Chapter 6 – Finally here
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or any of the related characters :)
A/N: Sorry it's been such a really long time since I've posted. Thanks for the reviews :)
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Sora –
It was finally the day of the dance! After school ended, we had about 3 hours before the dance started. Mimi came over and we got ready, getting dressed and doing our hair and all that fun girl stuff. We had a small 5-minute window before the guys arrived, and Mimi took this time to tell me how glad she was that Matt and I had finally gotten together.
"You don't know how LONG we've been waiting for you two to admit that you like each other…" she began. "Tai and the others were even going to bet on how long it would take – "
"What?" I exclaimed. Had my love life been entertainment for them or something?
" – But I said that your personal life shouldn't just serve to amuse them."
I sighed with relief. "Thanks, Mimi."
"Of course!" she answered. "Anyway, you and Matt are so cute together!"
"His fan girls don't seem to think so." I said skeptically.
"Oh, don't let them get to you. They're just a bunch of jealous freaks," she reassured me. "I'm surprised that they haven't tried to break you two up yet."
"Hopefully they never will," I said, as the doorbell rang.
Mimi answered it. Tai was standing in front, with Matt behind him.
"Hey, gorgeous," Tai said.
"You don't look too bad yourself!" she laughed. Taking his hand, she went with him to the car.
Matt stepped up to the door, smiling.
"You look absolutely beautiful," he said, giving me a kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks," I answered. I could feel my face flushing. "You look awesome too."
We stood in silence for a moment, until Tai yelled from the car, "You know, the dance is TODAY…"
Matt and I snapped out of our own little world, and I saw Tai and Mimi snickering at us yet again.
Matt chuckled and put his arm around me as he walked me towards the car.
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Matt –
I looked to my right, where Sora sat. I would have given her some flowers or a corsage or something, but never got the chance to go out and buy any that afternoon. The reason being that encountered a very disheartened TK standing outside the door to my apartment. It was a rare occasion when he'd show up there, so I thought it must be important. He just said sadly that he'd given up on Kari, and that Davis could have her. I thought it wasn't the time to ask him if he'd gone crazy, so I just hung out with him for a while until Tai came over when it was time to pick up the girls.
Anyway, I knew that some freshmen would be selling flowers at the dance so I figured I'd buy some there and give them to Sora at the end of the dance.
As I drove the short distance to the school, I remembered that rainy day not too long ago, when the same car I was driving now was the reason that I walked home with Sora and was presented with the opportunity to ask her to the dance. Smiling, I glanced at Sora once more and pulled into the school's parking lot.
The school was alive with music and laughter, unlike the stony gray world it was during the day. Tai, Mimi, Sora, and I entered the gym (where the dance was taking place) just as the dance was starting. Since none of us had eaten yet, we made our way to the tables where the refreshments were laid out.
Tai immediately hoarded half of the food that was there and brought it to one of the empty tables. I grabbed some chips and soda for Sora and I, and sat down next to Tai with a sigh.
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Sora –
After a quick snack (well actually Tai ate enough to be meal), more people had started to arrive and the gym was getting more and more lively with people talking and eating and dancing.
I took Matt's hand. "Wanna dance?"
"Sure," he answered.
We moved out to the middle of the dance floor. "Everytime" by Simple Plan (A/N: don't own this either… it's just what I'm listening to right now :D) was playing, which could have been both a fast and a slow song, so it was a bit awkward. But the mood of the evening wasn't exactly that slow-song romantic feeling just yet, so, like everyone around us, we just danced.
After a few more songs, we were both a bit tired out, so we went back to the table where Mimi and Tai had been. I sat down and saw Tai and Mimi at the very center of the room, dancing their hearts out. I think everyone around them was a bit freaked out, seeing as how crazily they were moving. In fact, the people around them seemed to be maintaining a five-foot radius, for fear of getting hit by a wild limb.
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Mimi –
Whoo! Tai and I were having so much fun…but I think we were scaring everyone around us. Well, we lasted about 10 songs, but after that we were pretty much worn out. That's how all dances went. We eat, we dance and get tired, we eat again, and then the slow dances come at the end.
So it was during this second eating phase when we all retired to our old table to just hang out. We laughed and talked, and greeted friends that were dancing nearby. A couple of times I even saw Izzy standing shyly on the side. I wasn't really sure about how I felt about Izzy just then. He'd been avoiding me (and the rest of the group, for that matter) ever since the dance was announced. I was partly extremely annoyed at him, and partly sympathetic, though I didn't really know what was bugging him so much. But he just looked so pitiful…why had he come anyway? He wasn't dancing, or talking, or laughing, or really having fun at all.
So I left my other friends for a while and went to talk to Izzy.
