Chapter Six

Sora was sat in her room crying, her mum was at the store getting food supplies, so there was no-one there to hear her tears.

Sora was still crying when the house phone. She just ignored I she couldn't speak to the person on the other end in this state, not only did she look as though she had been crying she sounded as though she had been crying.

The phone continued to ring, Sora eventually composed herself and walked over to the phone to pick it up, when the phone diverted the call to the answer phone.

"Hey Sora, look I am sorry for saying those things to you, they were out of order and well, I was wondering if we were cool again? Well when you get this can you ring me back…"

Sora grabbed the phone before Tai had finished.

"Hey Tai."

"Sora? Umm hi, saying what I was saying was easier to the answer machine, umm can we forget the past day didn't happen, I am sure there are things that we both want to forget happened."

Tai didn't know how true that was. Sora wanted to forget that the whole thing with Matt ever happened.

"Yeah, there are."

"Sora, are we ok then?"

Sora looked in the mirror above the phone. She tided herself up and sighed.

"What do you think silly, if we weren't ok, do you really think I would have picked up the phone?"

"True, I have seen you give people the cold shoulder before and believe me, it ain't pretty."

"Don't I know it, look did you want to meet up, I am kind of bored and well we have got some making up to do!"

"What are you suggesting?"

"Well, my mum is going out with the girls tonight and well, I have the apartment to myself so you do the maths."

Tai got the gist of what Sora was implying.

"Yeah that sounds like a plan, when shall I come round?"

Sora stood in thought.

"Uh about 7.00pm, she should have left by then, see you then."

"Yeah see you then, uh I love you."

Sora stood and looked in the mirror again, she knew that she cared for Tai, but she knew that her heart belonged to someone else but she had to move on.

"Yeah I love you too, see you then bye."

With that Sora hung up the phone. She knew that she loved Matt and that she was insanely jealous of him and Anya, and that he was being so cold with her, she had made a mistake and Matt was making sure that she knew that by rubbing his new romance in her face whenever he got the chance.

The phone rang again, Sora assumed it was Tai again

"Tai I said about 7.00, don't you listen?"

"Hi Sora its Matt, can we talk?"

Sora was taken aback, it was the last person she thought would be on the other end of the phone with her.

"I suppose, weren't you supposed to be going out wit Anya tonight?"

"Yeah I was, um last minute change of plan, she uh had something she had to do."

"Oh ok, what did you need to talk to me about then?"

"Us, look I am sorry if I upset you earlier with all the things that I said, it was the last thing I wanted."

"Then why did you do it?"

"Because I care, I figured that if I made you hate me, then you would realise what a waste of time I am and move on with Tai, and saying that I felt nothing for you anymore was the best way that I could think of to express that, even though it meant breaking my heart."

"Matt…"

"Look Sora we have wasted to much time on this, and we both know now that it can never happen, not like this anyway."

"So are trying to say that maybe somewhere down the line, we might have a chance."

"Sora I am saying we will always have the chance, just not now and I want you to know that, true love will always find a way."

"True love?"

"Look Sora I am sorry that I have to cut this short but Anya has arrived I will see you soon, we will have o arrange a double date or something like that."

"That will be interesting, but yeah I will love that and I will make Tai love it as well, see you soon, bye."

"Bye."

The line went dead.

This was Sora's dream come true Matt had finally admitted that their love would have a chance just not at this present time, Sora was ecstatic.

Sora was sat in her room when she heard her mum's voice.

Sora lifted her head from her books and went to the front room.

"When did you get home?"

"About an hour ago, you were busy concentrating so I left you, anyway I'm off now, see you about 11.30pm, bye."

Sora's mum walked out of the front door and left a rather confused Sora standing in the front room.

Before Sora had a chance to change she realised the time and on the dot, Tai arrived.

Sora opened the door.

But to her astonishment Matt was stood there with a bunch of red roses.

"Matt, what are you doing her, Tai will be here any minute and well he will get suspicious, not that I am disappointed its you of course."

"Obviously, I no I no but I was in the neighbourhood just had a gig down the street and well, I thought I would say hi."

"Hi, who are those for?"

Sora pointed at the roses that Matt was clutching in his hand.

"You, um here."

"Thanks Matt, they are beautiful, but what are they for?"

"A sorry, for everything that I said on the phone and well, I am sorry, I thought it was better said in person."

"Yeah it makes it mean that much more."

Matt looked deeply into Sora's eyes, the love between them could be sensed by anyone within 5 inches of them when they were together. But they knew that each other was off limits, the intensity between them shone, but there was nothing they could do, they had made other commitments.

"Matt, I don't want it to be this way."

Matt took Sora by the hands.

"Neither do I, but it is and we have to deal the best we can, even if it means we are hurting."

Matt held Sora's hands tightly, as if he was saying he never wanted to let go.

Sora looked at the clock in her front room, Tai would be here any moment.

"Matt I am sorry, you have to go now, can we speak tomorrow?"

"Course we can."

Matt kissed Sora's hands and waved goodbye and left the building leaving an utterly confused Sora standing in the doorway.

"Sora, hey, have you been stood here waiting for me?"

Tai had arrived, a few minutes earlier and he would have seen everything.

"Obviously."

Tai kissed Sora passionately on the lips

"Shall we go in then?"

Sora smiled, Tai walked into the empty apartment and Sora followed but she couldn't help think about what had happened.

The evening went well, they made up and they were cool, but the whole evening instead of thinking about how lucky she was to have Tai, she was thinking about how much she would rather it was Matt's arms she was laying in. And all the things Matt was saying was as if he was suggesting something that Sora always swore she would never do.