AN: Eep. Sorry about that last update, the wait for it was way too long, huh? And the chapter wasn't that long or good… But Tai breaking up with Mimi was good, right? Am I right, or am I right :D anyways, I hope you like this chapter and I don't own Digimon! w00t

Ok, who noticed that it's been a year since I started this fic? And there's only seven chapters! That's like way bad. So I'm going to update more and more and faster so watch out of it :) lol yep!

TUTORING AND ROLLERBLADE LESSONS

Author: Strawberry'd

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 Seven

Sora skated lightly over to the gas pump and tugged on it. After a week of working at this place, Sora had finally mastered her rollerblade skills, but the whole gas-putting-in-to-the-car-without-screwing-up-horribly thing was still pretty hard.

She played sports, and tennis was her main one, so Sora considered herself pretty strong. Well, maybe not strong, but not wimpy.

But she couldn't for the life of her, get the darn thing out of its case!

Tai swept passed her, zooming on his skates. He called to her, "You need to squeeze the handle to get it out!"

Sora scowled at his retreating back and stuck her tongue at him. Taichi was so good at everything! He was quick and efficient, and so good on his skates. Sora sighed as she pulled out the wiper. Skating slowly back to the car, she continued to clean their windshield.

Lately, Sora had hung around Taichi a lot. He always picked her up after school and walked her home and then met her at her locker at school to walk her to her first class. It was sweet, at first. Now it was getting annoying.

Soon, Sora's shift had ended and she was sitting on the curb, taking off her rollerblades. Placing them in her bag, she slipped into her runners and wiggled her toes gratefully. Although she had gotten better at rollerblading, Sora still didn't like it all that much. The lack of friction… it scared her.

Getting up, Sora shouldered her bag and brushed off her pants. She took a step into an inconveniently placed gasoline spill.

She braced herself for the fall, shutting her eyes tightly. She waited for the impact… but it never came.

No… don't tell me, she thought, wincing as she heard his voice.

"You're even clumsy on your own two feet?" He teased.

Sora sighed in a resigned way and looked up into the eyes of one Yagami Taichi. Sora pulled herself out of his arms and stood up, hands on her hips.

"You don't always have to catch me, you know." She said, frowning.

He shrugged. "Can't have a Sora-pancake, now can we?" He grinned.

Sora rolled her eyes and started to walk away. Taichi ran up to her and flung an arm around her shoulder.

"So, how about that tutoring thing, eh?" He said, grinning.

Sora inwardly groaned. She had forgotten about that.

"Yeah… what about it?" She asked.

"When's it gonna start?" Taichi asked, just a little too preoccupied by how the wind of blowing Sora's hair every which way.

"I don't know…" Sora mumbled. "Uh, when do you have your next big test?"

Taichi scratched his head cutely. "Heh, that's funny, I don't seem to remember." He said, giving her a sheepish smile.

Sora rolled her eyes again, something she'd been doing a lot in Taichi's presense.

"How about you start… next week?" Taichi said, seeing someone in the distance and waving to them.

Sora nodded in agreement. As long as it wasn't this week; she had so many projects due!

He grinned at her. "I'll see you later! Don't trip and fall and crack your head on the sidewalk because I won't be there to save you."

She waved at him, rolling her eyes once again. "Whatever."

Mimi sighed as she trudged down to her next class. It was the last one before lunch, but she shared it with Taichi and Sora. Fixing her hair, and making sure she looked perfect, Mimi stepped into the classroom.

To her relief, disappointment, and confusion, Taichi was sitting at his desk, talking to his friend Yamato, whom Mimi thought totally cute, and Sora was at the other side of the room, sitting with Aiko.

'Taichi isn't with Sora…? But I thought…' Mimi shook her head and shrugged, taking her seat. Maybe she thought wrong. But then… why did he –

"Class! Settle down!" The teacher spoke sharply and Mimi put her head on the desk desperately wishing for the ability to sleep with her eyes open.

"Ugh, can you believe Takeda-sensei?" Sora complained, as she and Aiko walked out of class.

Her friend laughed. "You only don't like it because you're with someone you don't like. But I'm with Ryu-san." She trailed off, stars in her eyes.

Sora ignored her friend's antics and fumed a bit more. Why did Takeda-sensei have to put her with him? (AN: three guess who)

Sora spilt up with Aiko and marched off to her locker. Stuffing her books into it, Sora took a step back to measure how severe it was.

Well, the books were… in some order, if absolutely random was an order. And the papers… the papers weren't so bad. You could still see that there was a wall behind them.

Ok, so the books and the papers weren't that bad but what about that funky green stuff growing in the corner…? Sora shivered thinking about it.

