House Ch. 1: The Invite
"Hay Tai when do the others?" Kari asked. 13 year old at the time, wearing tight blue jeans and a mid-drift pink t-shirt.
"You know it's not all the others that you want see," Tai joked. Tai was 16, he was in a light green colored shorts, and a blue baseball jersey.
"Now that's just not true," said Kari, then added "seeing Matt with Sora is always a treat."
"If you think that gets under my skin then your wrong. I've gotten over Matt going out with Sora, there just to good for each other to be angry any more." Tai told Kari and it was true, he was over Matt and Sora.
"Well I guess that I have to believe you, considering you did call Matt to make sure that he was coming tonight," Kari had said with a smile. "By the way Tai, thanks for making up with Matt."
"What. Why would you thank for that?" Tai was confused.
"TK was missing Matt. He's always so busy, you know with his band, and Sora, school." Kari said. "So what are we going to do tonight?"
"I really don't know but Mimi will be here and you know her, she always has an idea or two." Tai mentioned.
The door bell rang and one after another came over, starting with Izzy, who was wearing tan shorts, and a green under-shirt beneath a dark blue unbuttoned shirt over the other shirt. Then Joe arrived a short while after and he was wearing a white t-shirt under his black sleeveless sweater, and had white slacks on. Later Mimi had shown up supporting a small white and pink shirt that had a flower on it, she also had a short pink skirt on. A while later on Tai gotten a call from Sora telling Tai that her, Matt, and TK were going to be a bit later.
"So what do guys want to do?" Tai said.
"Hey I wanted to ask if any of you gotten a letter that said that you was invited to this house for a school project?" Joe asked.
"Ya but it seems a kinda weird," Mimi said.
"I also did, and yes the this invitation is a little strange but there is a chance this could be a very iatrical part in our academic in devours. Say collage or maybe in Tai's case finishing high school," Izzy added, while he thought 'I could help hem finish any thing he, if he gives me a kiss.'
"Hay I resent that remark I in fact do really good in my, whatever you call it. And yes I did get that, invitation," Tai said with a hint of joking, then added to get the last word in the matter. "And why can't you just call it schoooool like every one else."
"Cause that would be, like you know, too I dunno easy," Mimi joked. "And yes, yes I will also be like so gracing all your presents there too." Mimi said but this time she really wasn't joking being the only girl there age from the group that did not have a boyfriend.
"I am sooo sorry that I do not chose to speak like ingrates. I guess it must be that I am to smart to talk so stupid. And Tai both you and I know that the only reason your doing any were near as well as your doing is because the jocks get there whole special treatment thing." Izzy retorted.
"What?...Us jocks don't get any special treatment. You butt-face dick weed." Tai hollered.
"Butt-face dick weed?" Mimi questioned.
"Could you be so kind as in to define the term 'butt-face dick weed'?" Izzy almost about to bust blurted.
"It's sorta...um...you know...a...um..." Tai said trying to find an answer to his own comment.
Then there was another loud knock at the door.
"I'll get it you just answer the question." Kari said walking over to the door, "and I do expect to hear an answer." She thought 'my brother so freaking funny, who else would call any body a butt-faced dick weed.'
After she opened the door she was greeted with a hug from TK, with a kiss. TK was in a yellow button-up t-shirt, and tan shorts.
"If this were the nights heading count me so in," TK half-joked and half-wished.
"I think your a little young for that," Matt stated knowing full well that they was, but was to happy to really push the matter. Matt was wearing a black sleeveless shirt, and had black jeans on.
"And besides that mine and Matt's job here," Sora joked with a peck to Matt's check. As they walked into the house, Matt's arm around Sora and her around his. Sora had an orange t-shirt on, and tight blue shorts on that shown off her legs.
They were all greeted by that familiar voice "it's about time-" Tai was cut-off mid sentence.
"Ya Tai was about to explain to us what a butt-head dick soar was," Joe said.
"I really don't want to know what that is," TK muttered.
"No, no that wasn't what he said. He said-" Izzy was now cut off.
