Sorry the replies of past reviews are hurried. I lost track of time and wanted to post this tonight.

BladeMasterAd: She came up from behind Matt in the apartment hallway. Matt let her in when he walked in through the door. There will be more of Matt and this girl but don't expect her to stick around. She isn't. She's the main problem of the story but she isn't a main character nor will she ever be. Tai might have a confront her, it is something I can think about, it's a good idea. Thank you.

Stained In Negativity: I had fun in writing dance in the rain but it's not my favorite story. I like the shoots and ladder chapter and the fact that I was able to put Tai into the story. . Thank you for the review here and there.

JyouraKoumi: Thanks for your review Jyoura. Yes you will have to help me with your getto. I don't understand any of it specially the colours.

Digi-Girl101: No but Joe will help them clear it up.

manga girl 08: Wow, all ten in one night. I find myself doing that to some of the stories. Thank you for doing so. That defeat is a great complement!

Nikki1: I have a friend with Tai's personality. I adore the fact that he can be there to cheer you up while making a joke of the world but at the same time, when you need him he's right there beside you with the most serious face. Its hard to find someone with those characterises. I'm not sure if she is far enough along to tell the sex but we are moving up a few weeks so we can find out if it's a boy or a girl in this chapter. I think in two more chapters, Matt and Sora will have a talk.

FallenArchangelDD: Thanks for your review and your right it could have been better. I could have gone into more detail or carried Matt and his lady friend further but I don't want to step on toes either. Do you think Tk and Matt should have shown more emotion? What area should I have improved?

cutie sora: There will be more of Matt and Sora in future chapters I can promise you that. I think more after the baby is born, close to the ending of the story but we're not there yet. This story is turning out longer then I thought it would be.

Matt braced his left arm against the side of the window as the jeep skidded into a left turn. He planted his feet into the floor as the jeep came to a sudden stop at a traffic light.

"You okay Matt?" Tai glanced over at his friend.

"Fine." Matt croaked out. He cleared his throat again and more clearly repeated his words. "Fine."

"You sure?" Matt could see concern in his friend's brown eyes.

"Perfectly fine." Matt took a deep breath, realizing he that he was not breathing.

"Good." Tai smiled warmly before slamming his foot on the gas and speeding under the green light. Matt sank down in his seat as the jeep raced up and over a hill, shortly airborne before it crashed back down on the road. Matt's head snapped forward as they abruptly stopped in front of Joe's home.

Matt closed his eyes, thankful to be alive before he opened the door to escape the driver he calls friend. "Tai."

Tai, who also jumped out of his seat, glanced over the hood to meet his friend's eyes. "Yeah?"

"Are you sure you passed your driver's test?" Matt leaned over the hood of his friend's vehicle.

"Sure I'm sure. Why?" Tai asked, bracing his arm on the side of the jeep.

"Forget it."

"Wait. Hold on." Tai held up a hand. "Forget what?."

"Nothing, lets go."

"Matt do you honestly believe that I drive like that all the time?" Tai asked with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah. When haven't you?"

"I drive perfectly sane when you're not my passenger. I just like to see you lose your cool."

"You were driving like that on purpose?" Matt asked.

"Hell yeah. Now come on."

"I think I hate you."

"Nah, it's too early for you to hate me." Tai climbed the stairs of the apartment.

Matt followed Tai in the lobby and through the elevator doors. Tai pressed the fifth floor to Joe's room and looked over at Matt.

Matt shook his head and crossed his arms.

"You know…."

"Just don't."

"You didn't even wait for me to finish what I was going to say."

"You don't have to finish, I know what you are going to ask."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes and I said no."

"Haven't we been through this before?" Tai asked.

"Yeah we have and I told you not to then and I'm telling you not to do it now."

"Did I listen to you then?"

"No."

"What would make you think that I would listen to you now?" Tai reached up to the elevator buttons and Matt quickly smack his hand away from the panel.

"If you do Tai." Matt glared at his friend. "The first time that elevator opens I'm out and taking the stairs."

"It's fun."

"Have you ever seen me laughing?"

"You're too uptight." Tai started to push all the buttons.

"Damn you Tai." Matt smacked the back of his friend's head. "Are you purposely trying to irritate me today?"

"Duh…" Tai rolled his eyes.

The elevator open to the first floor and Matt stepped out.

"You'll get all sweaty, I know how much you hate being sweaty!" Tai called after him.

"Only four floors to go, Tai." Matt headed towards the doors to the stairs.

Tai smiled as a woman walked in with her child. She was about to press her floor and on seeing all the buttons lit up, she turned to look at Tai.