"Hey, Izzy," I greeted him, trying to be pleasant and to keep my annoyance from showing.
"Hi."
"You don't look like you're having fun," I said.
"I don't even know why I came…"
"Well, at least there's free food." I could feel my smile starting to fade from my face.
"Yeah," he shrugged. I sighed exasperatedly and left him alone for the time being, since he was being so gloomy.
As I returned to the table, I saw that Matt and Sora were just about to make a return to the dance floor. Tai was sitting contentedly at the table, having finished his final piece of pizza.
"They look happy, don't they?" he said, nodding towards Matt and Sora.
"Yeah, they do."
We were silent for a few moments. It was then that I realized that Tai and I didn't really have anything in common. Bringing Sora and Matt together had brought us together, but now that Sora and Matt were happy, we didn't have much to say to each other. Tai could be my best friend, my fellow conspirator, my date – just not my boyfriend. There was someone else out there that better fitted both of us.
And at that exact moment, Tai's head turned towards the door.
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Tai –
Something had caught my eye near the door of the gym. I turned my head to look, and I was absolutely stunned. The most beautiful girl I'd ever seen was standing alone at there. Why did she come so late after the dance had started? I wondered. And did she have a date?
I blinked to make sure that this image wasn't just some dream. Who was she? I wanted so badly just to meet her, to talk to her, to dance with her.
I looked at Mimi. I knew she knew what I was thinking.
"Go," she said with a quiet smile.
"I'm sorry, Meems."
"It's okay."
"Mimi…" I said.
"It's okay, really!"
Taking her blessing I approached the door and this potential girl of my dreams.
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Mimi –
Tai left, with my permission, to meet this beautiful stranger. So I sat alone at the table, watching the happy couples around me dance to the music. But someone behind me tapped me on the shoulder.
"Izzy!" I said, surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"This is ridiculous, Mimi," he sighed.
"What are you talking about?"
"I like you, okay? And for as long as I can remember, you've liked Tai. But he's just not the right guy for you! Look, where is he now? He's over there, dancing with some other girl. And I know you gave him permission and all, but you're still not happy!"
I was shocked by his sudden revelation.
"You deserve to be happy, Mimi. And being with Tai is clearly not making you happy. Please, just… dance with me."
My eyebrows high and my spirits higher, I responded, "Alright, Izzy. All you had to do was ask."
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Sora –
Matt's eyes stared so deeply into mine as we swayed together on the dance floor, that neither of us had to speak a word to understand what the other was thinking. We were lost together in the same world, unaware of the people and noise around us. The entire world fell away as I stared at those soft blue orbs that were glowing back at me.
I wished that this moment would last forever, suspended in time. But the song ended and the music reverted to a more upbeat rock, and I was awakened from this dreamlike trance. Glancing at Matt again, who gave me a small smile, I accustomed myself to this new tempo. I looked around the room, having been pulled back mentally to the gym, which was, of course, full of people. The table where we had been sitting was empty. Had Mimi and Tai decided to start dancing again? I craned my neck, scanning the room with my eyes.
There was Tai with his arms around the waist of a stranger. She was certainly a pretty girl — Tai seemed absolutely captivated by her — but she definitely wasn't Mimi. In fact, I didn't even know this girl. I didn't remember seeing her around the school or in any of my classes… she was a complete stranger to me. Who was she? And where was Mimi?
Then I saw on the edge of the dance floor that Mimi and Izzy were dancing together. Grinning, I nudged Matt and pointed at them.
"I guess Izzy finally got the nerve to ask Mimi to dance," he said.
"They are so cute together! Mimi looks so different than when she was doing that crazy dance with Tai in the middle of the floor," I said. "And look, Tai seems different too, with that girl over there."
Matt smiled at me and sighed contentedly. "Let's go outside," he said.
He led me out of the gym. We walked up a long ramp to a balcony by the library. The stars had already come out in the now darkened sky, and a light summer-like breeze floated past us.
"I'm so relieved to get away from all the noise," he said.
"You always did like sitting alone in the dark and silence," I answered.
He sighed again. "Sora, did I tell you yet how beautiful you are and how happy I am to be here with you?"
"I'm sure you have," I said, chuckling. "I'm just glad that after all these years you finally noticed me."
"What are you talking about, Sora? I've always noticed you. You've just never noticed that some teen rockstar was noticing you."
Laughing, I looked up at him once more. A smile was creeping onto his face…
He touched my cheek tenderly and brought his face close to mine. Very, very close; I could see the fine details of the skin on his face. He had such nice pores.
Before I knew it our lips were tightly locked in a kiss. Our first kiss.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
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A/N: whew! done with that chapter. please review :)