"I said I'm hungry...That's all," Tai started to cover up his comment but his blush gave away the lie.
"Ya sure, that's what you must have said," Matt said sarcastically and added, "because I've never, ever heard you, no, not you make a comment like that...Couldn't be Tai, not the guy that used to call me 'Yama the' and I quote 'the lama'. Couldn't be hem, but it could be that guy, what's his name. Names aren't important here. He used to call me simple 'king Kong's ding dong." Matt yelled out the last nick name.
"If only he knew that you had King Kong's ding dong," Sora joked. As the others stated to laugh.
"She's not exaggerating it's pretty, and big," Matt said in a serious voice. Tai could help but turn completely red.
"Is that true?" Kari giggled out a question, and TK thought 'o god how cute does she look when she giggles?'
"Maybe-" Tai was cut off again and was starting to get a little frustrated. And Mimi was keeping a close eye on hem and thought 'o I love it when he gets embarrassed, soooooooo cute.'
"Well he called me 'Tari' for a-" Kari was cut off by Tai yelling.
"THAT'S ENOUGH OF THE TAI USED TO CALL ME STORYS." Tai screamed out as he thought, 'it doesn't matter what I used to call them. Cause now they call me leader.' Now was smug in his thought but didn't tell them what he thought in order to back away form the groups jokes.
"Ok, you win, sorta. This is a party rite? So why aren't we parting?" Mimi suggested.
"Well this is more like a get together than a party." Izzy stated.
"Well that means movie, popcorn, spin the bottle, ten minutes in the closet," Mimi kept going drawing more looks from the group. "The hand gesture of love, truth or dare, strip monopoly, strip poker, streak club, and who could forget two rats in a sack."
"You really got off course there didn't you Mimi?" Sora said.
"Hold up there, I think truth or dare is perfect for the moment." Matt declared.
"At lest somebody's willing to have some fun," Mimi pouted.
"Aright lets do it then," Tai said.
"Get in a circle every one," Mimi ordered.
"So who starts first?" Joe asked.
"I will," Mimi said, "ok, lets see, Izzy truth or dare."
"Ok, I guest truth." Izzy answered.
"I'll give you a simple one. Is there any one in this room that you have a crush on?" Mimi slyly asked.
"Yes, my turn now right." Izzy said, knowing full well that he couldn't tell Tai that he had a crush on hem. He wished he could though and know he wouldn't be mad, but he just could take his rejection.
"What. You never told us who, Izzy don't be a cheater, nobody wants to play with cheaters." Mimi yelled, she was really looking forward to his answered because she always liked hem for his brain, and is cute little look.
"You never said I had to tell who." Izzy pronounced, "ok Tai, this is your turn, truth or dare."
"Duh...Dare." Tai said like that wasn't even a question worth his time.
"Ok, ok, I dare you to...I. dare you to kiss...Mimi." Izzy proud of the fact that he didn't screw up and ask Tai to kiss hem.
"Ok." Tai leaned into Mimi and gave here a little peck. The group was a little let down because they thought that Tai liked Mimi, every one that meaning Matt, TK, Sora, and Kari. The rest was more relieved.
"My turn...lets see here," Tai said as he pervade the landscape to see who his next victim would be. "Aright Matt, its your turn," Tai said slyly.
"Ok I guest that it's truth." Matt said unsure about what Tai would do if he said dare.
"Hmm...lets see here what could I ask you...What abou...No that would be to mean...Ok here we go. If there was one thing about your life, like something that you did what would it be?" Tai said sure that the answer wouldn't be anything to bad he thought 'probably going to be his first concert. That concert suck real bad. I even want that night back for hem.'
"..." Matt could say nothing, but he gave a small sob. Every one knew that this was going to be some thing more personal than Tai had intended.
"Hay, man you don't hav-" Tai was cut off by Matt's answer.