"Can you believe some kid was in here and did that? Just popped in, pressed the buttons and darted out again." Tai shook his head in disgust. "I bet you would never let your child do that kind of stuff, would you?" Tai winked at the little girl who held her mother's hand tightly.

"It's a sonogram." Joe only glanced at the picture Matt handed him.

"I told you it looked like an x-ray!" Tai poked a finger in Matt's shoulder.

"You said it was an elephant riding a broken bike!" Matt pushed his hand away.

"A what?" Joe looked over at Tai who just shrugged.

"Well he told me that he thought it looked like someone blowing bubble gum." Tai nodded in Matt's direction.

"Tai said it was one of those ink blobs!" Matt pointed to his best friend.

"You didn't have to listen to me." Tai replied.

"I didn't! That's why we are here."

"Come here." Joe took the picture of to the window for better light and Matt walked over to stand beside him. "You too Tai. I don't want you going around saying Matt's baby is riding a bicycle or looks like one."

"The poor child. His father said that it resembles a wad of used bubble gum?" Tai walked over to stand beside Joe.

"See here is the head of the child." Joe took a pen cap and traced the outline of the child's head.

"Definitely Matt's kid." Tai whistled, "Look at the size of his head."

Matt leaned pass Joe and swatted Tai on the back of the head, "I'm going to revoke your guardianship!"

"You can't do that!" Tai looked over at Matt. "It's already been decided so stop threatening me!"

"Fine, I'll just kill you before I die and Tk can be its godfather."

"You're just upset because I pressed the elevator's buttons."

"I told you not too."

"And I told you that I never listen to you."

"Knock. It. Off." Joe warned them while he stared straight ahead. They both glared at each other but waited for Joe to speak up. "I can tell you if it is a boy or a girl, if you would like to know."

"Yeah, we want to know." Tai crossed his arms and nodded his head.

Joe glanced over at Tai and back at Matt who nodded his head.

"Yeah, that would be cool."

Joe pointed a spot on the photo, "Boy."

"A boy!" Tai smiled widely. "Did you hear that Matt? It's a boy!"

"I'm standing right here." Matt took the picture from Joe with a smile on his face as he studied the photo.

Joe clapped Matt on the back, "Congratulations."

"I can't believe we're having a boy!" Tai took out his cell phone. "Hey Mum, it's me Tai. Matt is having a boy! Yeah." Tai continued to bounce his head before hanging the telephone up. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told her. She's going to dig through my old baby stuff to see if there is anything for you to use." Tai frowned. "I know she's going to give you my stuff soccer ball, I just know it."

Matt and Joe exchanged glances. "I can give it back to you."

"No…It's fine. My godchild deserves the best and that ball took me through many restless nights." Tai sighed heavily.

When arriving back at his apartment, Matt sought out his father. Matt found his father in his bedroom, relaxing while reading the newspaper. Most likely, a column his ex-wife wrote, Matt thought sadly. If Tk could see how much their father still cared for Nancy, he would understand why Matt had trouble forgiving her.

"Hey, dad." Matt smiled at his father warmly as he sat on the edge of the bed.

"Hmmm?" His father folded the paper and sat it aside to give his son his attention.

"I went by Joe's today." Matt handed his father the envelope he just receive that day.

"A sonogram." His father looked at the picture.

"Joe says it's a boy."

Hiroaki nodded his head a small smile spreading on his face. "Well now you can start thinking of a name."

Matt shrugged, he had not really thought about it.

"Did you call your grandparents?"

"Uh. No." Matt shook his head.

"Why not?"

"I don't know." Matt shrugged.

"What are you doing now?"

"Nothing. Later I'm going to check out Sora's tennis practice with Tai."

"But right now, you don't have plans?"

"No."

"Why don't you use that time to call your grandparents?" Hiroaki gave Matt a nod towards the hallway that would lead to the telephone. Matt rolled his eyes and headed for the door.

He picked the telephone up and dialled his grandparent's number.

"Bon jour!" Matt smiled as he heard his grandfather's deep voice through the telephone.

"Bon jour grand-père." Matt smiled as his grandfather laughed at hearing his voice.

"Matt! Good to hear from you! How have you been?" Matt held the telephone as his father yelled to his wife, "Honey its Matt! No no, on the phone he hasn't run away to us yet."

"I'm not going to run away," Matt rolled his eyes. His grandparents, his mother's parents, always assume that Matt would venture out into the world and end up at their doorstep.

"Not yet but one day, we shall see." His grandfather chuckled. "How are you?"

"I'm doing well." Matt replied.

"And Tk? You are treating your little brother well?"

"He's hardly little any more, Grand-père. Between you and me, Tk could probably win some of our fights now."