"Trying to come up with a new species of mold, Sora?" A voice came, wafting into her ears. Sora simultaneously groaned as she snatched her purse and closed her locker door with a slam.

"Taichi, just leave me alone." Sora said, turning around, only to find herself way close to him.

It didn't help that he was really taller than her and she barely came up to his shoulder.

Frustrated and wanting to take some anger out on him, Sora stomped on his foot hard. "Get out of the way!"

Taichi laughed and gently stepped back. "Sorry, sorry." Although he didn't show any sign of pain when Sora had stepped on him, she noticed how he kept his feet far away from her.

Sora smirked slightly, but the smirk was wiped away completely at his next words. "So when are we going to start on this project?"

Stifling a groan, Sora buried her face in her hands. When she came back up, she found Taichi looking at her with a strange expression.

"Well, it's not due till the 25th, so we'll start on it next week, when I have to tutor you anyways." Sora had a resigned look on her face.

Taichi grinned, "Great. See you then!"

Sora nodded and waved her hand. She sighed again and watched him walk away, his hands stuffed in his pockets, head tilted to one side, making his hair flop ador…

No! Not that! Anything but that. It was disgusting and ugly! Definitely not…

Adorable.

Review Responses:

Suteki Yume: You changed your name! Eep! Hehe, sorry… I'll do that (cowers) Just… gimme some more time… I don't know what to write… x.x thanks for the review! DarkMetalAngel of Destruction: I'm sorry! (cowers) Hehe, thanks so much for the review! Wasn't this update much faster:D Musashibf: o.o eep. How did that go… the whole 'I'm sorry, can we still be friends' think? (giggle) Sorry, I hope you liked the chapter, and I hope you're like ok… from the whole break up thing… :) Digimon-Taiora: Hehe, thanks a lot for the review! Eep, it's so nice, hehe. Thanks so much! Steve-Racer: Lmao, yes well… I've been very busy, I'm afraid. INUYASHAREDSTAR: Well, Sora's still in a bit of denial, and it might take a while before she realizes it. Maybe… three, four chapters? Anyways, I hope you liked the update and please review! Kyoyama Kita: Haha, I LOVE his hair! Wouldn't like it any other way ;) aw, thanks so much for the inspiration. Actually, for this chapter, I was watching this anime and I just like got this idea! Well, it wasn't in this chapter… but maybe the next. :D Lol, yep so I watched the world around me… sorta… kinda in front of me ;) thanks for much! Judyclever: lol hey you! Hope you liked the update ;) What did you name your fish, after all? Lol thanks for the reviews, hun, I'll ttyl! KoumiLoccness: Haha, nice, thanks for the review! Lxlriotgirlx LOL, yes I did! W00t! Thanks for the review:) Shiva-dragon: Haha, sorry about the wait (sheepish smile) Yeah… Mimi's new boyfriend haha, poor guy. ;) lmao, thanks for the review! Bayka: Hehe, thanks so0o0o much! Hehe hope you liked the update! SeaBreeze-YamiAnzu: Haha, well, yep, it was bound to happen right? Tai couldn't be with Sora if Mimi was there! Lol, thanks for the review! Marie Darkholme: Lol, wow I was scared ;) Yeah… it took, like how long? Four, five months? Wow, I'm really sorry 'bout that… Hehe, (embarrassed smile) Thanks for the review! Kaygirl: Haha, wow, thanks so much! And caps too! ;) Sorry 'bout the wait! Thanks for reviewing, hope you liked the update! Star: I love Tai too! Gosh, he's just… so cute! Eek! My friend likes Matt/Yamato better but I love Tai! W00t, w00t! Thanks for the review! KageSakura: Wow, senior… I'm only a freshman, hehe. Yeah… I have so many projects NOW, I'm really scared of the higher grades. x.x Thanks for the review! JTR648 Aw, thanks for being so understanding! I know if I were a reader, and not the writer, I probably wouldn't be as sympathetic. Hehe, thanks so much for the review and don't worry, I plan on updating more and sooner!

Hehe, wow this chapter came out faster! Whee! So, how was this chapter :D

(sigh) I love Taiora… I have a new one coming soon… maybe in a while… eh.

And I have a Takari waiting in the wings :) I'll start plugging it pretty soon, you can count on it! Hehe :D

Hm, well, next chapter will include: more Taichi catching Sora-ness, and more Mimi evil-ness and more sleeping with your eyes open-ness. Gee, I so wish I could do it… Like Gandalf! (giggles) He's hot ;) Lmao!

Yep, so this was the seventh chapter… and the eighth will come out… in a week? Or two? So keep your eyes peeled!

And… review! w00t!