"Don't say it," Matt said firmly. "This is the game I agreed to it so I'll answered the question," Matt angrily grunted. Now every body remembered this Matt, this was the Matt that you couldn't get to close to or he'd eat you alive. "Aright hear we go you all ready?" Matt asked with out even caring for an answer. "When I was ten, I was very depressed and lonely. I would constantly go home to nobody it really sucked. So there I was sitting at home after a few of the local bullies just jump me." Then Matt buried his head in his hand and started what looked like a cry. Sora put her arm around hem and whispered "don't worry they wont think of you any deferent, I don't." Then she gave hem a tiny kiss to neck for courage.
The others just sat there in silence waiting for the next part of the deep in there own thoughts most of which consisted of 'nice question Tai', or 'well he needs to get this off his chest', and even now this games gotten good'.
Then Matt continued "I was sitting there in my own thoughts and all that I could think of, is that I deserved this. That I was nothing, and that was the reason my own mom didn't wont me." Matt began to regain composure, and now he realized that his mom did want hem. "And I went to the bathroom took a lot of pain pills, and a bunch of sleeping pills trying to overdose and kill myself." The group jaw drop, they all couldn't believe what they just heard.
TK then land and everyone thought he was going to comfort his big brother. But instead he whacked hem in the head and said firmly, "if you try that again call me up and I'll kill you my self." They all knew that TK was hurt by what Matt said more than any one else. Then Kari pulled hem back and whispered, "remember TK he was only ten, he was to young to know any better."
Then they quieted down for the rest of the story waiting in anticipation. Then Matt continued "but lucky for me my dad came home early, and saw the bottles on the floor, and took me to hospital. And that was that. O and don't do that charcoal doesn't taste that good, and that's what they give you to make you throw up the chemicals." Matt finally looked up and realized that he had just confessed to them that he attempted suicide.
There was silence for what seemed like hours and Mimi had to say something and did. "Well that was a tearjesker..But Matt its your turn. And no offence try to bring the sprit up a bit." Mimi said very sincerely, she was also aware that Matt was very capable of doing so.
"O ya, sorry. Ok I guess will go with Kari this time." Matt said a little unsure of himself at the moment.
"...Um...Da...no tru...ok dare." Kari stumbled out.
"Aright, what could be the grossest thing I could do?" Matt quizzed himself, as Kari shuttered. "I have it now, I time to kill to birds with one stone." Now Kari knew that this wasn't good, "you have to French Tai."
"What the hell?...No...No...Hell no," Tai started to scream.
"Don't you mean three bird. I don't want my girlfriend kissing her older brother." TK plead.
"Ok I guest I let you off but you still have to kiss some one...lets see." Matt said. Kari now knowing that there would be nobody worst than Tai.
They all just sat there in anticipation and then just like that he said, "Sora."
"What?" Both Kari and Sora asked, "you heard me kiss my girlfriend." The room was now busting up in laughter well all except the two girls. "See TK, that's how you make a dare," Tai managed to say thought the laughing.
Then just like that Kari gave Sora a peck on the cheek, then they both laughed at there victory. "You never said how," the two girls laughed.
The rest of the night had a lot less action, it was dominated by truth, but with a few kisses, and nasty drink this dares. After the game they all gotten ready for bed, and decided that they was just going to watch a movie while they slept in the front room. The chose to watch Dogdeball, this was more Tai's choice than any one else's, but they weren't complaining.
Sora and Matt shared a sleeping bag, Sora wearing a blue nighty, Matt just wearing some gray sweat pants and a black wife beater.
Mimi also was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, this made Joe very happy to say the least. Joe was wearing a matching blue button up shirt, and pants.
Izzy was wearing a large green shirt and some blue shorts.
Kari slept in her bed wearing a pink night gowned. TK who was sleeping on her floor was wearing a yellow t-shirt and light blue shorts.
Tai who was also sleeping in his bed was only wearing some white boxers and a sleeveless white shirt.
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The next day the group said there good byes and went on there way.
Mimi and Joe took the subway home with little conversation, until the end when Joe had asked Mimi if she wouldn't mind calling hem latter that night. And of course she didn't refuse, in fact she liked talking to Joe since he seemed to be up beat.
