)) is she really? Whoops… didn't mean to make her like that… sorry!!Me: ((grin)) thanks for the review!! I'm so happy you like this!Kawaii-Q: ((HUGE smile)) thanks so much!! Sorry the update took so long…Kyoyama Kita: No, just a little cold… but maybe I should make her really sick and then Tai has to take care of her and then… whoops… gave some of it away… ((Sheepish smile)) Thanks for the review!Noriko Fujita: lol tru, thanks for the review!! Glad you like it and please don't kill yourself ((wink))Linkolas: yeah, I know! It took sooo long… And this one took a long time too… sorry!!! Thanks for the review!! And hmm, you'll see how Tai deals with Mimi… ((Wicked grin))Shiva-dragon: Haha, she isn't, is she? Oh well, she's gonna get the job and then she won't have ne more time for Tai ((wink))Funny love: ooh a cookie!! Niiice!! Guess what! When I was writing these replies, I was writing em on yer birthday!! Haha, so when I post this, it's gonna be like Christmas! LmaoSleek Wolf: Thanks so much!! Glad to hear positive responses ((big smile))SeaBreeze-Yami/Anzu-fan: Sorry this update took so long… It's hard, juggling all these stories at once… but I finished one a while back so maybe that'll help or maybe not… (Remembers three new stories Strawberry-chan is starting) ((smile)) thanks for the review!! JTR: well it's a bit late for that… hehe, thanks for your review and for the next chapter, I'll try and be a little quicker!

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Another chapter finished. This one was quite long, wasn't it? LOL Compared to the others, that is. Sorta.

Anyways, thanks for reviewing to the last chapter and hopefully you enjoyed this one.

I'm so sorry about the long wait. It's been what… like four months since I updated? Whew… sorry guys! I'll try to make the next chapter quicker… like in three months ;) just joking!

Thanks for reading and please review!!