Chapter Five: Preparations and Lessons

Ok, as always and forever, I must thank Anthro Beta-chan. She puts the pep in peppers!

Thank you to all of my reviewers! You guys are great! Ok, so, now the excitement is about to begin, but not before I write this nice chapter with mainly Tai and Sora. Any suggestions for what they should do at the sleepover? I have a few games (hehehhehe) but I know there is a brilliant idea out there that is just waiting to come to me, so could you help that idea along? Please? Back to the fic!

Kari set Sora up in the extra bedroom. Soon enough, after Sora and Kari chatted for awhile, they kicked her out to spend the night at Matt and TK's so Sora and Tai could prepare the apartment for the party. They sat side by side on the couch. "Well, we need something good to start this party off," Tai began. "But, it is lunch time, so I think everyone should come and drop off their stuff and then we could meet at Whisker Smith's for lunch."

"Hey, that's a great idea!" Sora accepted the notion with a grin and scribbled down on the paper she was using to keep a schedule.

"Oh, hehehehe, I'll run home and grab my disco balls and lights that we can set up………there……………..and right behind there," Sora said, pointing to a few places.

"BWAHAHAHAHAH!"

"Tai, do I want to know what you're thinking?"

Between laughs he said, "TK, with an afro, doing the moves to Saturday Night Fever."

After a good ten minutes of rolling on the floor, Sora was the one to get them back on track. "Well, we for sure need lots of ice cream to get everyone hyper as hell," Sora said. Tai returned her wink. After a while, they decided watching a movie to save up some more energy was a smart choice. "Which one?" Sora pondered. "Uh, well, let's establish a genre first," Tai said.

"Ooh, does Kari get scared easily at horror movies?"

"Hell yeah! It's so hilarious."

"Perfect! We'll rent a scary movie and make sure that Kari and TK sit together if you catch my drift…"

"Sora, good god you're brilliant."

"I know."

After they decided on The Ring, next on the agenda was dinner. "Well, it's a potluck, so we could totally go the easy way out and just get chips and salsa or something like that," Tai said laughing. "Yeah, why not? I'll get a container of brownies at the store, then, too," commented Sora with an amused smile.

The two made a list of things to grab that night and in the morning. Since the store didn't close for another two hours, they set out to buy all of the food necessary in Tai's car. Once getting a convenient second row parking spot, Sora linked her arm with his. Tai chuckled while saying, "Sora, you forgot your jacket?" "I'm sorry, it's been a long day, my brain is defiantly not functioning right now," she replied in her defense. He held her a little closer to end her shivering. He hoped that she didn't notice the blush that now had crept up onto his cheeks. Grabbing the food, soda, ice cream, and movie necessary, they quickly paid and ran to the car, each with four grocery bags. Throwing the goods in the back, Sora quickly started up the heat.

"Tai sent you to spend the night with two guys?" Matt asked. "Um, I can go to Yolei and Mimi's but, I don't want to be a part of a thirty minute discussion of eyeliner, so-," Kari said. "Enough said. Oh, no you're certainly welcome. It's just that we warn you now about, belches, and stuff," said Matt evilly. "Stuff?" Kari inquired. "Don't ask," said TK while nodding his head. "Ok………" said a very confused (and scared) Kari. Matt went to bed two hours later to rest up for the party the following day. "Kari, you beat me again! This isn't fun anymore, I quit!" said TK teasingly while picking up the playing cards. Kari reached for the remote to the television and pressed the power button. After flipping through several channels, they found nothing interesting on. TK shut off the TV and turned to face Kari who was sitting on the couch next to him. "So, what do you want to do? Let me grab my sleeping bag; I'll sleep in the living room with you if that's ok," said TK. "That would be great!" exclaimed Kari. His family room always gave her an eerie feeling, no matter what time of day. After a childish fortress was set up between the couch and the wall, the two climbed into their sleeping bags and faced each other. TK grinned. "So what do you think that brother of yours has planned?" "Who knows," Kari said. "However, Sora is spending the night at our house."

"What?"

"You heard me." Kari explained the situation.

"Man I wish I could see what they're doing."

"Hee hee, oh, me too. Dammit! Why didn't I leave a camcorder on?"

"Well maybe we should get some sleep," TK gently suggested.

"Yeah, you're right." With that Kari gave him her usual little friendly peck on the cheek and said goodnight. Like they would be able to sleep with the other one lying so close. After a while TK noticed Kari was still awake too. "Kari?"

"Yes TK?"

"I can't sleep either."

"I'm sorry."

"Why?"

"Well, you probably would be getting a full night's sleep if you were in your own bed."

"Oh, c'mon Kari, you know that I wouldn't be anywhere else in the world right now." With that he rolled to his other side and fell asleep, leaving Kari to interpret what TK had just said.

After clearing alot, and I mean alot, of space in the freezer, the two managed to stash the ice cream and other goods away. Sora flopped down on the couch, noticing that it was nearly eleven. "Ok, well, after the movie is dinner, caffeine, ice cream, and some more caffeine, but what about after that?" Sora said wearily.

"Truth or Dare, of course, can't have a sleepover or a party without Truth or Dare!" Tai suggested. "Oh yeah. Well, we decided on playing I Never, right?" Sora said with a grin.

"Yeah."

"Ok, well let's play that at around 11:30."

"Sounds good."

"Well, I guess after I Never, we'll be pretty buzzed, so I say we let it play out from there."

"Yeah, I think our job is done. Let's get some sleep so we can get up early to set up," Tai pointed out. "Good idea," Sora replied. She walked over to him and gave him a bear hug. "This is going to be a blast! Thanks again for letting me stay, Tai," Sora said. "Of course!" Tai said instantly. The two then wandered down the hall and into separate rooms right next to each other. "If you need anything, holler!" Tai called, and with that the Kamiya household was quiet.

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