Izzy's mom came to pick hem up and took hem to he favorite computer store so that he could upgrade his graphics card.
Sora had gotten a ride home from Matt, with TK. On there way to dropping TK off Sora finally called them on why they were so upbeat, not that she didn't like to see them happy, she loved it but as happy as they were aside from Matt's suicide confession was a bit suspicious. She knew that if she just asked Matt she might not receive the whole truth, not that he would lie to her, which he couldn't, but TK would always spit the info out.
TK answered with something that made her just burst inside with joy. He had told her that there parents had finally worked through their problems and were getting back together. When she look over to see that Matt had the single biggest smile that she ever seen hem make she knew it was true, and she thought that their finally getting what they deserve, a family.
Later that night. "Hello," Sora said happily.
"Hay baby, what could I do for you this great night?" Matt joyfully asked.
Sora thought 'o I hope so much that this continues.' "Well I just wanted to know if you had received an invitation to a school project?"
"Well ya I gotten one but I don't think that I'm going." Matt replied.
"You have to this a once in a life time opportunity, you know." Sora had retorted.
"Ya that's what the card says but they do lie allot, and besides I should already be getting a scholarship. So why would I want to go on some stupid trip, to some dumb house?" Matt calmly said.
"Well if you don't go then I guess that I'm just going to have to find another boy to keep my company." Sora said trying to get Matt jealous.
"Guest so," Matt said just to here her reaction.
"Ok I give in to that one, but you are coming whether you want to or not." Sora said firmly.
"Really I think that sounds like a challenge. So how you going to make me go?" Matt asked looking forward to this one.
"I'll let my dad know that-" Sora was cut off, though it wasn't even going to be something bad.
"No you can't," Matt said knowing that it wouldn't take much to make hem hate Matt.
"Then does that mean your coming?" Sora asked lovingly.
"Yes," Matt grunted.
"Good see you then," Sora proudly said know that he was her's.
"Then what about tomorrow?" Matt asked confused.
"It is tomorrow silly, you had better start packing. Remember its going to be two weeks." Sora helpfully added.
"Well then, that my queue to start packing, love ya, bye," Matt ended it there.
"Love you to, bye." Sora said.
Mean while on another line.
"Hi Jim, is Joe there?" Mimi asked. She called enough to distinguish the deference in there voice.
"Ya hold on I'll go and get hem," Jim who was Joe's older brother said. After a couple minutes. "You still there?" Jim asked.
"Ya," Mimi answered wondering why Joe wanted to talk to her so bad.
"He was just in the shower he'll be out in little bit," Jim said. "So Joe seemed really nervous to talk to tonight. Do you know maybe why?" Jim asked knowing his little brother really wanted to talk to Mimi.
"I have no clue. I was about to ask you the same," Mimi said.
"Not really. But be a bit genital with hem. You know if he makes a fool of his-self, ok?" Jim said.
"Of course, you know that I would dream of hurting hem." Mimi demanded.
"O here he comes," Jim said.
"Hi Mimi thanks for calling me," Joe nervously muttered.
"That's fine you know that your good for a talk," Mimi said trying to ease the tension.
"I wanted to ask. No I wanted to tell you...no I wanted you know something," Joe said looking for that perfect combination of words.
"O...k...Then just spill it. Don't be worried I'm not going to look at you any deferent Joe." Mimi stated.
"No, I want you to look at me differently." Joe softly said.
"O...k...Then how did you want me to look at you?" Mimi questioned.
"I wanted...you...to look at...me...like...-"Joe was hardly able to get it out.
"Just spit it out Joe. It's not li-" Mimi was cut off.
"I want to be your boy friend," Joe blurted without the control of his voice.
".."Mimi went silent. For a while.
"I'm sorry I know you don't feel the same way." Joe said hanging up the phone before she could answer, and ran to his room. Were he cry his self to sleep.
Jim walked in later that night and covered his younger brother up, and hoped that he would be alright in the mourning. Jim also hoped that he would be able to participate in the school project as well as he would like to.
End chapter 1. The invite
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