"Ah! Is that so?"

"Tall and lanky."

"And how is my daughter?" His grandfather asked and in his voice, Matt knew he was trying to sound casually but Matt knew his grandfather.

"Tk is really excited about that laptop you are helping him purchase." Matt went on.

"Is he." His grandfather sounded sad and Matt closed his eyes. He hated disappointing him but he does not have a good relationship with Nancy. Why even ask when they knew what the answer would be?

"Oh sure. That way he can keep it where ever he goes." Matt twisted the phone cord around in his finger.

"Your grandmother has already packed my belongings. We will only be visiting a week but she's packing for a month stay!" His grandfather chuckled.

"I wish you could stay that long." Matt leaned against the wall of the apartment.

"Why don't you stay here for a spell, Matt?" His grandfather asked. "After graduation, you could spend the summer up here with us. Your grandmother would enjoy that tremendously and so would I."

"I can't."

"Can't you? I don't see why you would need Hiroaki's permission."

"Grand-père," Matt warned him. "Dad has never stopped me from seeing you."

"I know."

"The reason I called is because Dad told me to do so."

"Making you? You don't wish to speak to me?"

"Always but there is a reason for this telephone call." Matt slid down the wall to sit on the floor.

"Oh?"

"I'm going to be a father in a few months."

"A father?" He heard his grandfather's voice echo in the house, telling his grandmother.

"Matt, honey is that you?" He heard his grandmother on the phone.

"Bonjour Grand-mère," Matt said softly.

"Your grandfather just told me…."

"He's telling you the truth." Matt cut her off.

"But, honey you're not old enough."

"I'll be eighteen soon."

"That isn't old enough. You have your whole life before you."

"I can't change it. I can't make this go away."

"What does your father say about this?" She asked him and he pictured her with her fist on his hips.

"He was total pissed but now…"

"Don't you dare speak that foul language to me young man."

"Matt what did you say to your grandmother?" His grandfather took the telephone from his wife.

"It slip. I swear I didn't mean to say it!" Matt rubbed his forehead. He was only making the situation worse.

"He didn't mean it," His grandfather was soothing his grandmother's anger.

"Don't let it happen again." His grandmother warned him when she came back on line.

"I won't." Matt assured her. "And dad is being very supporting and he's helping me a lot."

"Will we meet this girl you fancied enough to…I can't even say it." His grandmother grew flustered.

"No. You won't meet her, you will never meet her. She's not sticking around once the child is born."

"What?" His grandparents asked in union.

"She doesn't want to be a mother."

"She should have thought of that before the fact!" His grandmother yelled.

"Shhh, honey. It's not the boy's fault." His grandfather voice over came his grandmothers.

"Well what does your mother think of all this?"

Matt rolled his eyes. "I don't know. You can ask her when you get here."

"Excuse me?"

"Sorry." Matt mumbled. "I have to go now and um…feed the fish."

"I thought your fish died." He heard his grandfather ask.

"Yeah but the snail is still alive." Matt peered at the fish tank with a huge greyish blob sucking the side of the tank. "Later!" He hung up the telephoen ruptly.

"I really hate this!" He yelled at his father.

"You should have thought about that before you got yourself into this mess." He heard his father yell back.

Matt sighed and dialled the number to his father's mother. He heard it ring a few times before his grandmother finally picked up.

"Hello?" A shaky voice came through the telephone line.

"Good afternoon Grandma." Matt spoke loudly.

"Hello. Who is this?"

"It's Matt, Grandma."

"Aw, Matt." She grew silent.

"Um…how are you?"

"What?"

"How are you?" Matt yelled.

"Good and yourself?"

"Can't complain."

"Complain about what? What did your father do to you now?"

"No. I cannot complain. Everything is good." Matt sighed. It was much easier speaking to her in person. He pulled away as her hearing aid buzzed through the line. "Grandma, your hearing aid."

"Yes."

"Dad, do I have to talk to her!" Matt yelled.

"Yamato!" His father yelled back.

"Grandma," Matt said loudly and slowly. "Your. Hearing. Aid. Is. Buzzing."

"Oh sorry sweetie."

"Great, make me feel guilty." Matt mumbled.

"What was that?"

"Nothing. I just called to say that Ilove you."

"Aw, I love you too."

"I'm going to be a father, Grandma." Matt decided to get this over with.

"A what?"

"I love you." Matt quickly repeated his words earlier with a smile.

"Aw, I love you too."

"Bye."

"Bye. Come visit me soon."

"I will." Matt hung up the phone.

"How did it go?" His father stood beside him.

"You'll have to talk to your mother." Matt glared. "She didn't hear anything I said to her."